EatLoCo Connects Farmers With Loudoun Families

A new online resource has launched for Loudoun County residents and visitors: EatLoCo.org. The site’s guiding mantra, “Live LoCo, Support LoCo, and most importantly EAT LoCo” directs shoppers to sources for local food products and the restaurants that use them, and gathers articles and tips that promote a healthy lifestyle from across the web.

EatLoCo.org was created by Dan Hine, owner of Crimson Fly Digital Marketing, and is part of a collaborative partnership with the Loudoun Valley Homegrown Markets Cooperative (LVHMC), who manages the majority of the farmers markets in Loudoun County.

“This area is home to an incredible variety of food choices and market-fresh goods,” says Hine, a long-time resident of Loudoun County. “With EatLoCo as a resource to guide you and a farm-to-table mindset, a healthy Loudoun lifestyle becomes much more attainable.”

The site has quickly gained fans. Already followed by thousands, guests of EatLoCo.org discover something new with each visit. The site maintains a calendar of local food and health-focused events, tips for getting fit, healthy kids and pets, home remedies, recipes, gardening and more. The interactive map of Loudoun County offers search functions for specific products or to locate farms and markets nearby.

“Our five market cooperative has been struggling with achieving public awareness on a limited budget,” said Linna Walz, Outreach Coordinator for the Loudoun Valley Homegrown Markets Cooperative. “Our new partnership with EatLoCo is helping us achieve meaningful connections between Loudoun residents and our farms and farmers markets that we otherwise couldn’t have gotten. Dan and his team have already developed some incredible tools to help site visitors locate us easier and to find specific homegrown, homemade or farm raised products from any of our local markets. We couldn't be happier with our new partnership and the growth it will bring to all of our farmers markets.”

The website is getting rave reviews from area farmers as well. “We are thrilled to be included in this beautifully designed, graphically dynamic and user friendly website, said Kate Zurschmeide, Co-owner of Great Country Farms. “EatLoCo.org beautifully showcases Loudoun County’s wide variety of farms and markets which offer fresh, locally grown foods just around the corner.”

For more information, and to explore all that the site has to offer, please visit www.EatLoCo.org.

Photo: Dan Hine, founder of EatLoCo.org, a new website showcasing Loudoun County's farms, farmers markets and restaurants, celebrates his recent partnership with Linna Walz, Outreach Coordinator for the Loudoun Valley Homegrown Markets Cooperative.