The restaurant group owns Founding Farmers, Farmers Fishers Bakers, and Farmers & Distillers.

The Earned Sick and Safe Leave Amendment Act of 2013, introduced by Council Chair Phil Mendelson and Councilmember Marion Barry (D-Ward 8), would expand on a 2008 bill that provided D.C. workers with between three and seven paid sick days a year. Under the new act, tipped restaurant workers would be covered.