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Byrd House Market Today, 3:30 – 7pm

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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

The People’s Library: Where Your History Becomes Part of the Main Library’s Permanent Collection

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The Main branch of Richmond Public Library continues to reach out to the surrounding community. PLease consider this event on September 20.

From FaceBook event page:

After many months of workshops and endless help and support from the Main Branch of the Richmond Public Library (especially the incredible teens!) the People’s Library is opening to the public! What does that mean? It means you can check out one of our homemade books, write your history in it and return it to the library to be included in their permanent collection! It’s all free, all you need is a library card. But come out for the opening for food, friends, and brainstorming sessions on how to allow the project to continually to evolve and expand!

The People’s Library is a highly collaborative, sustainable and interactive public art project. Since February 2013 community members have been working together to design and build a library authored by the community. During a series of workshops participants transformed discarded books into hundreds of blank books for anyone to write their histories in. Every book will be included in the library’s permanent collection at Main.

On September 20th, from 5-7:30 at the Main Branch of the Richmond Public Library, the blank books will be available for any community member with a library card to check out and take with them. The books can then be filled with histories, photos, drawings, anything. Once they checked back they’ll become part of the Main Branch of the Richmond Public Library’s permanent collection. The books can then be checked out by anyone in the community creating a real and symbolic meeting place for our diverse state.

Obituary for Nancy McCauley

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McCAULEY, Nancy “Biggie,” 72, of Richmond, widow of Leslie R. McCauley Sr., passed away September 7, 2013. She was a life-long resident of Oregon Hill. She is survived by four children, Pamela Simmons, Leslie R. McCauley Jr. (Shirley), G. W. McCauley and Linda Mayes; six grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren; brothers, Bruce and Sgt. Major Gerald Wayne Callice (Ret.). The family will receive friends Friday from 10 a.m. to 12 noon at Bliley’s-Central, 3801 Augusta Ave., with a 1:30 p.m. graveside service in Mt. Calvary Cemetery.

Byrd House Market Sept. 10

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From email announcement:

The Goings On
First: The Food! I mean, really, SO good. Right?!?! You want to hop on your bike and ride right over!
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2nd Tuesdays mean St. Andrews home canned marinara, pickle juice and other yummies. Soul Ice will be back this week and the ready to eats for dinner are from Phal’s and Ted & Kirsten’s. Herbal teas and medicinal plants from Shakambhari Gardens. We have breads and croissants from Margie’s, cakes and yam rolls from Bernie’s. Crocheted fineries and Felted toys from Pleased to be Crafting and Wandering Cow Farm. The best produce and fruit from Byrd Farm and Amy’s Garden and Deer Run Farm, Tomten Farm, Origins Farm, Agriberry, Heath Farm, and Epic Gardens. Sausages from Salt Pork, Mushrooms from Steve Haas, Yogurt, Milk and Cheese from Old Church Creamery, Herd Shares, butter and pasture fed beef from Faith Farm, Roasters and honey and jam and lordee it does go on…
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Find recipes at EatGoodGrowGreat.blogspot.com or ask at the Byrd House Market Info Tent. We’d love to get some and share some!

Second: Did you not LOVE?
the acrobats from the Cirque Italia at last week’s market?? Shopper’s daughter Tegwyn certainly did!
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As they left the Blue Lotus Collective crew “Nick and Friends” serenaded shoppers til market’s end. Pretty nice vibe all day.
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Third: HURRAY for WBCH Byrd House Market and Byrd House Farmlet! The Whole Foods Market 5% Day was a great success – more than $5,700 raised for outreach, infrastructure and marketing for the farmlet and the market! This was especially groovy because the entire staff, executive director and board chair took shifts bagging groceries, handing out literature and sharing the great work of our agency and our nutrition education programs: the market, farmlet and community garden. What a payoff! Thanks to everyone who worked and shopped! Thanks to Whole Foods Market 5% Day and their 5th anniversary in Richmond!
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Upcoming events:
September 20: WBCH CARNIVAL! 4:00 – 7:30 pm with petting zoo, giant inflatables, games and prizes! 5th District Councilman Parker Agelasto making a special presentation in honor of WBCH’s 90th Anniversary
October 22: National Food Day at the Market – Thank a Vendor Day!
October 21-25: National Food Day Week of events and opportunities with BHM and VCU.

byrdhousemarket.blogspot.com

See you at the 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

St. Andrew’s School Sewing

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From St. Andrew’s School:

Thanks to the Richmond/Central Virginia Chapter of the American Sewing Guild for completing our “Trout in the Classroom” quilt! It hangs in the foyer at St. Andrew’s School and represents student artwork related to this fantastic learning project. Special thanks also to Quilting Adventures at Willow Lawn for helping make this possible!

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