From email announcement:

Dear friends of Byrd House Renegade Winter Market!
Support your local farmers. Enjoy local food. And while you’re at it, remember others struggling to have enough food for their families and themselves. (Especially as the temperatures are dropping…)

William Byrd Community House & Byrd House
Renegade Market Food Drive
Tuesdays 3-6pm / Nov 12th thru Dec 3rd

William Byrd Community House distributes food to more than 160 men, women and children every month, but as the weather gets colder, the need becomes greater and our shelves are emptying faster.

Please ensure we don’t have to turn anyone away.

For the next 4 weeks, the Byrd House Renegade Market will have a container into which you can drop off your contribution to our Food Pantry:

We are in need of protein-rich non-perishable foods.
Canned Chicken
Other canned Meats – Tuna, Salmon, Ham, Turkey
Canned Beans
Peanut Butter – and other nut butters
Canned Vegetables
Fruit – in own juice (no added sugars)
Powdered Milk – especially boxes of individually wrapped family size portions
Low- to No- Sodium varieties are Preferable
Monetary donations designated for the food pantry or grocery store gift cards are also welcomed!
DONATIONS CAN ALSO BE DROPPED OFF IN THE LOBBY AT WBCH BUILDING, 224 S. CHERRY ST. 9am – 6pm

Sudden and chronic low income circumstances are enough to threaten thousands of Richmond area families, seniors and children sufficient nutrition to ensure health and productivity, to prevent weakened health and impaired growth. As we work to improve the food access in all in our communities, Food Pantries provide a stop-gap measure to alleviate hunger.

William Byrd Community House THANKS YOU
for supporting your local food pantries year round.
www.wbch.org

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Ana Edwards, Manager
Byrd House Market & Library Programs
Grace Arents Library & Education Center
William Byrd Community House
www.wbch.org / 804.643.2717 ext.306

From email announcement:

A HUGE thank you
for a fantastic 2013 season at Byrd House Market, and to all our food producer/vendors for all the great work they do to bring you great food wherever you shop it.

In fact, VCU students let the vendors know their appreciation during National Food Day at the Market last week when they visited every one and gave them a Thank You card with a great graphic created from the words collected during a customer survey a few weeks earlier. College students have been swoopin’ in to take advantage of the $10 Student Box (a deal saving them anywhere from 20-30%) provided by participating vendors since first launched at Food Day 2012, but there’s been a real upsurge in their numbers this fall, so as manager, I want to thank them both – students and vendors for their mutual support.

As we head into the holiday season, great gift ideas abound at Byrd House Market… finely grown and crafted foods are always a welcome treat, as well as goodies for your pets and balms for body and soul. Fine goods at great prices! Not sure, ask me!

See you at Byrd House Market!

Launch of the Renegades

Starting Tuesday, November 5th, the BHM Renegade Season begins and runs through April 2014. Our Renegade anchors, The Byrd Farm and Faith Farm Foods, will be joined for the next couple of months by Agriberry, Heath Farm, Phal’s Noodles, Deer Run, Epic Gardens, Tomten Farm, and a few more, so don’t take the market off your schedule! Hours: Tuesdays from 3pm to 6pm (or sunset).

Ana Edwards, Manager
Byrd House Market & Library Programs
Grace Arents Library & Education Center
William Byrd Community House
www.wbch.org / 804.643.2717 ext.306

From email announcement:

More spectacular weather
guarantees that Byrd House Market is a great place to spend the afternoon, or drop by! Pick up a late lunch, supper to go or a quick snack. Time to stock your fresh food pantry or the ingredients for that long anticipated fall stew, autumn roast, October saute? Ever thought about making a surprisingly easy herbed frittatta for the next brisk morning, or simple end-of-summer tossed salads with a warm dressing… How about the simple joy of crisp warm cinnamon toast from freshly baked bread served with with steamed fresh whole milk, or a peach smoothie made with fresh, pasteurized yogurt?

Is there anything better than good food?
No, but a good intern comes mighty close. Teresa Willoughby is working with BHM from September 2013 through June 2014 – interning with the Library Programs and Byrd House Market at WBCH through St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church Grace on the Hill service program. She has a B.S. in Public Health with a particular passion for promoting community health through good nutrition, specifically local, seasonal, fresh foods. If you haven’t met her, she’s the girl taking market stats and learning quickly to be a great market assistant. Say hi and welcome!

Mark Your Calendars!
National Food Day is Coming and Byrd House Market is on the Agenda! Tuesday, Oct. 22 join us with partners in the VCU Wellness Resource Center and the Healthy Community Action Team. $10 Student Boxes (with Student ID), Raffles, Music and more!

Location & Location
Many of our produce and specialty food producers vend at the Farmers Market @ St. Stephen’s Church on Saturday mornings, so if you missed something there you can probably find it here, and vice verse of course!

Support your local farmers and food producers! Buy Fresh and Buy Local! Buy Byrd House Market!
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Ana Edwards, Manager
Byrd House Market & Library Programs
Grace Arents Library & Education Center
William Byrd Community House
www.wbch.org / 804.643.2717 ext.306

From email announcement:

First Tuesday of September!
Means so many good things: Greens (arugula, chard, kale, collards, cabbages) are on the way back in season. Amy’s Organic will have Student Boxes today, along with Agriberry, Byrd Farm and Epic Gardens. Robin Raver will be massaging your tired, your poor, down-trodden muscles. Blue Lotus Collective presents “Nick and Friends” acoustic music and harmonizing.

Stop by Whole Foods Market today (after the market!!)
From now through 10 pm today, help Whole Foods Market celebrate their 5th anniversary in Richmond by supporting their 5% Day. Proceeds will benefit Byrd House Market and Byrd House Farmlet with infrastructure, program and marketing projects! More info at www.wbch.org

Chicken with a kick of spice
Our Deb Stoneman starred on Virginia This Morning – If you missed it last Friday morning, catch it here: http://eatgoodgrowgreat.blogspot.com/ – and thanks to WTVR’s Greg McQuade for the Byrd House Market shout out at the end! Everything in the recipe is seasonal, organic goodness.

VSU Dietetic Interns
will be helping out at the market this week as part of their Farm to Table rotation. This one day immersion will give them a handle on food issues at the consumer and grower market level.

Wed. at Noon: Lightly on the Ground Radio
Christopher Doval, Esq. visited the outdoor studio at Epic Gardens. Join us on the front porch and hear the ambient sounds and the discussion, noon Wednesday, 9/4, on WRIR 97.3 lp FM and WRIR.ORG. Chris Doval is assistant professor at VSU Reginald L. Lewis School of Business where he teaches business ethics and corporate sustainability. In this discussion of business, plant breeding, and intellectual property, we focus on the question of labeling GMOS. Chris Doval’s thoughtful consideration of questions he had not considered before gives this conversation richness and depth. Lightly on the Ground Radio is hosted and produced by our own Patricia Stansbury. Check it out.
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Ana Edwards, Manager
Byrd House Market & Library Programs
Grace Arents Library & Education Center
William Byrd Community House
www.wbch.org / 804.643.2717 ext.306

From email announcement:

You and your good taste!

Grab supper on the way home!
from Byrd House Market: Simple pepper and onion stir-frys and juicy sliced tomato sandwiches with farm cheddar cheese. Grilled portobello mushshrooms with carmelized onions and salad greens drizzled with cucumber, dill and yogurt dressing. Pick any three veggies, chop, toss with olive oil and a little S&P to taste, roast 30 minutes at 385, serve with that same cucumber, dill and yogurt dressing!! Pasture raised beef burgers on a bed of arugula and padron peppers! Fruit and cheese for dessert. OR yogurt and honey. ALL LOCAL! ALL THE TIME!
Try a familiar recipe with a new ingredient!

Eat Good Grow Great!
We accept SNAP and Credit/Debit cards – give you wooden tokens to spend at the market. What can you buy with your SNAP EBT? Click Here to find out!

New Pet Watering station
We’ve put it right next to the People Watering station at Byrd House Market tent. They get thirsty too!

Renew Richmond presents:

good with berries

More More and More at ByrdHouseMarket.blogspot.com
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Ana Edwards, Manager
Byrd House Market & Library Programs
Grace Arents Library & Education Center
William Byrd Community House
www.wbch.org / 804.643.2717 ext.306