Founding Farmers Blog

Our Founding Farmers in King of Prussia joined the greater Philadelphia community last night to raise money for the Elmwood Park Zoo. The zoo’s single largest fundraiser, the 10th Annual Beast of a Feast, raised over $100,000 for educational programing and community engagement.

Asparagus is cool. We recently had the chance to tour Godfrey’s Farm, where we are currently getting our asparagus for MoCo’s Founding Farmers. Looking across the field, it is hard to even see that there is something amazing and delicious growing there.

Founding Farmers Reston Station joined our newest neighbors over the weekend for what Virginia Living magazine voted, “Northern Virginia’s Best Food Festival.” For two beautiful, sunny days at the Reston Town Center, team members debuted our latest restaurant at Taste of Reston.

Founding Farmers joined the gathering of DC foodies last night at the RAMMYS Awards Gala held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. Our team was on hand to mix up some of the city’s favorite cocktails, including our Cucumber Delight featuring our award-winning craft vodka, and celebrate our industry friends.

Founding Farmers, its sibling restaurants Farmers & Distillers and Farmers Fishers Bakers, and parent company Farmers Restaurant Group, just launched a campaign to eliminate single-use plastic straws across the DMV. Our Last Straw is building a coalition of restaurants, bars, cafes, and hotels working on a shared mission to eliminate plastic drinking straws due to their impact on our environment and our health.

Founding Farmers Reston Station joined our newest neighbors at the 38th Annual Herndon Festival over the weekend. Before the news of Sunday rains washed the festivities away, the Founding Farmers team handed out complimentary granola and coupons for our latest restaurant located at the Reston Metro Station’s Silver Line.

Founding Farmers brought home three more Best of Bethesda wins this week for the third year in a row. The big wins for MoCo’s Founding Farmers included Best Cocktails, Best Brunch, and Best Restaurant in Potomac.

June 4th marks the start of a very special season for Campari lovers: Negroni Week. Across Farmers Restaurant Group, we love this annual opportunity to serve delicious cocktails for a cause.

It’s soft-shell crab season in the Washington, D.C. metro area. For many, this means dining out and seeing how some of your favorite restaurants are serving them. Founding Farmers Tysons, DC, and MoCo are all offering Maryland soft-shell crabs two ways this year.

Founding Farmers King of Prussia just received our 3 Star Certification from the Green Restaurant Association for our daily work to implement and maintain earth-friendly restaurant operations. Because operating sustainably is a critical mission across our company, all of our restaurants go through the Green Restaurant Association certification program.