Sandy Lerner, who founded Ayrshire Farm and Hunter’s Head Tavern in Upperville and the Home Farm Store in Middleburg, is expanding her retail footprint with a new business model.
The businesswoman launched a food retail concept on Oct. 1 in Marshall called Gentle Harvest. The store, located at 8372 W. Main Street off of I-66, stocks produce and other products sourced from local farms, including Lerner's Ayrshire Farm, the first certifeid organice/cdrtified humane farm in Virginia. The products range from certified organic and humane meats to grab-and-go meals, coffee, flowers and local wines and beer. The idea is to locally sourced food along with hard goods in a market setting.
The store also has dine-in space and a drive-thru that customers can use to pick up quick meals or groceries — all accessible via the store’s app.
