SustainFloyd Serves up Farm-fresh Breakfast
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on September 26, 2019 with a smaller selection of photos.
Woody Crenshaw estimated that 200 breakfast plates were served at Saturday morning’s Breakfast at the Market fundraiser for the Farmers Market, a project of SustainFloyd.
The breakfast was held in the Village Green parking lot, adjacent to the Market, which was in full swing.
The Farmers Market has a $25,000 annual budget. Only 40% of that expense is covered by market booth vending fees. The rest comes from private donations, donations from the town and fundraising events like the breakfast, said Crenshaw, one of the founders of SustainFloyd, a Floyd educational non-profit that focuses on localizing the economy of Floyd County and conserving the county’s natural resources.
Served from 8:30 to 11:00, the breakfast was a fellowship that included eggs and sausage from Weathertop Farm, corn meal pancakes from Gracious Day Grains, fruit topping from Riverstone Organic Farm, apples from Berrier Orchard and coffee from Red Rooster Coffee Roaster. Blue Ridge Café was an event sponsor.
“The Farmers Market rises the level of commerce in the community every Saturday,” Crenshaw said. He added that he enjoyed seeing all the kids, parents and grandparents in attendance at the breakfast. – Colleen Redman
PHOTOS 1. SustainFloyd board member Silvie Granatelli and SustainFloyd’s current chairperson, Jackie Crenshaw, served up freshly-cooked pancakes made with ingredients from Floyd County’s Gracious Day Grains. 2. Tables lined the Village Green sidewalks. 3. SustainFloyd volunteer and community adviser Karin Grosshans serves up fresh eggs and sausages, sourced from Weathertop Farm. 4. Volunteers washed dishes (front and center), sold tickets and served up patrons. The event was powered by SustainFloyd’s mobile solar generator, the Voltzwagon (pictured far right). 5. SustainFloyd treasurer Roger Kienzle dishes up some grits at Saturday’s Market Breakfast. 6. The Floyd Mountain Ramblers entertained while attendees ate.
7. A crew from Dobbins Hollow Road in Pilot made a picnic of the meal. 
8. At the Farmers Market, adjacent to the SustainFloyd breakfast for the Market, farmer Jess Sandoval makes a purchase of fresh tomatoes from the Floyd EcoVillage Farm.
