The Mount Vernon Sierran

Welcome! We're the largest local Sierra Club group in Virginia, with more than 4400 members in the cities of Alexandria and Falls Church, Arlington County, and parts of Fairfax and Prince William counties.

Local Food Resources

Farmers' Markets:
 

  • Maryland Farmer’s Market Guide: http://www.ams.usda.gov/farmersmarkets/States/State06.pdf/Maryland.pdf
  • Virginia Farmer’s Market Guide: http://www.ams.usda.gov/farmersmarkets/States/State06.pdf/Virginia.pdf  
  • Washington, D.C. Homegrown Food (guide to locally available food): http://www.dcfood.org/washington_DC_farmers_markets.cfm  

     

    Pick-Your-Own and Gleaning:
     
  • Maryland Pick-Your-Own: http://www.pickyourown.org/MD.htm  
  • Maryland Cooperative Extension Listing, Pick-Your-Own: http://www.marylandagriculture.info/category_info.cfm?categoryid=50  
  • Virginia Pick-Your-Own: http://www.pickyourown.org/VAnorthern.htm  
  • Virginia state guide to local harvests: http://www.vdacs.virginia.gov/vagrown/  
  • Washington Area Gleaning Network: gleanit@yahoo.com, 703-370-0155. Usually gleans on Saturdays, to benefit local soup kitchens, etc.  

     

    Community Supported Agriculture (CSA's):

  • Community Supported Agriculture in Virginia and Maryland: http://www.ecostewardsalliance.org/choices/index.php?t=35
  • Community Supported Agriculture, National Directory: http://www.greenpeople.org/search2nd.cfm?type=Community_Supported_Agriculture  
  • National Database, CSA: http://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/csa/index.html  

     

    Other Resources:

  • Sustainable Table, an online resource guide offered by the nonprofit organization GRACE: http://www.sustainabletable.org/
  • Local Harvest, one of the nation's premiere web sites with family farm and sustainable eating guides: http://www.localharvest.org/
  • The Sierra Club's "True Cost of Food" section of the national SC web site: http://www.sierraclub.org/truecostoffood/