Family farm committed to producing quality produce and other farm products while providing educational opportunities showcasing sustainable agriculture.
Located in Fairfax County near Clifton, VA, the 205+ acres of Whitehall Farms, LLC offers picturesque woodlands filled with local wildlife, forested streams, and rolling pasture. In an effort to conserve this Statewide Agricultural and Forestal District from future development while preserving the family’s agricultural legacy, owners Nadine Vazquez, husband Jeff Waters, and son Jeremy Vazquez hope to transform the family’s farmland into a working demonstration farm, showcasing both established and innovative sustainable farming practices.
To help address the growing demand among Northern Virginia’s population for local, sustainably produced food products, Whitehall Farms, LLC will seek to produce a variety of high-quality farm products including fruits, vegetables, grass-fed meat, eggs, honey, and firewood. Key components of the farm plan include:
• Selling these products at a farm store to be located on the farm,
• Conducting educational tours and other agritourism events to allow students and customers to learn how the food is produced and why responsibly grown farm products are an important step towards improving the environmental and social impacts of our food choices.
• Other goals of the project include hiring military veterans whenever possible, increasing access to products from other local agricultural operations, and testing various techniques for composting, silvopasture, crop-rotation, companion planting, etc.
The opening date for the farm store is still TBD, but we are hoping to be ready for operation sometime in early Summer 2015! Like us on Facebook to receive updates on the farm progress and official opening date!