by nick | Aug 17, 2021 | Marketplace Spotlight
“I was very dissatisfied with my work, and my personal life had taken a major nosedive. By the end of 2020, I was perhaps at the lowest point of my life,” Ian Triplett admitted, standing on the porch of his grow room. At just 64 square feet, the entire...
by nick | Aug 9, 2021 | Marketplace Spotlight
“I realized that a homestead was not about fancy twists on traditional items,” owner and farmer Christopher Griggs said about his farm-sourced products at Homestead 1870. “It was more about simplicity.” “Simplicity” is a far cry...
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 | 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,...