LVHMC Cascades Farmers' Market

LVHMC Cascades Farmers' Market carries the Loudoun Valley HomeGrown Markets Cooperative mission into Sterling with a year-round market focused on local, sustainable and organic agriculture, stronger opportunities for farmers and small food businesses, and access to healthy local foods. Set at 21060 Whitfield Drive in the parking lot of the Senior Center, it combines farm vendors, prepared foods, bakery stands, and specialty goods in one regular stop for Cascades-area shoppers. That mission-driven structure gives the market a clear emphasis: products sold here sit inside a larger effort to connect residents with regional producers and food businesses.

Why it matters locally

LVHMC organizes this market around a stated mission to promote local, sustainable and organic agriculture, increase economic opportunities for farmers and small food businesses, and expand access to healthy local foods. That matters at Cascades because the market pairs Sterling shoppers with producers and food makers tied to Loudoun County and the surrounding region, including a Loudoun County coffee roaster, a Loudoun County farm winery, and farms selling produce, meat, flowers, and dairy.

The market also operates within a producer-only framework: vendors are required to document compliance with a rule that producers may not sell items bought from another farm or supplier. In practice, that keeps the focus on goods with a direct connection to the people growing, raising, roasting, baking, fermenting, or preparing them.

What you'll find there

The vendor mix here leans broad rather than narrow: raw ingredients, ready-to-eat foods, plants, flowers, and pantry staples all show up alongside one another. That makes Cascades useful both for a produce run and for filling in specialty items like mushrooms, goat dairy, fermented foods, or fresh pasta.

• -Pick up artisan breads, pastries, and cookies from Baguette Republic.
• -Find fresh salsa in six varieties from Chef Eloy's Kickin' Salsas.
• -Order authentic Turkish dishes, including doner and appetizers, from Istanbul Kebab.
• -Bring home pork from Baker Inc., which raises hogs, grows their feed source, and processes pork on the farm.
• -Shop tree fruit from fourth-generation grower Beechwood Orchards.
• -Add hummus, salads, artisanal chips, and yogurts from Double Dip LLC.
• -Browse perennials and seasonal potted plants for sun and shade at Gleason Greenhouse.
• -Look for fresh products from J & W Valley View Farm, a local family-run farm producing since 1992.
• -Choose grass-fed Angus beef and lamb from Mill Road Farm, Inc..
• -Pour coffee from Balance Java, a Loudoun County specialty roaster sourcing from small farms and roasting to order.
• -Smell lavender bouquets, candles, sachets, and seedlings from Fairy Greens.
• -Buy fresh produce and flowers, including herbs and vegetables, from Lesley's Garden.
• -Stock up on handcrafted pasta made daily from scratch at Pasta Ilgatto.
• -Take home shiitake, lion's mane, and oyster mushrooms from Rooster Dirt Farm LLC.
• -Sample goat milk cheese and yogurt from Shepherd's Whey Creamery.
• -Pack kimchi, pickles, krauts, and kombucha from The Big Brine.
• -Reach for homemade dumplings, potstickers, and Taiwanese braised pork shoulder from Uncle Ping's Street Foods.
• -Shop vegetables, fruits, and plants from Westmoreland Produce's 80-plus-acre farm.
• -Add berries, figs, tomatoes, asparagus, melons, and greens from Allder School Berries.
• -Finish with maple syrup from Vale of the Blue Ridge Maple Farm.

Know before you go

No dogs are allowed, which is the clearest policy detail to factor into your visit plans. Parking is at the Senior Center lot at 21060 Whitfield Drive, the same site that hosts the market, so drivers can head directly to that lot rather than searching elsewhere in Cascades. Restrooms are not available on site.

This is also a practical market for mixed shopping lists: produce, meats, dairy, bread, flowers, pantry goods, and prepared foods are all represented by named vendors, so it works well when you want to combine staple shopping with a meal pickup.

Payments & SNAP

SNAP/EBT is accepted at LVHMC Cascades Farmers' Market, an important option for shoppers using food assistance benefits. Payment methods are clearly communicated by the market, and at least one produce vendor, Pleitez Produce Farm, is specifically set up to accept SNAP/EBT while also accepting WIC from Maryland and DC and Virginia Senior Checks.