Ron Pence of Haymarket pours a kettle-full of freshly cooked popcorn into a vat for distribution into bags. Pence, who said this year was his first selling popcorn at Purcellville Heritage Day, described the day's business as "fairly steady."

Photo: Adam Gerchick, LoudounExtra.com

Tagged: fair, family, festival, food, Purcellville

Abby Pence of Haymarket's Heritage Kettle Korn prepares freshly cooked popcorn for sale at Purcellville's Fireman's Field during the town's annual Heritage Day.

Photo: Tracy A. Woodward, Washington Post

Tagged: fair, family, festival, food, Purcellville

The boxes of food will be given away Monday night at the church's free meal distribution.

Photo: Allison Braund

Tagged: Deli South, food, Leesburg, Loudoun Interfaith Relief, Saint James Episcopal Church

Michelle Johnson, 17, stacks the boxes on a cart to be packaged.

Photo: Allison Braund

Tagged: Deli South, food, Leesburg, Loudoun Interfaith Relief, Saint James Episcopal Church

Volunteers Andrew Cameron, 15, Anna Vonwodtke, 16, Emily Douglas, 15, Kaylei Tamm, 15, Michelle Johnson, 17, Elisabeth Schott, 14, and E.J. Poell, 16, package the food to be distributed to Loudoun families.

Photo: Allison Braund

Tagged: Deli South, food, Leesburg, Loudoun Interfaith Relief, Saint James Episcopal Church

The food for Grace to Go was provided by Deli South on Catoctin Street in Leesburg.

Photo: Allison Braund

Tagged: Deli South, food, Leesburg, Loudoun Interfaith Relief, Saint James Episcopal Church

Christopher Turner and Oliver Turner say they see ethical parallels between hunting and sustainable agriculture.

Photo: Abigail DeLashmutt

Tagged: agriculture, food, hunting, Middleburg, Upperville

Jason Arwine, Christopher Turner and Oliver Turner are part of a small but growing faction of "locavores" — people drawn to eating locally grown products — who have turned to hunting as a way to harvest all-natural food of the most basic kind.

Photo: Abigail DeLashmutt

Tagged: food, hunting, Middleburg, Upperville

Monica Orellana with her son Jason, 2, picks up food at the Loudoun Interfaith Relief from Joann Seitz, a volunteer from Sterling,

Photo: Susan Biddle, Washington Post

Tagged: food, holiday, Loudoun Interfaith Relief

Interfaith Relief volunteer Rachel Roberts of Leesburg brings donated bread from Giant out to shelves where people can take as much as they want.

Photo: Susan Biddle, Washington Post

Tagged: food, holiday, Loudoun Interfaith Relief

Volunteers Kathy Carberry of Leesburg, Joann Seitz of Sterling, Rachel Roberts of Leesburg and Jack Winters of Round Hill at Interfaith Relief gather to pack food from orders placed by those picking up the donated food.

Photo: Susan Biddle, Washington Post

Tagged: food, holiday, Loudoun Interfaith Relief

Katherine Thompson of Leesburg is picking up food from volunteer Nancy Eberling of Ashburn. Katherine was picking up for her husband and children as well as an order for her diabetic aunt.

Photo: Susan Biddle, Washington Post

Tagged: Ashburn, food, holiday, Leesburg, Loudoun Interfaith Relief

Interfaith Relief's food bank is experiencing shortages because of current economic situation. Volunteer Rachel Roberts of Leesburg wheels bread donated by Giant to place on shelves where people can help themselves. In background is Bonnie Inman, executive director of Loudoun Interfaith Relief.

Photo: Susan Biddle, Washington Post

Tagged: food, holiday, Leesburg, Loudoun Interfaith Relief

Andrea Meyers works in her kitchen in Aldie. Meyers writes a blog where she shares her favorite recipes from the South and around the world.

Photo: Charity Corkey, LoudounExtra.com

Tagged: Aldie, entertainment, food, Stone Ridge, Up Close

Zanny Ludtke, 15, left, jokes with Taryn Bronser-Kloeden, 15, who won fist place in the second round of the Pie Eating Contest at the Loudoun County Fair for 13-17 year olds.

Photo: Tracy A. Woodward, Washington Post

Tagged: contest, food, loudoun county fair

Sean Burke, 9, of Clifton, Va., stops for a plate of Lo-Mein at the 2008 Loudoun County Fair.

Photo: Tracy A. Woodward, Washington Post

Tagged: food, loudoun county fair

Prize-winning eggs on display at the 2008 Loudoun County Fair.

Photo: Tracy A. Woodward, Washington Post

Tagged: food, loudoun county fair

During the pie baking contest, judge Sherron Gladden, principal of Harmony Intermediate School, samples the chocolate peanut butter pie. The contest was one of many events during Purcellville's Heritage Day celebration.

Photo: Rich Lipski, Washington Post

Tagged: food, Purcellville

Healthy selections in the vending machine at Jumping Jack Sports, in Ashburn.

Photo: Katherine Frey, Washington Post

Tagged: food, schools

Stephanie McMahan, with son, Aidan, stocks vending machines with healthful snacks at places like Ashburn's Jumping Jack Sports, a gym for children. She has inquired at schools, but so far, Manassas Park High is the only one to sign up.

Photo: Katherine Frey, Washington Post

Tagged: food, schools

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