2021 Explore Loudoun Visitors Guide - 2021 Explore Loudoun Visitors Guide
Legacy of the Land
2022-01-03 10:01:02
George Washington hailed Loudoun as “The Breadbasket of the Revolution.” With four distinct seasons, rich, loamy soil and storied agricultural traditions, Loudoun’s family farms and specialty cultivators supply a bounty of fresh food. Go straight to the source with these farm experiences.
FARM TOURS
Long Stone Farm: Hosting group visits, family tours and private culinary events with catered “field to plate” meals using grass-fed meats, this pasture-based beef, pork and poultry purveyor near Lovettsville offers a next-level farm experience.
Great Country Farms: Pick sunflowers, apples, peaches and blackberries in the orchards or purchase fresh produce in the well-stocked general store of this popular working farm in Bluemont. There’s a cidery for adults; wagon rides, hay bales and a mine sluice for kids.
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Wegmeyer Farms: Discover deliciously ripe strawberries in the spring and a variety of pumpkins in the fall at all three locations of this family farm that helped pioneer pick-your-own in Loudoun in 2008.
Fields of Flowers: From May to October, gather marigolds, lavender, snapdragons, dahlias, hydrangeas and more in the sweet-scented floral fields of this family farm in western Loudoun.
On Route 15 north of Leesburg, eclectic Farmer Johnʼs Market stocks local produce, Misty Meadows Mushrooms and rare amaranth greens and purslane, the latter often used in Hispanic and Asian cooking. Jewel-box sized Spring House Farm Store off Route 9 near Hamilton sells grass-fed beef, pork, poultry and honey from its nearby Hillsboro farm. Paigeʼs Pit Stop offers fresh-baked goods and produce.
FARM STORES & MARKETS
Find urban farm markets and roadside farm stores all over Loudoun. Leesburg, Middleburg, Purcellville and Ashburn host popular weekend markets selling beef cuts, heritage pork, pickles, preserves and seasonal produce. Visit loudounfarms.org for times and locations.
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"It’s a powerful thing when a visitor asks where this bread, cheese or wine comes from to be able to point to a field or a vineyard and say: ʻright over there’.”
– Jenni McCloud, founder of Middleburg’s The Ag District (Locksley Farmstead Cheese, Little River Bakehouse and Chrysalis Vineyards)
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