L’Academie de Cuisine Visits Endless Summer Harvest
Purcellville, VA, March 8, 2013 - On Friday, March 8, 2013, Endless Summer Harvest hosted L’Academie de Cuisine students from Gaithersburg, MD. Chef Instructor Brian Patterson brought his 14 culinary students for an educational tour of hydroponic growing techniques so that they could learn about local food sourcing. “Endless Summer Harvest hopes to inspire culinary students who will be the next generation of executive chefs. These are the chefs who will help preserve the small specialty niche farm that is growing high value, high quality produce,” says Mary Ellen Taylor, Endless Summer Harvest President. After touring Endless Summer Harvest, the students enjoyed an Endless Summer Harvest salad at Magnolia’s Restaurant in Purcellville which was then followed by a tour of Catoctin Creek Distillery.
L’Academie de Cuisine provides professional educational programs in the culinary and pastry arts that prepare students for employment and advancement in the hospitality industry. The institution seeks to continually grow and expand all levels of culinary and pastry education in response to hospitality industry needs. For more information, visit their website at http://www.lacademie.com/.
Endless Summer Harvest is a family owned and operated hydroponic agribusiness growing gourmet lettuces and salad greens in 12,000 square feet of technologically advanced greenhouses. We take great pride in providing delicious, locally grown produce, 365 days a year. For more information about Endless Summer Harvest, visit www.esharvest.com or 36474 Osburn Road, Purcellville, VA 20132. Tel: 540-751-0900.
Endless Summer Harvest at U.S. State Department Culinary Initiative
Local Diplomatic Partnership
Purcellville, VA, September 8, 2012 - Mary Ellen Taylor, president and owner of Endless Summer Harvest, attended the Diplomatic Culinary Partnership Initiative at the U.S. Department of State on Friday, September 7, 2012. Endless Summer Harvest was asked to provide numerous lettuce bouquet centerpieces of varying sizes. Ambassador Capricia Penavic Marshall, Chief of Protocol and Ms. Susan Ungaro, President of the James Beard Foundation hosted the reception to celebrate the launch of the initiative and announce the partnership between the U.S. Department of State and the James Beard Foundation.
The Diplomatic Culinary Partnerships Initiative builds on Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s vision of “smart power” diplomacy, which embraces the use of a full range of diplomatic tools, by utilizing food, hospitality and the dining experience as ways to enhance how formal diplomacy is conducted, cultivating cultural understanding and strengthening bilateral relationships through the shared experience of food.
The objectives of the Diplomatic Culinary Partnership Initiative are to enhance formal diplomacy by elevating the quality of food preparation, presentation and service at official U.S. State Department functions through the use of public-private partnerships with renowned chefs and other resources from the culinary field; cultivate cultural understanding by sharing the American culinary culture abroad and with visiting dignitaries at home and using food as a foundation for public diplomacy programs to learn about different cultures and discuss important related issues such as nutrition, sustainability and food security; and strengthen bilateral relationships by using food and the dining experience in a thoughtful and purposeful way to engage dignitaries, further dialogue and reinforce diplomatic messages.
Endless Summer Harvest is a family owned and operated hydroponic farm growing gourmet lettuces and salad greens in 12,000 square feet of technologically advanced greenhouses. We pride ourselves in providing delicious, locally grown, pesticide-free produce, 365 days a year. For more information about Endless Summer Harvest, contact us at www.esharvest.com or 36474 Osburn Road, Purcellville, VA 20132. Tel: 540-751-0900.
Endless Summer Harvest Offering Greenhouse Tours
 Purcellville, VA, May 6, 2012 - On Saturday, May 19, 2012, Endless Summer Harvest will be offering free, guided tours of the hydroponic greenhouses at 11:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m., and 3:00 p.m. Not normally open to the public, visitors will see gourmet lettuces and culinary herbs grown on tables without soil.
Endless Summer Harvest is a family owned and operated hydroponic farm growing gourmet lettuces and salad greens in 12,000 square feet of technologically advanced greenhouses. We pride ourselves in providing delicious, locally grown, pesticide-free produce, 365 days a year. For more information about Endless Summer Harvest, contact us at www.esharvest.com or 36474 Osburn Road, Purcellville, VA 20132. Tel: 540-751-0900.
Endless Summer Harvest on Voice of America Television
Purcellville, VA. April 18, 2012 - June Soh, award winning Voice of America Reporter and Videographer, recently visited Endless Summer Harvest and produced a very informative three-minute video for Voice of America (VOA) Television. VOA broadcasts news and information to millions of people throughout the world in 43 languages, via radio, television and the Internet. The short video titled Hydroponic Farmer Produces Year-Round Harvest, can be accessed at the VOA website or via YouTube.
Endless Summer Harvest is a family owned and operated hydroponic farm growing gourmet lettuces and salad greens in 12,000 square feet of technologically advanced greenhouses. We pride ourselves in providing delicious, locally grown, pesticide-free produce, 365 days a year. For more information about Endless Summer Harvest, contact us at www.esharvest.com or 36474 Osburn Road, Purcellville, VA 20132. Tel: 540-751-0900.
Botwana Representatives Visit Endless Summer Harvest
 Purcellville, VA. January 19, 2012 - This past Tuesday, Endless Summer Harvest hosted international guests from Botswana, Africa, on an educational tour of the hydroponic greenhouses. Endless Summer Harvest's growing techniques are ideally suited to climates where excessive heat or water shortages create difficult growing conditions. The Botswana businessmen hope to introduce hydroponic farming to Botwana and create a new era of food security. Endless Summer Harvest offered to assist and provided other hydroponic industry and academic contact information to the Botswanans.
Endless Summer Harvest is a family owned and operated hydroponic farm growing gourmet lettuces and salad greens in 12,000 square feet of technologically advanced greenhouses. We pride ourselves in providing delicious, locally grown, pesticide-free produce, 365 days a year. For more information about Endless Summer Harvest, contact us at www.esharvest.com or 36474 Osburn Road, Purcellville, VA 20132. Tel: 540-751-0900.
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