Do you garden, can, bake, or otherwise prepare homemade food items? At Plaza Midwood Food Swap you’ll get the chance to share the fruits of your labor and bring home someone else’s homemade food. From 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Saturday, September 7th, 2014, at Snug Harbor, 1228 Gordon Street, the regularly occurring Plaza Midwood Food Swap takes place. It’s free to attend. Like the Facebook page so you’ll learn about future events. Read all about how it works on the Facebook event, but here’s a little bit:
All swap items must be homemade, homegrown, or foraged by you. Think baked goods, jam, pickles, beer, spreads, honey, vinegar, mead, granola, pasta, fruits, vegetables, herbs, spices, homemade sausages, backyard eggs … you name it! Bring as little or as much as you like. You can bring a bunch of one thing or multiples of a few different things. The possibilities are endless! Keep in mind that swappers will be examining and picking up your goods, so be sure to package them in a way that protects the food and makes it clear the amounts you want to swap. We encourage reusable, earth-friendly packaging whenever possible. If possible, you should also bring samples for others to try.
What happens during the swap?
The swap will last about one hour and a half.
• The first 30 minutes of the swap are devoted to sign-in, set-up, and greetings. Swappers set out their wares on tables we provide and write a description of what they brought.
• The next 30 minutes to 1 hour are for everyone to walk around, examine, and sample items from the other swappers. If they taste or see something they like, then they begin to barter!
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