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Twin baby goats are watched over by their nanny and are ready to welcome guests at Great Country Farms in northern Virginia this spring.

 

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Open Daily 9am-5pm

 

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      • Color the Coop Fun Run
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      • Pickle Fest- It’s a Big Dill!
      • Summer of Sunflowers
      • Peach Fuzztival
      • The Big Dig – Potato Harvest + Touch a Truck
      • Back to School Bash
      • Doxie Derby – Rescue Race
      • The Watermelon Bash
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      • Sept Apples + Corn Maze
        • First Responders Days
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Whole-life Nutrition for Life-long Wellness

December 1, 2020 by Kate Zurschmeide

As the Holiday eating season gets underway, Zach Bush, a great explorer of the microbiome, reaches out to remind us that well-being involves every aspect of our person. In the […]

Filed Under: Big Pictures, Eat Tagged With: fresh food, Local Food, local foodshed, microbiome, nutrition, wellness, Zach Bush

Our Pledge, Your Pledge

May 28, 2020 by Kate Zurschmeide

Farmer Miller Zurschmeide proudly holds up a green pint box of pick your own strawberries at Great Country Farms

Our Pledge to You~Updated  5/28/2021 Our Farmhands are trained in CDC guidelines for hand washing and sanitizing and and everyone who handles food — in the field, in the packing […]

Filed Under: Big Pictures, On Foggy Bottom Road Tagged With: COVID-19 and local food, COVID-19 precautions, Farm Re-opening

9 Tips For Strawberry Picking in Light of COVID-19

May 16, 2020 by Kate Zurschmeide

Straw mulch lines the rows of strawberries while a young boy is strawberry picking at Great Country Farms in Northern Virginia.

May is strawberry time, and a lot of farmers have been getting ready for pickers since last August, when the plants went into the ground. Back then, none of us […]

Filed Under: Big Pictures, Local Farming Tagged With: Pcik Your Own Strawberries Loudoun County VA, Pick Your Own Strawberries During COVID-19, You pick safety under COVID-19, You pick with COVID restrictions

No-Till Saves Time

April 27, 2020 by Kate Zurschmeide

In the last post, we talked about switching to no-till in order to preserve the soil’s micro-biome, which is crucial for bringing crops to their full nutritional capacity. This post […]

Filed Under: Big Pictures, On Foggy Bottom Road Tagged With: industrial farming, no-till planting, Round-up, weed control

Preserving the Soil’s Ecosystem

April 13, 2020 by Kate Zurschmeide

In previous years, when we used to till our fields, all the rain we’ve had in the last 48 hours would have meant there was no way I’d be heading […]

Filed Under: Big Pictures, Local Farming Tagged With: no-till planting, soil microbiome

Why No-Till Planting?

April 8, 2020 by Kate Zurschmeide

Regenerative agriculture is a way of farming that fosters the health of our ecosystem in this moment, while also building toward a healthy future. This approach has many components, one […]

Filed Under: Big Pictures, On Foggy Bottom Road

Corona Virus and Community Supported Agriculture

March 25, 2020 by Kate Zurschmeide

Dear CSA members and members of the Western Loudoun foodshed, We want to let you know that Great Country Farms is responding to the ever-changing circumstances surrounding the corona virus […]

Filed Under: Big Pictures, Local Farming, Uncategorized Tagged With: COVID-19 and local food, CSA 2020, Local Food, Loudoun farming

Custom CSA

January 23, 2020 by Kate Zurschmeide

This change is a big deal.  It means far less wasted food, both for you and for us. It means you can eliminate unwanted items from your box, and add […]

Filed Under: Big Pictures, Local Farming, On Foggy Bottom Road Tagged With: CSA, customizable shares, home delivery, Local Food, western Loudoun farm

Why Drink Apple Cider Vinegar?

April 10, 2019 by Kate Zurschmeide

Why Drink Apple Cider Vinegar? It lowers your blood sugar, decreasing your risk for insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. It turbo-charges the energy centers in your cells, your mitochondria. […]

Filed Under: Big Pictures, Eat Tagged With: apple cider vinegar health benefits, insulin resistance, micro biome health, mitochondrial health

Microbiome Is Our Inner Soil

February 18, 2019 by Kate Zurschmeide

In our last post, we concluded that when soil is healthy, plants and microbes dwell in symbiosis which produces high concentrations of the nutrients both need to thrive. Well, it’s […]

Filed Under: Big Pictures, Eat Tagged With: antibiotic use, gut bacteria, microbiome

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