3RD ANNUAL REACH THE ROOTS FARM TOUR

Date & Time
Saturday, October 17,
from 11am to 2pm (rain or shine)
Location
5313 Hopewell Road,
The Plains, Virginia 20198
Admission
Free to the public with
on-site parking available

Join us for a day of fun, learning, and community at our 3rd Annual “Reach the Roots” Kinloch Farm Tour, held at our family farm in The Plains, Virginia.

We hope you’ll visit for an inside look at our regenerative farm and conservation efforts while enjoying a variety of family-friendly activities and delicious food.

FAMILY FRIENDLY FUN!

  • Hayride Tour & Kid’s Playground: Take a scenic hayride through our pastures and riparian areas to see our cattle grazing and understand how we protect our waterways. We will also have our famous hay playground set up so the kids can romp and roam!
  • Food from Open Fire Catering to benefit Peas & Grace Food Pantry: Open Fire Catering honors the flavors and textures of local ingredients, like our beef, and during the event will showcase their craft. Our friends from Peas & Grace Food Pantry will be helping serve and accepting donations for our smalltown food pantry.
  • Music by The Ribbon Rail Ramblers: Enjoy live music from the Ribbon Rail Ramblers, whose homegrown Appalachian fingerpicking style and love of old-school country music were formed right down the road.

EDUCATIONAL STATIONS

  • Piedmont Savanna Restoration: Discover our conservation efforts including Piedmont savanna reconstruction and oak woodland restoration. We’ll discuss our management techniques and how they impact our ecosystem. We use prescribed burning and grazing, control of invasive plants, and seeding of native plants as part of our restoration program. You’ll be able to see how we clean collected seed from our native seed production as well as examples of the native plants we’re using at Kinloch. (Burn gear, blue bird and kestrel boxes, as well as native plants will be on display)
  • Regenerative Land Management: Learn about our regenerative farming practices with hands-on demonstrations of our specialized equipment and tools. Hear about our unique genetics and grazing strategies that produce our delicious grassfed beef.
  • Meet Our Animals: See our cows, calves, and bulls firsthand and learn why our genetic selection process is so important as we co-create a resilient ecosystem alongside our cattle.
  • Eat Strong with Chef Ryan Ross: Explore the pivotal role that nutrient dense foods play in human health and nutrition. Chef Ryan Ross will explain in more detail how our phytonutrient-rich grassfed beef plays a role in a diet centered around foods that are nutritionally balanced.
  • Rainfall Simulator: What happens when a 2″ downpour strikes a field with no vegetation? Where does the water go? What happens when the same rain hits a diversified pasture that always has forage coverage? Find out for yourself at the rainfall simulator!
  • Farm Store: Our shop is located at the nearby Archwood Green Barns and will be open from 10 am to 6 pm. Stop by to pick up your favorite cuts of beef and other groceries on your way home.

All of this, and more, set on our working farm with picturesque vistas of Virginia’s Hunt Country. Bring your friends and family to discover firsthand how we integrate farming and conservation to create a sustainable, thriving ecosystem. We can’t wait to see you and share our story when the weather cools and the leaves change.

Directions to our Farm & Farm Store

Directions to Kinloch Farm

5313 Hopewell Road, The Plains, VA 20198

From Interstate 66:

  • Take exit 31 toward The Plains/Old Tavern.
  • Follow Route 245 (Old Tavern Rd) north towards The Plains for approximately 1 mile.
  • At the stop sign, turn right onto Main Street.
  • At the stop sign, turn left onto Loudoun Avenue.
  • After the railroad tracks, turn right onto Hopewell Road.
  • Follow Hopewell Road for approximately 2.5 miles.
  • Turn right at the Kinloch Farm Operations entrance.

From Route 15:

  • From the Haymarket intersection, take Route 55 heading west.
  • After 1 mile, turn right onto Antioch Road.
  • Continue for approximately 3 miles, then turn left onto Waterfall Road.
  • Follow Waterfall Road, which becomes Hopewell Road, for approximately 3 miles.
  • Turn left at the Kinloch Farm Operations entrance.

Directions to Kinloch Farm Store

4559 Old Tavern Road, The Plains, VA 20198

From Kinloch Farm:

  • Turn left onto Hopewell Road.
  • Follow Hopewell Road for approximately 2.5 miles.
  • At the stop sign, turn left onto Loudoun Avenue.
  • At the stop sign, turn right onto Main Street.
  • At the stop sign, turn left onto Fauquier Avenue / Route 245 south.
  • After 1 mile, the store is located on the left at the Archwood Green Barns.

From Interstate 66:

  • Take Exit 31 towards The Plains / Old Tavern.
  • Turn onto Route 245 (Old Tavern Rd) north towards The Plains.
  • The store is located immediately on the right at the Archwood Green Barns.