As of January 12, 2025:
when / where you can find our stuff
Our primary sales outlet is the main season Manassas Farmer’s Market on Saturdays (8am – 1pm), which runs from April through mid-November. As of this writing, we’re on an off-season break from the market, but we anticipate returning when the main season picks up again in April 2025.
You can also find our hydroponic lettuce mix year-round in dishes served at Hidden Julles Cafe in Haymarket. Check them out!
the stuff that we offer & pricing
The following shows what we offer at the farmer’s market (subject to availability), associated pricing, and whether the typical use after purchase would be to eat OR to plant (or either):
Microgreens are sold live in soil in a 5″ square tray. We can cut and bag trays on request. Varieties include:
- amaranth
- arugula
- basil, Genovese
- basic salad mix
- broccoli
- cabbage
- cantaloupe
- cilantro
- mustard
- onion
- pea
- radish (purple)
- spicy salad mix
- sunflower
- wheatgrass
Potted herbs are sold live in soil in 4″ round pots. Varieties include:
- basil, Genovese
- basil, Thai
- cilantro
- dill
- parsley
optional: reserve items for pickup at market
We can take pre-orders in advance in case you want to reserve certain items to then pickup at the market. To place an order, please email us at farmer@pennmarketfarm.com or call 703-392-4810, and provide the following information:
- first & last name
- email address and/or phone number
- items desired and associated quantities
- planned pickup date
- planned payment method & date
For payment methods, we accept cash, check, credit, or Venmo (search “pennmarketfarm”).
Once we receive your order, we will get back to you to confirm the reservation (indicating whether we have sufficient quantities to fulfill the order, as well as the price breakdown). And at that point, you’d be welcome to pay in advance of pickup via Venmo, or just pay via any of the above methods at pickup.
You are certainly welcome to contact us if you have any questions!
restaurant / wholesale inquiries
Why choose Pennington Market Farm’s products for your restaurant?
- One of the main advantages of choosing a local farm is the immediacy of delivery. Because we’re not losing X days to shipping, our product will naturally be fresher and have longer shelf-life than industry average. For lettuce mix, we harvest the day before or day of delivery. Microgreens we can deliver live and you can cut as needed, ensuring the freshest possible ingredient.
- The product is delivered clean. We have not yet used pesticides / herbicides in our farming and have no plans to do so in the future. For microgreens, we do grow in a potting soil mix for the farmer’s market, but can utilize “cleaner” media like rockwool + hydroponic nutrient instead to alleviate any sanitation concerns with soil in the kitchen.
- We are reliable. As mentioned elsewhere, we have been providing our hydroponic baby lettuce year-round to Hidden Julles Cafe in Haymarket since summer 2022, and we anticipate growing that relationship further as we continue to build out farm infrastructure.
- We are flexible. We’re willing to grow pretty much any microgreen variety, if there’s a variety that you’d like which we’re not already growing. For new varieties, it’s a matter of ordering seeds and maybe a couple rounds of growth trials to dial-in the parameters and then we’re off and running. And for baby greens, though we’ve been focused on lettuce, we could grow basically any leafy green that you might find in a salad. Let us know what you’re interested in and we can work to accommodate.
One of our long-term goals is to supply local restaurants with fresh, pesticide-free greens… whether “micro”, “baby”, or “adult” stage. If you would be interested in exploring ways in which you could utilize our products in your dishes, please contact us anytime and we can discuss possibilities.