Loudoun County Farm Fall Tour launches online Oct. 27

Tour connects farmers with consumers for harvest season

Published October 14, 2020 by Sydney Lake

Loudoun County’s 25th annual Farm Fall Tour will launch online on Saturday, Oct. 27, to connect farmers with consumers for the harvest season. This year, 25 farms will be featured on the virtual farm tour.

“This initiative follows a successful virtual Spring Farm Tour, which connected thousands of people from 16 countries with Loudoun farms during the height of the COVID-19 lockdown,” Loudoun Economic Development Executive Director Buddy Rizer said in a statement. “It also complements our Loudoun Made Loudoun Grown Marketplace, which drives farm product sales in a socially distant way.”

Stops on the virtual tour will include photos, videos, brief descriptions, an educational activity, a link to the farm websites and online stores.

The farms in the virtual farm tour include:

1.     American Academy of Equestrian Sciences
2.     Blooming Hill Lavender Farm and Gift Shop
3.     Checkmate Farm
4.     Double 8 Alpaca Ranch
5.     Endless Summer Harvest
6.     Equine Rescue League Foundation
7.     Equus CAN Educate
8.     Georges Mill Farm Artisan Cheese
9.     Green Hills Garden & Nursery
10.   Hogback Mountain Pony Rides LLC
11.   Homestead 1870
12.   Hope Flower Farm
13.   Long Stone Farm LLC
14.   Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum
15.   Old Apple Valley Farms LLC
16.   Paige’s Pit Stop
17.   Project Horse Empowerment Center
18.   Shepherds Corner Farm
19.   The Community Farm at Roundabout Meadows
20.   The Farm at Walnut Creek
21.   The New Ag School
22.   Bleu Frog Vineyards
23.   Cannabreeze Organic Hemp Farm
24.   Casanel Vineyards & Winery
25.   Fort Bacon Farm

“This farm tour roster marks one of the most inclusive in our history, spotlighting a cross-section of Loudoun’s diverse farming industries, including traditional agriculture, equine, craft beverage and cheese makers, hemp producers, bed and breakfasts, plant nurseries, farm schools and museums, and much more,” John Magistro, Loudoun’s business development officer for agriculture and business services, said in a statement. 

The launch goes live at 10 a.m. on Oct. 27.

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