From email announcement:

At the Market!
Warm weather coming… Fruits are fresh and refreshing. Vegies are rich in replenishing nutrients. Recipes and ambiance abound. Come to the market and let us nudge your good eating along, eh? Eat Good Grow Great is for you too!

A little historical aside….Do you know that June 19 is also known as Juneteenth? A pivotal and symbolic date representing the end of the Civil War and the end of slavery in the state of Texas, June 19 is the day that the Union Army sailed into Galveston Bay and delivered the troops and the news that the war was over. This date is now celebrated all over the country as National Freedom Day. A little research into the foods of the era could yield an interesting summer read and a yummy summer meal… check it out.

Raffles are for Playing!
Support your Byrd House Market. Our weekly raffle is generously sponsored by Byrd Farm &; Rural Virginia Market. $1 ticket gets you a chance at a week’s share of goodies from Byrd Farm – value $33.83. Win this week, pick up your share next week. And we get to see your pretty face and you take your loot home in a shiny new Virginia Grown re-usable sack. Not too shabby!

Under the Mulberry Tree
WELCOME to our new Facepainter-in-Training, Nadine Delano! Practically raised in the Rostov’s Coffee & Tea Tent, Nadine has been an assistant-vendor to her mama Christine and volunteer at Byrd House Market since she was this high! She returns to provide face painting fun for visitors to the market.

After Market Film for July: Urban Roots
Sorry for the miscommunication last week. The film is Urban Roots and we will host Duron Chavis from the city’s community garden department and John Lewis with RBHA and others for the discussion after the film. So Save the Date: Tuesday July 3rd.

What are you eating this summer?
Got a YUMMY story? Write a little paragraph and send us a photo – we’ll post it on our blog!

there’s even more doings at
william byrd community house www.wbch.org
eat good grow great via byrdhousemarket.blogspot.com

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Addendum:

3rd Tuesday Acoustic Jam @ Byrd House Market
All Music Players are invited to a 3rd Tuesday Acoustic Jam at the Byrd House Market, 5:00 – 7 p.m. That’s this Tuesday, June 19th. Please meet at the Epic Gardens tent. We’ll play in the middle of the market where vendors and shoppers can hear us. (instead of over under the tree where we won’t be heard. After all, we’re part of the ambiance. Of course if it’s hot as hades and the only shade is under the mulberry tree, we can reconsider). The genre is determined by the players, so don’t be shy about choosing a song to sing, a rock to roll or a groove to play. It’s all wide open! Folk, Oldtime, Country, Bluegrass, Blues, Gospel, Jazz, Rock, Celtic, Children’s Songs, anything you can play on an acoustic instrument! Reminder: farmers’ markets are smoke free outdoor places. If you like to smoke, kindly leave the area (across the alley would probably work) … and hurry back so we can get back to pickin’!
Come early and bring your totebags to shop at the Byrd House Market.
Come anytime to play, even (especially!) after work.

“Chickens & You” Returns!
Primary Poultry Health Care – Patricia Foreman, author of Urban Chicks returns with the final 2 classes of the Chickens & You Workshops. The first of the last will happen tomorrow night in the Library at William Byrd Community House, from 6:30 – 8:30 pm. To register and for more information visit http://www.chiknegg.com/2012/01/upcoming-must-attend-events-mark-your.html The second of the last is the long awaited Coop & Tractor Construction class to be held on the My Manakin Market grounds in Manakin-Sabot. Details and registration also at link above.

From email announcement:

8 Best Food to Buy at the Farmers Market!
Robin Raver remains a popular addition to this season’s market, massaging the blues away; but this week she also posted a really good link from Organic Gardening’s website about other great reasons for buying your food locally. Check it out: http://www.organicgardening.com/living/8-best-foods-to-buy-at-the-farmers-market

At the Market!
Don’t wake our baby, whispered Summer Squash. Meet Jake and his big brother, wiped from another full day at the market.
And don’t forget to check what our vendors will be featuring this week by visiting our blogspot: http://byrdhousemarket.blogspot.com/p/visitors-welcome.html Click to search by location or by product! When you search by location you can click on your favorite vendor’s website link and see how they do things on the farm, y’all. Great people doing great work. SNAP, Credit and Debit cards can be swiped for Tokens you use to shop at BHM. SNAP tokens come in $1 increments are can be used for all eligible foods (to take home and prepare for you and your family) and food plants and seeds (grow your own veggies and herbs). CC/Debit card tokens include a $1.50 transaction fee and come in increments of $5 which are good as cash (you’ll get your change back in cash). No cash back for SNAP tokens; thus the smaller $dollar increments. Its convenient and really helps stretch your thin food budget. And facilitate you trying something new AND healthy for a change!

After Market Film for July: Sourwoods
Stay tuned for fliers and info about next month’s film and potluck after the market. Last week’s debut screening, Vanishing of the Bees, was GREAT! While the weather drove us just inside, into the gym, and threatened anticlimactically to rain upon us, it was a clear lovely night for a powerful film and great discussion moderated by local beekeepers David Stover and Nina Zinn and one fine fella brought his fresh pulled honey and shared with the crowd. I hadn’t tasted honey that fresh since the farm truck came to my elementary school back in ’69!

Still Winning!
Pictured above is our 6th week winner – he looks pretty happy! Support your Byrd House Market. Our weekly raffle is generously sponsored by Byrd Farm &; Rural Virginia Market. $1 ticket gets you a chance at a week’s share of goodies from Byrd Farm – value $33.83. Win this week, pick up your share next week. And we get to see your pretty face and you take your loot home in a shiny new Virginia Grown re-usable sack. Not too shabby!

Under the Mulberry Tree
Caroline returns to tell stories each first and second Tuesdays of the Month, from 4-5pm. Third Tuesdays feature Beth from the Richmond Public Library. For your caregivers, the kids, your inner kid? Enjoy a relaxing afternoon under the Mulberry Tree. And, HEY! ANNOUNCING our new Facepainter-in-Training, Nadine! Practically raised in the Rostov’s Coffee & Tea Tent, Nadine has been an assistant-vendor to her mama Christine and volunteer at Byrd House Market since she was this high! She returns to provide face painting fun for visitors to the market beginning June 19th (next week). By the way don’t forgot to visit Rostov’s Coffee & Tea at their great shop on Main St in the Fan. We miss them still.

there’s even more doings at
william byrd community house www.wbch.org
eat good grow great via 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

From announcement:

First Tuesday at the Market!
Artist/Caricaturist Stan Rayfield is BACK! Robin Raver Will Massage the Kinks from your BACK! New Vendors in the house: Limeades & More (ice cold beverages), Petal Palate (flower laced divinities), Shakambhari Garden (medicinal herbs) alternating with Growing More (perennial flowers). St. Andrew’s returns in July, Pizza Tonight has had to leave us. Don’t forget to get your ready to eats with Almadina (Mediterranean), Phal Wong (Spring rolls, noodles, tofu), Sustenance (Local ingredient wraps & PBJs, rose hips tea)

Thank You!
for adjusting to the new flow and redefined entrances to the market. Thanks to local artist Chris Milk, chrismilkhulburt.com, we have some very fun new signs – his style is a little Klimt, a little Chagall, even a little of the artists responsible for Samurai Jack. Two that look like unfurling ribbons on pikes that simply announce, “enter”, and two others that provide an impressionistic market map to indicate where the entrances, BHM Info tent and parking areas are. A more judicious use of shockingly orange market tape should help the rest of those inclined to seek old paths to follow new ones!

After the Market: Vanishing of the Bees Screens at BHM
SEE ATTACHED FLIER and join us after the market for a leisurely evening of food and film: “This award-winning documentary examines the alarming disappearance of honeybees and the greater meaning it holds about the relationship between mankind and mother earth.” Marking the debut of the 2012 outdoor film/discussion series with seasonal salad pot luck. Program: 7:30pm – meal and socializing, 8pm welcome and movie, followed by discussion moderated by local beekeepers David Stover, Nina Zinn and Cy Bearer. Co-sponsored by William Byrd Community House, Shalom Farms and Victory Farm. Bring your own beverages, blankets, and (fine FINE) behaviors!

Winning Rafflers!!
Pictured above is our 5th week winner – she looks pretty happy! Support your Byrd House Market. Our weekly raffle is generously sponsored by Byrd Farm & Rural Virginia Market. $1 ticket gets you a chance at a week’s share of goodies from Byrd Farm – value $33.83. Win this week, pick up your share next week. And we get to see your pretty face and you take your loot home in a shiny new Virginia Grown re-usable sack. Not too shabby!

Under the Mulberry Tree
Caroline returns to tell stories. For your caregivers, the kids, your inner kid? Enjoy a relaxing afternoon under the Mulberry Tree. Identify what’s growing in the community gardens (look, don’t step!) ……………….Are you a secret face painter? Want to share your talent? Want to be trained? Reply or call 643-2717 x306.

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From announcement:

Byrd House Market: Tuesday May 15
Well All, we’re two weeks in to the market season and the weather remains fine. A little sun, a little rain, the crops are rising and the scenery is lush. If you haven’t taken advantage of our landmark (in our opinion) Mulberry tree’s berry dropping you might want to jump on it. Tour the Byrd House Farmlet with Matthew our Farmlet Project Coordinator, and learn more about the Allegheny Mountain School. Come by and enjoy the shady environs and some of the perks for shopping our fine, fine farmers and food producers…

2 Weeks! 2 Winners!
Support your Byrd House Market. Our weekly raffle is generously sponsored by Byrd Farm & Rural Virginia Market. $1 ticket gets you a chance at a week’s share of goodies from Byrd Farm – value $33.83. Win this week, pick up your share next week. And we get to see your pretty face. Not too shabby!

3rd Tuesday Jam at BHM
Today you can jam with other acoustic musicians under the Mulberry Tree. Coordinated by longtime vendor, Patricia Stansbury of Epic Gardens, this monthly session brings local and visiting string musicians together to practice and share synergistically melodic and rhymthic good sounds. Beginners welcome!

Storytelling at the Market – Caroline and Beth are Back!
Caroline was in the “house” last week. Today, 4:30-5:30 pm, Beth joins us from the Richmond Public Library Main Branch. Bring the kids, your inner kid, and enjoy the afternoon under the Mulberry Tree.

Byrd House Bash
Thursday, May 24th, sponsored by the Associate Board of Governors of William Byrd Community House. Enjoy a night of good old southern hospitality including a silent auction featuring gift packages from local vendors, food from local restaurants, bourbon tastings and live music. 6:30 – 9:30 pm at Historic Tredegar, 500 Tredegar Street. $30 ticket includes: open bar (beer/wine), bourbon tastings, food from local restaurants and a live band. Silent auctions and food donors include: Peter Blair, VMFA, Comfort, Riverside Outfiters, Juleps New Southern Cuisine, Bikram Yoga Richmond, Six Burner, Olio, and more! Purchase tickets at http://byrdhousebash.eventbrite.com/. All proceeds benefit William Byrd Community House.

Saving Celery in your Fridge
Celery limp and turning brown? “A celery bunch can be stored in the fridge by putting the root end in a wide-mouthed jar with an inch of water and tent the top with a plastic bag.” And what about molding lemons? Cilantro sliming over? Sour cream becoming decorative? This usually happens because beyond the recipe we bought these ingredients for, we don’t know what to do with them! Check this piece for tips on saving and using these commonly wasted good foods: http://grist.org/food/four-foods-you-probably-waste-and-how-to-stop/

Farmers Markets Become Key Weapon in Combating Food Deserts
http://grist.org/locavore/thousands-more-farmers-markets-soon-to-be-open-to-food-stamp-users/

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Ana Edwards, Manager
Byrd House Market & Library Programs
Grace Arents Library & Education Center