Food Resources in Loudoun County VA

Organic – Organically certified food is produced by farmers who undergo USDA audits to ensure the use of renewable resources, and the conservation of soil and water. Also see, “biodynamic”, “sustainably grown”, “pesticide-free” and VeriFlora (organic flowers and potted plants).

Ex: organic wheat flour, organic flower arrangements

http://organicconsumers.org

Fair Trade – Fair trade is a product certification that indicates better prices, decent working conditions, local sustainability, and fair terms of trade for farmers and workers in the developing world, especially in the Southern Hemisphere. Look for the Fair Trade label on tea, coffee, spices.

Ex: fair trade chocolate; fair trade nuts

http://transfair.org/

Local - a principle of sustainability wherein food is grown and consumed within a modest distance of the point of sale; Advantages: enhanced local rural economy, decreased goods transportation costs, minimum spoilage and maximum freshness.

Ex: local lettuce, local eggs,local honey

http://foodroutes.org/

Farmers' Markets

http://www.loudounfarmersmarkets.org/

Loudoun maintains 7 producers-only farmers markets in Loudoun County through 2008. The Summer market season begins the first week in May and continues through the end of October.

Lovettsville: Tuesdays, 3:30pm-7pm, Game Protective Association - Rt. 287
Purcellville: Thursdays 4pm-7pm, 21st Street, across from the train station
Leesburg: Summer Saturdays 8am-12 noon, Virginia Village Shopping Center; Winter Saturdays 9am-12noon, Virginia Village Shopping Center
Middleburg: Saturdays 8am-12noon, Marshall Street
Ashburn: Saturdays 8am - 12 noon, 43480 Yukon Drive, in Kaiser Permanente Parking Lot
Cascades: Sundays 9am-1pm, The Senior Center, 21060 Whitfield Place

Retail Stores

1. Healthy By Nature 9 Catoctin Cir SW, Leesburg (703) 443-6632 healthbn@aol.com

2. Natural Mercantile of Hamilton, Inc 341 E Colonial Hwy, Hamilton (540) 338-7080 www.naturalmercantile.com

3. For Goodness Sake 205 Harrison St SE, Leesburg (703) 771-7146

4. Healthways 160 W Main St Purcellville (540) 338-2240

5. Healthways Shops at Cedar Lakes Sterling (703) 430-4430

6. Greater Goods1 South Loudoun St., Lovettsville (540) 822-5173 www.forpeopleandplanet.com

7. Wegmans 45131 Columbia Place Sterling (703) 421-2400

8. Home Farm Store 1 East Washington St Middleburg, VA 540-687-8882 www.homefarmstore.com

10. Harvest Moon Natural Foods— 3113 Valley Ave # 106 Winchester, VA (540) 678-8872

11. Trader Joe's— 11958 Killingsworth Ave. Reston (703) 689-0865

12. Whole Foods Market—11660 Plaza America Dr. Reston, VA (703) 736-0600

13. Common Market - 5728 Buckeystown Pike Frederick, MD (301) 663-3416 www.commonmarket.com

14. My Organic Market - 5273 Buckeystown Pike Frederick MD (301) 663-3416 www.myorganicmarket.com

Community Supported Agriculture (CSAs)

Great Country Farms—The Zurschmeide family owns a 186-acre farm near Bluemont. Shares season extends 22 weeks, includes vegetables, herbs and fruit. Weekly pick-up or home delivery of shares available. Not organic; mostly pesticide free; all berries chemical free.
Call Kate at (540) 554-2073 farmer@greatcountryfarms.com, http://www.greatcountryfarms.com/
Potomac Vegetable Farms— Potomac Vegetable Farms-Ellen Polishuk manages this eco-ganic farm in Purcellville. Vegetables, herbs, cut flowers and eggs are available through the CSA program, at the Purcellville and Leesburg markets, and at her roadside stand.
Contact Ellen at 540-882-3885, ellen@potomacvegetablefarms.com, http://www.potomacvegetablefarms.com/
Tree and Leaf CSA – The farm is located in Waterford. They grow a diverse selection of vegetables, herbs, and flowers. Season is 22 weeks; delivery to established drop-off locations including Waterford and the Purcellville Farmer’s Market.
Call Georgia (540) 882-9656, info@treenadleafcsa.com, http://www.treeandleafcsa.com/
Blue Ridge Center Mountain View Farm – This community farm located NW of Hillsboro features heirloom tomatoes, many unique vegetables and herbs, pasture-raised broilers, free-range eggs. Sustainable practices used throughout the farm.
Contact Shawna at 540-668-7640, sdewitt@blueridgecenter.org http://www.brces.org/farming/
Fresh and Local—Biodynamically grown, nutritionally dense organic vegetables and fruit. Also eggs from pastured chickens and grass-fed beef and pork. Call to learn of a distribution point in your neighborhood or pick up at the farm.
Call Allan (540) 253-5778, allan@freshandlocalcsa.com, http://www.freshandlocalcsa.com/
Stoneybrook Farm - Certified Organic Farm - opening CSA memberships in 2009. 37091 Charlestown Pike Hillsboro VA 20132 Call Luke at 703-999-6234, info@stoneybrookfarm.org, http://www.stoneybrookfarm.org/

Farm Food

Fresh From the Valleys: http://www.loudounfarms.org/

There are over 80 farms providing produce, meat, flowers and textiles for Loudouners to enjoy. Visit this Loudoun farms website for farms to find local sources for foods you like. The printed Loudoun Farms Product Guide is now available! Request your copy by email: info@loudounfarms.org!

The following farms, not listed in the directory, provide unique sustainably-grown foods to Loudouners.

Hedgebrook Farms—Free-range eggs, pastured meat. Raw milk (cow share) program. Farm just south of Winchester, delivery available.
Contact: 540-869-4100 or Shannon@Hedgebrook.com, http://www.hedgebrook.com/
Over The Grass Farm— Located in The Plains, VA, they offer garden produce, humanely raised beef and lamb, and raw milk through a cow share, eggs, honey, homemade jams, yarn.
Contact 540-253-5228 or info@overthegrassfarm.com http://www.overthegrassfarm.com/
Smith Meadows Free-Range Meats— Located in Berryville VA, they offer grass-fed and grass-finished free range meats and eggs for on-farm pickup. Also, fresh pasta and pasta sauces available for sale.
Contact 877-955-4389 or info@smithmeadows.com http://www.smithmeadows.com/

Food Co-ops

1. Quail Cove Farms http://www.quailcovefarms.com/ - A family owned and operated organic farm specializing in natural and organic foods. Our natural foods farm and warehouse located on the Eastern Shore of Virginia delivers regularly to multiple drop points in Loudoun County. Farm contact: (800) 286-1452.

2. Polyface Farms http://www.polyfacefarms.com/ - a family owned, multi-generational, pasture-based, beyond organic, local-market farm and informational outreach in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. Leesburg delivery every 8 weeks. Farm contact: 540-885-3590

2. Garden Mountain Farm http://www.gardenmountain.com/ - a diversified family farm offering pasture raised, grass finished, hormone and antibiotic free poultry and eggs, lamb, pork and beef from Burke's Garden VA. Hamilton delivery approx 4x/year. Farm contact: 276-472-2511 rhubbard@gardenmountain.com

3. United Buying Clubs http://www.unitedbuyingclubs.com/ - Warehouse-based distribution system provides natural and organic foods in bulk & packaged at wholesale prices. “Hungry Mothers” is a Purcellville-based buying club ordering from the United catalog and receiving deliveries monthly. Local contact: 540 338-2574

4. Meadow Breeze Farms/Zooks Organics - Grass-fed organic animal products (beef, chickens and eggs, dairy, cheeses) and seasonal produce from Christiana, PA. Leesburg delivery every 2 weeks. Farm contact: Hillary Little at 443-912-4688, farmorders@farmorders.com.

Books/Resources

* = Available at Loudoun public library

1. * The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (2006) by Michael Pollan

2. * Real Food: What to Eat and Why (2006) by Nina Planck

3. * Grub: Healthy Local Sustainable Food for All (2006) by Anna Lappe, Bryant Terry

4. * The Ethical Gourmet (2006) by Jay Weinstein

5. Diet for a New America: How Your Food Choices Affect Your Health, Happiness and the Future of Life on Earth (1998) by John Robbins

6. * The Food Revolution: How Your Diet Can Help Save Your Life and Our World by John Robbins (2001)

7. * Fast Food Nation (2001) by Eric Schlosser

8. Hope's Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet (2002) by Frances Moore Lappe and Anna Lappe

9. * Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats (1999) by Sally Fallon

10. The Way We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter (2006) by Peter Singer Jim Mason

11. Organic, Inc.: Natural Foods and How They Grew (2006) by Samuel Fromartz

12. * What to Eat (2006) by Marion Nestle

13. * Appetite for Profit: How the food industry undermines our health and how to fight back by Michele Simon

14. Fields of Plenty: A Farmer's Journey in Search of Real Food and the People Who Grow It (2005)
by Michael Ableman

15. Raising Less Corn, More Hell: The Case For The Independent Farm And Against Industrial Food (2005) by George Pyle

16. Sustainable Table website: http://www.sustainabletable.org/

17. * video: Fast Food Nation: The Truth is Hard to Swallow (R) Richard Linklater

18. * video: The Future of Food (not rated) by Deborah Koons

19. * video: Super Size Me (PG) by Morgan Spurlock, John Banzhaf

20. video: The Mouth Revolution: http://www.mouthrevolution.com/ by Louis Fox

Restaurants

1. Patowmack Farm’s “Dinner in the Garden”, 42461 Lovettsville Road, Lovettsville, VA (540) 822-9017

2. Mom’s Apple Pie, 220 Loudoun Street SE Leesburg, VA 20176 703-771-8590

3. Tuscarora Mill 203 Harrison Street, Leesburg, Virginia 20175 703-771-9300

4. Lightfoot Restaurant 11 North King St, Leesburg VA 20176 (703) 771 2233

5. Grandale Farms 14001 Harpers Ferry Rd Purcellville, VA 20132 (540)-668-6000

6. Magnolia’s 198 North 21^st Street, Purcellville, Virginia 20132 540.338.9800

7. Ashby Inn 692 Federal Street, Paris, Virginia 20130 540.592.3900 866.336.0099

8. Market Salamander, 200 W Washington St, Middleburg VA 540 687-8011

9. Hunter’s Head Tavern, 9048 John Mosby Highway (Rt. 50), Upperville Virginia 540.592.9020

Community Resources

Weston Price Foundation –http://www.westonaprice.org/ – “for wise traditions in food, farming and the healing arts”; local representatives can help you find locally-grown organic and biodynamic vegetables, fruits and grains; and milk products, butter, eggs, chicken and meat from pasture-fed animals:

Leesburg: Dr. Peter Hilgartner & Dr. Lolin Hilgartner (703) 777-8891

Ashburn: Susan Clark, DC (703) 858-3575, susan@back-n-action.com

Purcellville: Valerie Cury Joyner (540) 338-9702, fotoner2@aol.com

Loudoun Allergy Network - http://www.loudounallergynetwork.org/ - promoting healthier living strategies for children and families managing food allergies in Loudoun County, VA. Online support and monthly meetings. info_lan@yahoo.com .

Sustainable Loudoun/LCCSS – http://www.sustainableloudoun.org - promotes the development of a local community economy based on environmental stewardship and the sustainable use of resources. Contact Tony Noerpel anoerpel@loudounwireless.com (540) 882-3289.

Ida Lee Community Garden - http://www.idalee.org/parks/gardenplots/ - The Town of Leesburg maintains 70 (seventy) 20’ x 20’ garden plots, tilled and staked and ready for planting on April 1st (weather permitting). Garden plot registration is on a first-come, first-served basis and limited to one plot per household. There’s a waiting list each year. Fee: $40.00 per plot. 703-737-7146.

"Few people believe that a sustainable future will be secured exclusively by individual consumer action or lifestyle change. Yet these early adapters inspire and motivate others through new approaches to living and consuming.”

–Joel Makower and Deborah Fleischer

compiled 4/07 by Gina Faber and Grady O'Rear for LCCSS and UUCL; last update: 5/08; printed on recycled paper