Rappahannock Natural Foods Cooperative Products

The Rappahannock Natural Foods Cooperative (RNF Coop) is a small farmers’ coop which was formed with the idea of allowing customers in the Washington DC area to shop at one location for all their local and natural farm products from a reliable source.

Beef

We sell lean and healthy grass fed beef and also beef from cows which had a supplement of grain for 2 or 3 months, resulting in a more marbled meat. All our beef is natural, free of growth hormones and unnesssary antobiotics. All of cows have been pasture-raised locally on family farms, have been treated humanely, and never saw any industrial feedlots.

Pork

Our pork comes from pigs raised on pasture and in the forest all their life, year around. They do not receive any food additives, hormones, steroids, or antibiotics as part of their feed. They root all year around looking for berries, grubs and mushrooms. They are treated humanely, which means they have shelter, resting areas, plenty of space and the ability to engage in natural behaviors.

Lamb

Order your lamb now. If you never tried lamb, try our lamb. Our lamb is know for its mild taste. It is healthy and it is local. All of our members' lambs have been raised humanely on pasture on small family farms. All of our lamb is local, natural and free of growth hormones and unnecessary antibiotics.

Eggs

There is nothing like an egg coming from a free range chicken raised on pasture. You can see it already when you break the egg. The eggs yolks are typically dark yellow, almost orange. Nothing like those pale yellow nothing tasting eggs you buy at the store.

Produce

Local produce is seasonal. Our produce members are gearing up for the new season and will be ready to supply you with their fresh produce late May. We will be updating our produce availabiity list on a weekly basis. Stay tuned!

Chicken

You will love our chickens. This is chicken how chicken is supposed to taste. Flavor, structure, tasting like garndmother's chicken many years ago. Nothing like that tasteless something you bought last time at the supermarket.

Turkey

Disappointed in that turkey you had for Thanksgivings? You haven't tried our free range all natural turkeys. You will never buy a turkey in the store again, guaranteed. Our turkeys are free of growth hormones, free of antibiotics and have strutted around our farms all their life.

Goat

Goat Meat The grass fed goat produced by our members comes from goats raised on pasture all their life, year around. They do not receive any food additives, hormones, steroids, or antibiotics as part of their feed. They only eat grass year around plus (at some farms) a supplement of hay if there is insufficient grass in winter.

Fruit

The best tasting fruit has always come from Rappahannock County. Rappahannock County used to have many apple orchards supplying the apple juice plants in Winchester and the people from the city with the best apples.

Other Products

We carry many other local farm products. Local cheese, Local honey, local chutneys and jams, local cider, local apple butter, locally made pies and breads, sometimes morels (mush rooms), etc, etc. Our offering vary from time to time, since suppliers are all small artisan producers and supply is usually seasonal.