Larder Swap

food swap:

an event where members of a community 

share homemade, homegrown, or foraged foods 

with each other. 

Swaps allow direct trades 

to take place between attendees, 

e.g., a loaf of bread for a jar of pickles 

or a half-dozen backyard eggs. 

Swap events also include a potluck as an immediate 

 food-sharing (and sometimes item-sampling) component. 

These events are a delicious way 

to diversify the homemade foods in your own pantry 

while getting to know members of your local food community.

(Click HERE for more info about food swaps

from the Food Swap Network.)

I'll be joining

the Virginia Urban Homesteaders League 

in celebrating Mother Earth News' 

"International Homesteading Education Month" 

with a Larder Swap on September 30. 

I'll be bringing hand-made/home grown/home-processed items 

to trade with other like-minded people. 

I've used my own home grown 

or locally grown organic produce 

in the items I'm bringing to the swap. 

Did you see the article in the Virginian Pilot

about our swap?

So great!

These photos are some of my items

in the process of getting gussied up

for the Larder Swap.

More photos after the event...

*happy*