by nick | Aug 1, 2021 | Loudoun Farms News & Events, Loudoun Farms Posts, Marketplace Spotlight, Take Loudoun Home
Unusual Inspiration for Double 8 Alpaca Ranch Like most people who start an alpaca ranch, Doug Kittrell was inspired by a call to the plumber. Wait, what? In the early 2000s, Doug and Bonnie Kittrell were living in New Jersey. They needed plumbing work done and got a...
by nick | Jul 25, 2021 | Loudoun Farms News & Events, Loudoun Farms Posts, Marketplace Spotlight, Take Loudoun Home
She prefers her Loudoun Made Loudoun Grown-branded ballcap, a Long Stone Farm version, or one supporting a fellow rural business in Loudoun County’s bustling economy, but one thing is certain: Casey Wisch wears a lot of hats. Literally and figuratively. Casey...
by nick | Jul 18, 2021 | Marketplace Spotlight
Meet the Grants “We have an unclassic family farm, in the sense that we don’t have enough kids,” Silcott Springs Farm co-owner Sam Grant said with a chuckle. “My wife, Teresa, and I raised two families of one kid each, spaced 15 years apart....
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...
