From email announcement:

The Byrd House
RENEGADE MARKET
IS ON!

Tuesdays 3 to 6 PM
November – April
Roast and Toast
Almost all fall and early winter produce roast beautifully, and SO EASILY!
Get loads of good selections – “farm to table” pastured meats and poultry, eggs, salsa, honey, vinaigrettes, goat cheese, Amish butter, local Jams, “farm-to-pet dish” treats, and more from our Renegade Vendors:
Agriberry
Bill’s Produce
Mugsy’s Dogtown Lounge
Deer Run Farm
Faith Farm Foods
The Byrd Farm / Rural Va Market
Tomten Farm
Sub Rosa Bakery
Epic Gardens
ArcAngel Creations
Learn more about our food producers on Facebook! Like them on Facebook!
Start here!

Join us Monday, Nov. 17 for a Special William Byrd Fundraiser Night at Buzz & Ned’s Real Barbeque
See Facebook Event Page
Visit byrdhousemarket.blogspot.com
for directions and more.

From the email announcement:

Autumn Food & Flowers
Roast chicken with apples… Sweet Potatoes and butter… Green beans in garlic and dill… Eggplant parmesano OR baba ganouj… Blackberry cobbler OR smoothie with maple syrup and cinnamon…
Plums, Apples, Tomatoes, Peppers, Shroomses, Shallots, Garlic, Collards, Cabbages, Kale, Chard, Late summer squashes of every ilk and shape.

Looking for something specific?
Use our Product Search

Vendor Amy’s Organic Garden has a great blog full of recipes.
Amy’s Recipes! Enjoy!

FOOD NEWS: USDA Awards Over $52 Million in Grants to Grow Organic and Local Food Economies
Virginia received a total of $1,178,409 from three programs to fund 18 projects across the state: 7 projects received $623,923 from the Farmers Market Promotion Program (FMPP). 8 projects received $353,064 from the Local Food Promotion Program (LFPP), and VDACS received $201,422 from the Federal State Market Improvement Program (FSMIP). Click link above to read full release.

Got questions?
THE MARKET MAP will help you find the Market manager at the BHM Information Tent.

Bread, baking…mmm
Margie’s Comforts Home Bakery
Sub Rosa Wood Fired Bakery
Wineberry Bakery

Nonprofits@the Market
Boaz & Ruth
Capital Area Health Network

For Kids
Face Painting with Louis
4 – 6 pm
Bark & Leaf Rubbings with Emily:
4 – 5:30 pm
Corn Hole Toss Game – All Day
in the Grace Arents Community Garden

Next Week
Meet the Interns
Fall Simmers, Sauces & Sautes
Oct. 14 – Food for Mama is Food for Baby
Oct. 21 – National Food Day @ the Market (a little more info below)
Oct. 28 – Closing Day Deals & Raffles!

SNAP @ THE MARKET
Use Your Credit, Debit or SNAP EBT Cards!
The $10 Student Deal is now for
Faculty and Staff, too!
Show your University ID to a participating vendor (Agriberry, Origins Farm, The Byrd Farm, Epic Gardens, Tomten Farm) and ask about their deal of the day!
Visit byrdhousemarket.blogspot.com
for directions and more.

SAVE THE DATE: Oct. 21
National Food Day at Byrd House Market! Celebrating food and the people who grow it, pack it, drive it, sell it, store it, cook it, and serve it to us at Byrd House Farmers Market, in the 3rd annual collaboration with Virginia Commonwealth University’s Wellness Resource Center. Details for the week coming soon!
Real JUST Food @ BYRD HOUSE MARKET
Take this quiz: 14 Questions That Could Save Your Life and the Planet!

From email announcement:

The Food
APPLES! Sweet Potatoes! GREEN BEANS! Eggplant! BLACKBERRIES!
Tomatoes, Peppers, Shi’itakes, Criminis, Onions, Shallots, Garlic, and soon COLLARDS, Cabbages, KALES, etc. Made the first Chicken & Eggplant, Lima Bean Stew this weekend… yes, I did!

Got something in mind?

USE OUR PRODUCT SEARCH
Afraid you’ll buy too much? Ask your vendor how to freeze their goodies! Here is a basic guide to freezing vegetables and fruits from Organic Gardening (I wouldn’t use the sugar with the fruit, but otherwise I thought this a good guide).

GOT A FAVORITE VENDOR?
CHECK THE MARKET MAP
WHAT ELSE?
Face painting with Louis, 4 – 6 pm
Children’s Art activity in the Grace Arents Community Garden with Emily, 4 – 5:30 pm.
Byrd House Market IS a Family Affair!
“Rebecca Johnson (in photo above) picked out tomatoes while her children, Lulu, 7, and Hunter, 4, selected (and tasted) small sweet peppers at the Amy’s Garden stand at the Byrd House Market in Richmond recently. “It’s a cool place to bring them” rather than always going to the grocery store, Johnson said. ” But she didn’t exactly shy away from the cartons of small red and orange peppers. Enjoy the rest of the story here.
The Extras
Thanks to Leslie Lytle and the participants of the 2nd Let’s Talk Breastfeeding event at BHM. Got something to add or a question about nutrition and your baby’s first foods or about YOUR foods while waiting for that bundle of joy? Plan to attend the next one on Oct. 14. Mama food, Papa food and Baby food demos with seasonal fresh foods.
The Gray Haven Project
“The impact of human trafficking on individuals is complex and requires a comprehensive array of restorative services. In 2012, The Gray Haven opened Virginia’s first drop-in center to serve as a safe place for human trafficking victims.”
SNAP @ THE MARKET
Use Your Credit, Debit or SNAP EBT Cards!
The $10 Student Deal is now for
Faculty and Staff, too!
Show your University ID to a participating vendor (Agriberry, Origins Farm, The Byrd Farm, Epic Gardens, Tomten Farm) and ask about their deal of the day!
Visit byrdhousemarket.blogspot.com
for directions and more.

SAVE THE DATE: Oct. 21
National Food Day at Byrd House Market! Celebrating food and the people who grow it, pack it, drive it, sell it, store it, cook it, and serve it to us at Byrd House Farmers Market, in the 3rd annual collaboration with Virginia Commonwealth University’s Wellness Resource Center. Details for the week coming soon!
Real JUST Food @ BYRD HOUSE MARKET
Take this quiz: 14 Questions That Could Save Your Life and the Planet!

Today’s Richmond Times Dispatch newspaper had an article about the Byrd House Market. Excerpt:

The here was the weekly Byrd House Market, a fresh-food bonanza sponsored every Tuesday, May through October, by the William Byrd Community House.
For decades, the nonprofit organization has provided educational, development and nutritional programs for kids in the city.
It has a library, runs after-school programs and summer camps, hosts dinners — often featuring food grown on site — and generally makes itself available to meet the needs of its community.
Since about 2007, the organization has run the farmers market on the yard that spreads out behind its building on Cherry Street.
About two dozen vendors set up each week, offering a wide variety of locally grown fruits and vegetables, meat, flowers and prepared foods. Earlier in the season, some vendors also were selling locally grown plants.
In keeping with the Byrd mission of trying to uplift its community, the market was the first in the area to accept food stamps.
“We’ve always tried to promote better, healthier lifestyles, and this really fit into that,” said Peggy Friedenberg, who was chair of the Byrd board when the market started.
Friedenberg also said the market is a novelty among the many of its kind in the area: “We’re the only one on grass,” she said.
Hicks, who sets up as Amy’s Garden, said she has been coming six years now for one reason.
“Community,” she said. “There’s good support here.”
Ana Edwards, the manager of the Byrd House Market, looked around the small lot, tucked in along Idlewood Avenue between the Downtown Expressway and Hollywood Cemetery, and said the location was what made the market what it has become.

From email announcement:

The Food
Roast chicken is easy!
Apple crumble is easy!
Sauteed summer squash is easy!
Sliced fresh tomatoes are easy!
Hunks of buttered bread are easy!

Got something in mind?
USE OUR PRODUCT SEARCH
Afraid you’ll buy too much? Ask your vendor how to freeze their goodies! Here is a basic guide to freezing vegetables and fruits from Organic Gardening (I wouldn’t use the sugar with the fruit, but otherwise I thought this a good guide).

GOT A FAVORITE VENDOR?
CHECK THE MARKET MAP

Sep. 16: Let’s Talk Breastfeeding
First Foods & Next Foods returns to the market and takes over the Community Garden! Having a baby? Thinking ’bout nursing him/her? Don’t know as much as you hoped you might? PERFECT! Save the Date and plan to attend.

The Extras

African Community Network of Virginia
“Our main purpose is to bridge the gap between communities and provide resources, services and support to African immigrants, families, and individuals in need. We aim to promote unity amongst Africans, service providers, and all of our friends and family in the Diaspora.”

Central Virginia Waste Management Center
The Central Virginia Waste Management Authority (CVWMA) is a public service authority that implements solid waste management and recycling programs for thirteen local governments.

Richmond Tree Stewards
Hugging a tree doesn’t do a thing for it. Instead, we work to care for our street and park trees and to make it easier for other Richmonders to enjoy them and understand how much they benefit us all.

Virginia Chapter Sierra Club

THIS FRIDAY!!!! WBCH CARNIVAL
4-7 pm on the Soccer Field. Free food, Backpacks for school, Big games, Face painting, Fun on Grass! A great way to usher in the school year with a final HURRAH! An Oregon Hill Tradition since ____!
If it Rains, We Move into the Main Building
at 224 S. Cherry St. Party Goes On!

SNAP @ THE MARKET
Use Your Credit, Debit or SNAP EBT Cards!
The $10 Student Deal is now for
Faculty and Staff, too!
Show your University ID to a participating vendor (Agriberry, Origins Farm, The Byrd Farm, Epic Gardens, Tomten Farm) and ask about their deal of the day!
Visit byrdhousemarket.blogspot.com
for directions and more.