Goochland-based Flower Child specializes in (extremely popular!) small-batch granola, baked goods and handmade, organic soap and body care. Owner Tonia Wyatt took a few minutes away from baking to share a little more about herself and her business. –When & how did you get started? My whole life I have always had my hand in something creative. … Continue reading Meet Your Artisan: Flower Child
Six businesses new to the GrowRVA markets! Byrd Farm Goochland County Family owned and operated USDA Certified Organic vegetables, strawberries, flowers and herbs. We also offer pasture raised poultry and eggs from happy hens, as well as handcrafted preserves made on the farm by the farmer’s wife. Local, organic and sustainable. Sweet Temptations Henrico County … Continue reading New to the Markets Part 2
We have some new faces at the GrowRVA markets this season. Over the coming weeks, we will be highlighting them here and on our Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages to help you get acquainted with their businesses. We’ll also be sharing updates on our wonderful returning vendors. Blue Bee Cider Richmond City Virginia’s first and only urban … Continue reading New to the Markets
Mosaic‘s food cart is a new vendor at the South of the James market this season, but Mosaic has been one of Richmond’s best catering companies since 1997. Over the past 16 years, Mosaic has won dozens of awards from Richmond Magazine, Style Weekly, Virginia Living Magazine, as well as national sources. They’re small menu … Continue reading Meet Your Artisan #29: MOSAIC
When Steve Barham started his business 6 years ago, after retiring from Reynold’s Metals, it was just him, selling seafood out of his Ford Expedition, wherever he was lucky and smart enough to set up. Folks started to recognize Steve and seek out his fresh seafood, and now, after 3 years at the South of … Continue reading Meet Your Artisan #28: Barham’s Seafood
Much like Featured Vendor #26, Agriberry, Flower Child is a business about family. Tonia Wyatt was inspired by the things she was already doing, making, creating for her family, and turned a lifetime of practical skills into a business, offering soaps, breads, granola, and other handmade items. This is Flower Child’s first year at the … Continue reading Meet Your Artisan #27: Flower Child
AgriBerry Farm celebrated its fifth year of business in 2013, but owners Anne and Chuck Geyer have been farming together for over 30 years. Innovators in their field, through AgriBerry, Anne and Chuck have created one of the nation’s only fruit and berry CSA’s. They’ve also set up a premier facility for training the next generation … Continue reading Meet Your Artisan #26: AgriBerry
Mugsy Lunsford has been keeping RVA dogs and cats happy for over a decade and, for the past 5 years, she’s been doing it as a vendor at the South of the James farmers market. Mugsy’s Dogtown Lounge is a popular stop for SOJ’s four-legged patrons thanks to Mugsy’s signature raw pet foods and snacks. … Continue reading Meet Your Artisan #25: Mugsy’s Dogtown Lounge
Real Country Sausage is a family business born from a family business. The sausage business may only be a few years old, but Dockery Branch Farms goes back for generations. RCS is committed to producing traditional farm-fresh country sausage and hand-tied link sausage, plus nitrate-free brown-sugar-cured bacon. These guys are doing it the way it … Continue reading Meet Your Artisan #24: Real Country Sausage
Carnivores, you’re in luck this week – this week’s featured vendor is all about the meat. Richmond has a magical gift, a collection of sausage sorcerers that goes by the name of Sausage Craft. Sausage Craft uses old-world methods to create sausages and meats for Virginia restaurants, caterers and retailers. That means they don’t sell … Continue reading Meet Your Artisan #23: Salt Pork
