Founding Farmers

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Founding Farmers

Company type	Private
Industry	Restaurants
Founded	Washington, D.C, restaurant (2008)
Founders	Michael Vucurevich & Dan Simons
Headquarters	Potomac, MD
Number of locations	6 restaurants
Key people	Michael Vucurevich & Dan Simons, Co-Owners Mark Watne, Owner, Investor Joe Goetze, Head Chef
Number of employees	1,200
Website	wearefoundingfarmers.com

Founding Farmers is an American upscale-casual restaurant owned by the North Dakota Farmers Union and Farmers Restaurant Group (FRG). The restaurant was founded in 2008 when Farmers Restaurant Group co-owners Dan Simons and Michael Vucurevich partnered up with the North Dakota Farmers Union to open the flagship Founding Farmers on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C.^[1] Founding Farmers was the first LEED Gold Certified restaurant in Washington, D.C.^[2] Since opening Founding Farmers DC in 2008, FRG has opened 6 other locations in DC, Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania.^[3] Founding Farmers also has a sister restaurant, Farmers Fishers Bakers, located in Washington, D.C.^[4]