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Modern Farmer
February 23, 2018
Cox Farms, a small family farm in northern Virginia, has become the center of a social media firestorm for a posting a sign reading "Resist White Supremacy." While Cox Farms is known for their political statements, this one has caused a national uproar. Cox Farms is a small, family-owned farm in CentrevilleÃÂ ...
Staunton News Leader
February 16, 2018
The responses didn't surprise the owners of Cox Farms, who had long taken politically charged stands on their land, locally famous for its massive fall festival. ... So Aaron Cox-Leow, who runs the operations side of the 46-year-old business in Centreville, Virginia, started thinking of some new language thatÃÂ ...
The Denver Post
February 14, 2018
The responses didn't surprise the owners of Cox Farms, who had long taken politically charged stands on their land, locally famous for its massive fall festival. In 2015, a ... Aaron Cox-Leow stands on her family's farm in Centreville, Virginia, near the sign that has caused a furor on social media. The vitriolÃÂ ...
Blavity
February 13, 2018
Cox Farms in Centreville, Virginia, is facing backlash over their "Resist White Supremacy" sign. The popular family-owned farm intended to use its platform to showcase a "message of support and inclusion," according to Patch.com. However, not everybody was here for the message. Cox Farms posted theÃÂ ...
The Independent
February 13, 2018
A farm in Virginia has faced a backlash for displaying a roadside sign that urged passersby to "resist white supremacy". The team at family-owned Cox Farms in Centreville, Virginia, said they used their signs to promote “messages of inclusion” about Black Lives Matter, immigration and other social issues.
WJLA
February 12, 2018
CENTREVILLE, Va. (WJLA) - A family farm in Northern Virginia says it has been using its roadside sign to take stands on causes it believes in and that this has brought criticism from some in the community. The most recent message written across the sign for Cox Farms in Centreville reads, "RESIST WHITEÃÂ ...
WWBT NBC12 News
February 12, 2018
The Cox Farms roadside sign in Centreville says, "Resist White Supremacy." The owner says the original sign said “Rise & Resist.” Customers and neighbors asked about the sign, so they changed it to “Rise Up Against Injustice,” before settling on the current sign. "We sincerely believe that fighting injusticeÃÂ ...
Inside NoVA
September 20, 2017
Falling leaves may be the first sign of fall. The second is a fresh season of corn maze fun and fall festivals at several farms across Northern Virginia. Here's a look at several events. Dates, hours and admission vary, and most of these sites have more attractions than we've been able to list here. The CornÃÂ ...
Virginia Connection Newspapers
September 20, 2017
#The leaves are turning colors and autumn is here — and that means it's time for the 45th annual Fall Festival at Cox Farms in Centreville. Whether people go there for the hayrides, rope swings, giant slides, baby animals, pumpkin catapult, apple-cider doughnuts or space aliens in the cornfield, the festivalÃÂ ...
Patch.com
September 15, 2017
Cox Farms Fall Festival (Centreville)7. Cox Farms Fall Festival (Centreville). Northern Virginia's largest and most famous Fall Festival! Washington Post Editor's Choice: Cox Farms is "the Big Kahuna of farms with fall festivities in northern Virginia." We are celebrating more than 40 years of business for CoxÃÂ ...
Fairfaxtimes.com
September 15, 2017
A staple of family fun in the fall for Fairfax County, Centreville's Cox Farms is kicking off the new season this weekend with their much-lauded Fall Festival, running Sept. 16 and 17. The Fall Festival is the perfect way to welcome fall as images of pumpkins and corn mazes will dance in your children's headsÃÂ ...
Fairfaxtimes.com
October 28, 2016
Just before Halloween, the daylight-friendly Imaginature Trail at Cox Farms takes a dark turn and transforms into the Fields of Fear Haunted Forest Back 40. The Forest has doubled in length for 2016, and now consists of half a mile of fear. The expanded forest this year joins two other haunted attractions atÃÂ ...
Patch.com
September 8, 2016
CENTREVILLE, VA — Mark your calendars! Cox Farms will kick off its Fall Festival with a Preview Weekend on Sept. 17-18, and then ... Treetop is Cox Farms' take on a tree house: a series of connected, raised platforms to explore, with giant bark-covered utility pole "trunks" as their bases. Treetops visitorsÃÂ ...
Richmond.com
August 29, 2016
The offbeat Rockbridge County attraction has been sold and eventually will be relocated to a family farm near Centreville in Northern Virginia, said Mark Cline, the artist who created and maintained ... Cox Farms is a 116-acre family-run farm and business in a rare, undeveloped corner of Fairfax County.
Virginia Connection Newspapers
October 2, 2015
#The 43rd annual Fall Festival is now opened at Cox Farms in Centreville and promises to be fun for the entire family. Situated on 90 acres at 15621 Braddock Road, off Pleasant Valley Road in Centreville, the farm has hayrides, baby animals, rope swings, slides, and plenty of fun, especially for little ones.
Patch.com
September 16, 2015
"It is no ordinary walk through the forest; this immersive adventure puts you into the stories, where you become part of the magic," stated a release from Cox Farms. "Some themes will be familiar- Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Alice in Wonderland, and other fairytales- while other elements will be new andÃÂ ...
Virginia Connection Newspapers
July 26, 2017
'You Have to Choose to Succeed' in Centreville ... hour later in girls' or boys' groups to take field trips to, for example, Cox Farms or Lake Anna.
DCist.com
July 18, 2017
So far, the most promising new home for the basket might be Cox Farms, where the famous Foamhenge currently resides. The Centreville, Va.
WTOP
November 25, 2016
You can find fresh-cut trees at Cox Farms at 15621 Braddock Rd. in Centreville, Virginia. The farm is open daily Nov. 25 through Dec. 23.
Patch.com
September 8, 2016
Treetops, the newest attraction at Cox Farms, will debut at Preview Weekend. Treetop is Cox Farms' take on a tree house: a series of connectedÃÂ ...
Curbed DC
September 1, 2016
In the D.C. area, locals will soon be able to get a glimpse of Stonehenge. Not the kind in Wiltshire, England. Instead, a life-size version madeÃÂ ...
Patch.com
August 31, 2016
Creator and artist Mark Cline has told multiple media outlets he's giving the exhibit to Cox Farms, a 116-acre parcel in Fairfax County that hostsÃÂ ...
Washingtonian.com
August 30, 2016
Foamhenge will move to Cox Farms in Fairfax. ... on his property until December, when it will travel via a couple of tractor-trailers to Centreville.
Richmond.com
August 29, 2016
The offbeat Rockbridge County attraction has been sold and eventually will be relocated to a family farm near Centreville in Northern Virginia,ÃÂ ...
Virginia Connection Newspapers
October 2, 2015
#The 43rd annual Fall Festival is now opened at Cox Farms in Centreville and promises to be fun for the entire family. Situated on 90 acres atÃÂ ...
Patch.com
September 16, 2015
It's pumpkin season! That means its time for hayrides, cornfields, and fun in the fall. Cox Farms in Centerville, Virginia will be kicking off its fallÃÂ ...
Richmond.com
December 31, 1999
Turns out Cox Farms is one of a handful of farms still in the county, said ... I went up to Centreville last week to see Foamhenge at its new home.
WTOP (blog)
November 5, 2016
Cox Farms Fall Festival in Centreville features great family fun with rides, activities, music, food and spooktacular fun.
Patch.com
November 4, 2016
5-6 to stomp, drop, squish and smash them during 'Pumpkin Madness' at Cox Farms in Centreville on Saturday, Nov. 5 or Sunday, Nov. 6 between 10 a.m.
WTOP (blog)
September 30, 2016
Cox Farms Fall Festival in Centerville, Va, has begun is seasonal fun for the family with rides, games, food, music and more.
Virginia Connection Newspapers
September 28, 2016
The 90-acre autumn wonderland that is Cox Farms is holding its 44th annual Fall Festival. The festival is open daily through Oct. 31 and Nov. 4-8 at 15621 Braddock Road, off Pleasant Valley Road in Centreville. What's new to explore this year? "For ...
Patch.com
September 8, 2016
CENTREVILLE, VA - Mark your calendars! Cox Farms will kick off its Fall Festival with a Preview Weekend on Sept. 17-18, and then the festival will be open daily from Sept.
Reston Now
September 1, 2016
25 of next year. [Fairfax County Police Department]. 'Foamhenge' Coming to Fairfax County - Ready for a road trip? The owners of a life-sized foam replica of Stonehenge have plans to move the attraction to Cox Farms in Centreville. [DCist; Washingtonian].
Staunton News Leader
September 1, 2016
It's a loss for Rockbridge County, but a gain for Northern Virginia. Foamhenge will relocate to Cox Farms in Centerville. Foamhenge first went up on March 31, 2004. It was one of Cline's infamous April Fool's Day pranks. He expected the installation to ...
DCist.com
August 31, 2016
He set about trying to give away Foamhenge to a town that needed a tourism boost, but eventually settled on Cox Farms, located in Centreville, a part of Fairfax County. The 116-acre farm is best known for its annual Fall Festival. "We feel like we've ...
Roanoke Times
August 30, 2016
Jimmy Southers (left) and Dennis Goodbar with Auto Towing & Repairs out of Lexington, work together to dismantle Foamhenge in Rockbridge County on Tuesday morning.
Washington Business Journal
August 30, 2016
The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported Monday that Foamhenge, an attraction in Rockbridge County created by artist Mark Cline of Enchanted Castle Studio, has been sold to Cox Farms, a 116-acre Centreville family farm now in its 44th year. According toÃÂ ...
Richmond.com
August 29, 2016
Cline said Foamhenge will be stacked on trailers today and moved up the road 1.5 miles to his Enchanted Castle Studios, where he will store the pieces until Cox Farms can move them to Northern Virginia after its busy fall season is over. Cox Farms ...
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