Market to Menu: Breakfast with the Farmers

Where: Brazos County Health Department Parking Lot, Northeast Corner of Texas and William J. Bryan
When: June 18th, 8:00am -Noon

Here is some more information about the upcoming Farm to Market event.



Local chefs will be giving cooking demonstrations to inspire you to get creative with the offerings at the market and they will prepare scrumptious omelettes for you to sample. We will also have some special visitors to the market that week; local gardening experts Bill Adams, Pamela Walker, and Doug Welsh will be available to answer your gardening questions.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Yard Eggs: Happy Chickens and Healthy Eaters

Where: Brazos County Health Department Parking Lot, Northeast Corner of Texas and William J. Bryan
When: June 18th, 8:00am -Noon

Please join the Brazos Valley Farmers Market on Saturday, June 18th for our special Market to Menu event, located in Downtown Bryan in the Brazos County Health Department parking lot at the corner of Texas and William J. Bryan.

From 8am till noon, this Go Texan-sponsored program will feature a Messina Hof cooking demonstration focused on the use of local eggs and produce in a variety of seasonal dishes. There will also be several local gardening authors at the event, including Bill Adams, Pamela Walker, and Doug Welsh.

Bill Adams, author of the Texas Tomato Lovers Handbook, is a retired Harris County extension agent with thirty years’ experience at the AgriLife Extension Service. His writing and photography have appeared regularly in Gardens & More, Horticulture, Texas Gardener, Family Circle, Mother Earth News, Sunset, and other publications. He grows tomatoes at his home in Burton, Texas.

Pamela Walker, author of Growing Good Things to Eat in Texas, is a former academic librarian, college English teacher, and assistant director of the Center for the Study of Cultures at Rice University, who lives in Houston, Texas.

Doug Welsh, a Professor and Extension Horticulturist with the Texas Cooperative Extension The Texas Aamp;&M University System, is the author of the Texas Garden Almanac and the coordinator for the Texas Master Gardeners Program.

Come out and sample some great dishes prepared by the chefs from Messina Hof, meet some local gardening experts and support the farmers in your community!

While you're there, you can pick up one of these fantastic new bumper stickers, proceeds of which go to support the activities of the Friends.





Finally, we need some volunteers to help man the Friend's booth on Saturday mornings between 8am and noon. This is a great way to get involved and show your support for our local farmers. If you would like to donate some of your time to the Friends then please contact: friends.bvfm@gmail.com

Halloween Celebration 2010

A great big THANK YOU to everyone who participated in today's BVFM Halloween Celebration. The kids seemed to have a wonderful time and, as always, you went out of your way to make the event a real blast!

A special thank you to everyone who donated to the raffles for the Friends of the Market booth. Here was the turnout, which raised $72 for the Friends group to help with future events and advertising our great market:

1. Salsa Basket (donated by Marge Beeler) - won by Silvia Tigerina
2. Pumpkin Cake (donated by Joe and Karen Jozwiak) - won by Linda Stearns
3. BVFM Calendar and T-shirt (donated by the Friends of the Market) - won by Donna Burton
4. Jam Basket (donated by Amy Decker) - won by Mike Jackson
5. Halloween Baby Blanket (donated by Helen Wise) - won by Jelinda Pepper
6. Wool Socks, Wooden Bookmark, and Bath Salts (donated by Jan Gerston, Stacie Grange, and Flor de Noche Soaps) - won by Heather Duchscher
7. GRAND PRIZE!!! A Variety of Produce, Baked Goods, Canned Goods, and Crafts (donated by the Jozwiaks, the Epps, David Elsik, Lita Riley, Tanya Miller, and the Burtons) - won by Mike Treglia

Thanks also to those helping with the Kids Booth - Rhonda Richardson created all the activities and brought crafts for the kids; and Tanya Miller supplied the "Green Pumpkins" that each kid got to take home with them.

It was another wonderful success this year. I hope everyone had fun!

Independence Day Celebration - 2010

What a wonderful morning to be at the Brazos Valley Farmers' Market this morning! The rain held off long enough for The Friends of the Market to host our Independence Day Celebration which included patriotic music, a raffle with great raffle prizes donated from our wonderful vendors, a kids booth so parents can shop while the kids play, and vendor booths decorated in red, white, and blue.

Raffle prizes included:

1. Grand Prize winner Helen Wise - BVFM t-shirt, banana bread, kitchen timer, salsa, and veggies donated by Marge Beeler, Helen Wise, Roger and Donna Burton, and FBVFM
2. Patriotic quilt winner Tanya Miller - donated by Helen Wise
3. Basket of Peaches winner Alan Pepper - donated by Alicia Redden
4. Jam Assortment with Dried Apples winner Hollie Woodward - donated by Amy Decker
5. Soaps and Salsa winner Sasha Kay - donated by Two Brothers Salsa and Flor de Noche
6. BVFM t-shirt winner Suzy - donated by FBVFM

A great big THANK YOU to everyone who participated in the raffle (both buying tickets and donating our wonderful prizes). Thank you also to Marge Beeler who donated the kids table, boom box, and music for the morning's festivities!

Happy 4th!

Market to Menu - 2010

What an amazing Saturday today was - our first funding from the Texas Department of Agriculture. Not only did we bring in the Village Downtown, our local/organic cafe, for cooking demonstrations and free omelet samples, but Pamela Walker, author of Growing Good Things to Eat in Texas was there, as were representatives from the TDA and TOFGA.

To make the day even more exciting, we revealed our very first BVFM t-shirts and sold 14 in the first day.

Truly, it was the best market ever. We continue to grow and expand, and it's obvious our customers just can't get enough. Thanks to everyone who supports and volunteers at our market!

New Business Member - The Village Downtown

It's been an exciting Spring with many new members. Today brings the Friends of the Brazos Valley Farmers' Market another great business partner: The Village Downtown, a downtown cafe which specializes in local and organic ingredients. That's right - many of their food ingredients come right from farmers' market vendors here in the Brazos Valley.

A great big WELCOME to Kristy and the gang at The Village Downtown!

New Business Member - Wild Type Ranch

The Friends of the Market is proud to announce another new business partner: Wild Type Ranch. Located in Milam County, Wild Type Ranch has been bringing local grass-fed beef and veal to the farmers' market since late 2009. They are a wonderful asset both to the market and the "Friends" group. A great big WELCOME to Wild Type Ranch!