About This Project
In 2003, Loudoun and Arlington Counties received a federal grant from the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE)
program to explore the potential to develop a niche market for small farmers serving the
Arlington County area. Three farms (Redbud, Red Rake, and Wheatland farms)
participated in this project and brought specialty produce to the Arlington Courthouse
and Columbia Pike markets regularly. To help raise awareness, a web site was
developed to familiarize local residents with the specialty produce and to inform
them of its availability at nearby farmers' markets. This was part of a larger
outreach effort, which included cooking demos, distributing flyers, writing
articles for local newspapers and neighborhood newsletters, and offering
promotional coupons.
Key Project Contacts:
Academic Collaborators:
Outreach Collaborator:
Acknowledgements:
- Kelly Luck, Principal contributor of web content and photos
- Henry Staples, Web Master
- Haroun Hallack of Redbud Farm, Participating Farmer
- Peter Perkins & Linda Wickenheiser of Red Rake Farm, Participating Farmers
- Chip & Susan Planck of Wheatland Farms, Participating Farmers
Information about the vegetables and herbs was collected from personal conversations with farmers and from various documents and websites, including:
verybestkids.com,
wholefoods.com,
"Foodnotes" by healthNotes.com,
cuisine guides by about.com,
gourmetsleuth.com,
thaifoodandtravel.com,and
Gernot Katzer's Spice Pages.
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