This delicious and easy recipe is great for using locally grown vegetables during the winter months.
Visit our farmers' markets this weekend for some great Super Bowl specials from our vendors.
Despite their decision to remove 37 parking spaces downtown, the city council made a commitment for the city to strenghten support for downtown businesses. How can the city help?
Rather than ask farmers to sell their food for less, we need to realize the true costs of the unhealthy food we pay so little for.
How we got where we are now.
Even chicken labeled "100 percent natural" is often far from it. Learn why chicken from a farmers' market is the safest and healthiest option.
To help you eat local in 2012, we'll be giving you lots of recipes this year that you can make using local, seasonal ingredients.
Compare the holiday goods at your local farmers' market to what you can find in catalogs or online, and see where the real value is.
Pressure to come up with a design for the Kitty Pozer Garden expansion highlights the need for a long term plan.
Shopping at our farmers' market for your holiday menus helps keep your money going toward a stronger local — and national — economy.
Help fight childhood obesity and join our farmers' markets' campaign for healthier school lunches.
Websites with historic aerial imagery help show how Fairfax City has changed over the years.
We at Smart Markets give thanks for the farmers who bring food to our tables and the shoppers who make our markets possible.
Our neighbor to the east will be unrecognizable in a few years, for better or worse.
There's still time to order a white broad-breasted turkey or heritage-breed Red Bourbon through the Smart Markets farmers' markets.
Remembering my hero, my grandfather, on Veterans Day.
Even during the winter, you can still eat well on local food. Try this beans and rice recipe for a start.
Volunteering for Steve Stuban's "Every Student Matters" School Board at Large Campaign has changed my opinion of politics.
A look at some old newspaper clippings suggests that we've made little progress in addressing our country's poor eating habits.
This week the Smart Markets farmers' market moves to its new hours of noon to 3 p.m. We'll be open all winter, so come on by.
The city is holding a public outreach meeting on Tuesday to discuss options for the Westmore School property.
Students set off 6 firecrackers at Woodson Thursday, which many believed to be gunshots at the time, prompting lockdown procedures.
This week's Fairfax Corner farmers' market features a cooking class and a new vendor selling Cornish-style stuffed pastries. Tuesday 1:30-5:30 p.m.
Big box retailers are looking to expand into more urban areas with smaller stores. The Fairfax store is the first of several planned in the DC region in the next few years.
Rachel details her experience with writing in middle and high school, and how she came to start this blog: The Woodson Word.
Our farmers' market may change its hours soon to accommodate your winter shopping habits.
Our farmers' markets have partnered with Fairfax County to help promote healthy eating and living. Learn more from our short video.
I've devoted my work to local farmers and food entrepreneurs. Here's why.
Leftover rights-of-way and unbuilt streets can be used for pocket parks and pedestrian access, but have historically been ignored.
Plans for a plaza downtown resurface with a new funding source. City is asking for public input.
Several townhouse developments are in the pipeline in the area between downtown and GMU.
A look at the benefits of bike lanes and thoughts on potential implementation on a couple corridors in Fairfax City.
Alzheimer's, the Patient, and the Family
A simple question highlights the differences in county and city visions for Lee Highway.
The city has decided to focus on a quick update to the comprehensive plan over the next several months, followed by a major re-write over the next two to three years.
Mixed feelings about the loss of the Massey Building from the Fairfax City skyline.
Well, what can I say, only after I left China did I begin to really understand it.
Traveling from China to the US was not just a long journey geographically, but a cultural discovery, followed by a historical / political awakening.
Fairfax Little League AAA American Division Diamond Jaxx win 1st place!
For Donald Lederer, Co-Grand Marshal of the Independence Day Parade, his job was a walk in the park.