Byrd House Market News

From the email announcement:

“Pleasant, savory taste”
Some of you fabulous foodies might already know this, but the hazy, soft sound of “umami” just came clear for me with an issue of Martin’s Healthy Ideas magazine (page 37). Umami is a Japanese word that means (yes) “pleasant, savory taste” and represents the 5th essential taste (which apparently emerged with the foodie movement in the 1980s?) our human tongues recognize. The original four are sweet, salty, sour and bitter. I, 4 one, am pleased that SAVORY has been recognized because as opposed to some, I have a SAVORY TOOTH, but try explaining that to people who only seem to recognize sweet or salt. That’s my beef – lack of a peer group!! or so I thought. Do any of you recall that back in the 80s you could buy an herb called “Savory”; it came in Winter and Sweet varieties. Wonderful with beef stew… When I couldn’t find it anymore I started using Juniper berries and peanut butter… yummy. byrdhousemarket.blogspot.com

It is so good to know our vendors are there for us!
Drop by, shop a little or a lot. Soups and stews awaiting those grass-fed meats and free-range eggs. Quick stir-fry or slow saute those winter greens that pump anti-oxidants and all manner of superfood goodness into our cold, wet souls…

Upcoming
March 4: ALL vendors applications due for 2013 Byrd House Market season
March 19: 2013 Market Vendor Orientation, 1-2 pm
April 27: Byrd House Bash – William Byrd Community House’s 90th Birthday Party!!

YES! WBCH is 90 This Year!
Stay tuned for stories, activities, celebrations, pledges for the next 90 years, reflections… The first installment of our story is on our website. The big event, of course, is the Byrd House Bash! April 27…details coming soon!

What’s the oldest story YOU have about William Byrd Community House?
Post it on our Facebook page! We would love to help you share your history (or that of someone you know) as part of the first Nurse’s Settlement House, serving all of Richmond’s populations.

Peace and Good Food to You All.

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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

Richmond Food Co-op Presentation

From Oregon Hill resident Silver Persinger:

2013 Feb. 18 - Community Forum - Richmond Food Co-op at William Byrd - Richmond, Virginia from Silver Persinger on Vimeo.

Michele Lord and Susan Hill, co-founders and Chair and Secretary, respectively, of the Richmond Food Co-op Board of Directors, gave a presentation explaining what a co-op is and shared information about the proposed co-op including a timeline for benchmarks and financial information.
This was an informational meeting for prospective members to learn more about the Richmond Food Co-op and to ask questions. These community forums will continue on a monthly basis at William Byrd Community House in Oregon Hill throughout the Spring on the third Monday of each month at 6 PM.
For more information about the Richmond Food Co-op:
richmondfoodcoop.com
facebook.com/Richmondfoodcoop
richmondfoodcoop.blogspot.com/
twitter.com/RVAfoodcoop

Trash/Recycling Pickup Tomorrow

This Wednesday is a red Wednesday, which means trash and recycling pickup. Please make sure you pick up containers after pickup tomorrow night. They do not belong on the sidewalk after tomorrow night.

Waste & Recycling News reports that scientists are urging the classifying of plastic as hazardous waste as a way to keep plastics from ending up in oceans or being littered across the countryside.

“We believe that if countries classified the most harmful plastics as hazardous, their environmental agencies would have the power to restore affected habitats and prevent more dangerous debris from accumulating,” a group of 10 scientists wrote in an article posted Feb. 13 on the journal Nature’s website.

As a template, the scientists are using the 1989 Montreal Protocol, which classified chlorofluorocarbons as hazardous and which has proven to be one of the most successful environmental initiatives in history.

One of the researchers, Chelsea Marina Rochman, told the Los Angeles Times that similar accomplishments can be achieved if four difficult-to-recycle plastics — polyvinylchloride (PVC), polystyrene, polyurethane and polycarbonate – are targeted.

According to the Nature article, less than half of the 280 million tons of plastic produced globally in 2012 ended up recycled or in a landfill. The scientists suggest that a substantial amount of the remaining 150 million tons of plastic ended up as litter. Without action, the global environment will have to deal with 33 billion tons of plastic by 2050.