Marketplace Spotlight: Growing Opportunities at A Farm Less Ordinary

by nick | Jul 2, 2021 | Loudoun Farms News & Events, Loudoun Farms Posts, Marketplace Spotlight

“A lot of these folks haven’t really been given chances. Our society hasn’t given them the opportunities that it could or should.” (The Winchester Star, 2019) Greg Masucci and his wife Maya Wechsler are on a mission with their nonprofit farm, A Farm Less...

Loudoun County’s Spring Farm Tour Returns in Hybrid Form

by nick | May 10, 2021 | Loudoun Farms News & Events, Loudoun Farms Posts

Loudoun Economic Development proudly presents the 29th annual Spring Farm Tour, a hybrid event featuring nearly 30 farms, representing a cross-section of Loudoun’s diverse rural industries. Starting the week of May 10, the department will feature different...

Send Local Love this Mother’s Day

by nick | Apr 27, 2021 | Loudoun Farms News & Events, Loudoun Farms Posts, Take Loudoun Home, Uncategorized

You don’t have to look very far to find a heartwarming, handmade gift for Mom this year! The Loudoun Made Loudoun Grown Marketplace has something she’ll love, all from local artisans and farmers. Marketplace vendors offer a variety of delivery and pickup...

Flying Ace Launches Virginia’s First Farm Brewery, Distillery and Restaurant

by nick | Apr 26, 2021 | Loudoun Farms News & Events, Loudoun Farms Posts, Take Loudoun Home

“You’ve got to stop doing that. You can’t buy the first thing you see,” Hadi Akkad’s wife told him, according to Loudoun Now, about the day that he purchased Flying Ace Farm near Taylorstown in Loudoun County. But Akkad had a vision for what the 55-acre farm could be,...

Loudoun Farmer Trading Cards Return, Kicking Off Growing Season

by nick | Apr 5, 2021 | Loudoun Farms News & Events, Loudoun Farms Posts, Take Loudoun Home

Loudoun Economic Development and the Loudoun County Public School’s School Nutrition Services office announced the starting lineup of local farmers featured in this year’s deck of Farmer Trading Cards, distributed to elementary school students across the county. This...

Fresh Leafy Greens Available Year-Round from Loudoun’s Endless Summer Harvest

by nick | Apr 28, 2020 | Loudoun Farms News & Events, Loudoun Farms Posts, Take Loudoun Home

Harvest season lasts all year long at Endless Summer Harvest in Purcellville, Virginia. Thanks to a sophisticated hydroponic system, the 12,000-square-foot farm produces lettuce, herbs, and other greens equivalent to 12 acres of typical production. “That is the future...