I just finished reading The Omnivore’s Dilemma, and I was intrigued by Pollan’s description of Polyface Farm just outside Charlottesville, VA. Has anyone ever been to the farm to purchase chickens, eggs, vegetables,... (1 reply, last updated by Procrastibaker February 10, 2009)

Those of you who are customers of Polyface Farm at the Dupont Circle Farmers' Market will want to read the thought-provoking article in this past Sunday’s NY Times Magazine, by Michael Pollan author of The Botany of Desire.... (1 reply, last updated by carnivore November 15, 2002)

If you really want to splurge, I’d go to the Sunday market in Dupont Circle and talk to the Polyface Farms people. (4 replies, last updated by Coyner April 14, 2004)

i have just finished reading omnivore’s dilemma and was inspired by the story of polyface farms in virginia. would love to locate an outfit in southern california who might raise poultry, pork, and beef with the same... (0 replies, last updated by karnow May 24, 2007)

Thursday, several of us raved about the pork belly at Restaurant Eve. This morning at the Arlington farmers’ market, I was chatting about this with the folks at Polyface because I saw that they had fresh pork belly. Turns... (1 reply, last updated by zora October 4, 2004)

I was recently interested in Charlottesville cuisine not just because it’s the place where Thomas Jefferson grew the first U.S. broccoli, but also because the town’s restaurants serve as a throughput for Polyface... (1 reply, last updated by FoodFuser December 15, 2006)

Is it Polyface farms? Or Summerfield? R. (3 replies, last updated by zora March 8, 2004)

there are two that i know provide orgaic pastured halal meats...www.greenzabiha.com (they ship, and get meat from Polyface farms) and Taqwa Eco Foods (http://taqwaecofood.org/ in chicago, not sure if they ship though). (6 replies, last updated by youngchow July 8, 2009)

Polyface Farms lists whole and half hogs for $2.85/lb. Why not support a local farm? (5 replies, last updated by bacchante January 13, 2005)

An alert to other DC area ‘hounds who may be having farmers’ market withdrawal pangs, like me— the grass-fed, organic meat and eggs folks, Polyface Farms, who come to the Dupont Circle market now have a new name... (2 replies, last updated by Ellen Gray January 11, 2002)

Polyface farms, which sells at the Arlington and Dupont Freshfarm markets, carries squab. I haven’t looked for squab at the poultry stands in Eastern Market, but you could almost surely get it there (along with a whole... (5 replies, last updated by Whudtle December 31, 2003)

. They also place an emphasis on local food and have a good relationship with Polyface Farm (famous from the Omnivore’s Dilemma book) and this new American joint is reasonably priced. *** TIP Especially for Lunch, you can... (10 replies, last updated by wcheuk July 2, 2009)

Is that Polyface Farms your talking about? In Swoope, Virginia? That’s the farm profiled in Michael Pollan’s “the Omnivore's Dilemma” http://www.polyfacefarms.com/ The way you describe the farm is exactly... (10 replies, last updated by acd123 December 10, 2007)

You can still get fantastic eggs and meat from Polyface, Sunnyside Organics and Keswick— cheeses, local greenhouse-grown tomatoes, salad greens and herbs along with apples, pears, squashes, brussels sprouts and beets from... (8 replies, last updated by zora March 5, 2003)

My father-in-law talked about a plate of ‘Rooster fries’ he had in Florida once....He also more recently bought a ‘sack’ of them from Polyface Farms in VA, presumably cows. I par-boiled them, took the... (4 replies, last updated by Phaedrus March 25, 2009)