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ENJOY! Winchester/Frederick County Living MAY 2015
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AGRIBUSINESSES gear up for the season By Kevin Green
In the WinchesterFrederick County region, visitors can enjoy a diverse and plentiful array of agritourism-based operations from farmers markets to all-you-need mercantile shops.
Kitty Hockman-Nicholas walks with her pair of dogs and lamb past a log cabin at The Herds Inn on Hedgebrook Farm. The 1950-square-foot cabin can be rented out overnight for an experience of life on the farm. Rich Cooley/Daily
Old Town Farmers Market
With the recently renovated Taylor Pavilion in-hand, the Winchester City Council will lift the curtain on the latest farmersʼ market in town this month. Old Town Downtown Manager Jennifer Bell said, “The goal is to continue the revitalization of old Town” and “create community space in downtown where people can come, see their neighbor” and support local businesses.
The market will have 13 set vendors and three rotating vendors from with a 60-mile radius of Winchester, and will feature products from bakeries, livestock operations and produce farms.
The market will run May 16 through October 31 every Saturday - expect July 4 - from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. More information at: oldtownwinchesterva.com/old-town-farmers-market.
Winchester Ciderworks Call it part of a growing cider trend or not, one thing is clear: Winchester Ciderworks is making waves across the mid-Atlantic region. Owner and operator Stephen Schuurman arrived in Winchester in 2004 from his home in Eastern England, and over the last three years has been developing one of the areaʼs fastest growing cideries.
“Itʼs rising all the time,” Schuurman noted. “Weʼre basically at the moment, making as much as we can and everything that we make is sold.” With a cold-storage facility allowing Schuurman to press cider year-round, he noted that he is looking to add brandy and pear varieties and “double our production each year.” More information about Winchester Ciderworks: www.winchesterciderworks.com.
The Herds Inn at Hedgebrook Farms For a traditional farming experience, families or groups can rent the Herds Inn at Hedgebrook Farm for a window into the day-to-day rigors of an active 50-acre dairy farm. “You never know what youʼre going to find,” Owner and operator Kitty Nicholas SEE AGRIBUSINESSES, PAGE A4
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A peacock fans its feathers on Hedgebrook Farms in Winchester. There are about 50 peacocks on the farm. Rich Cooley/Daily