West Asheville food swap event set for July 20

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West Asheville Food Swap

Our first food swap with be on July 20th from 1-3pm at the West Asheville Vineyard Community Center (717 Haywood Road)

Event is free but you must register in advance at: wavlfoodswap.eventbrite.com

Only 25 spots available!

A food swap is a recurring 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. 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.

Swaps usually last about two hours. This is the format that we will follow:

• The first 30 minutes of the swap are devoted to sign-in, set-up, and greetings. Swappers fill out name tags and swap sheets and set up their wares on the tables.

• The next 30 minutes to 1 hour are for everyone to walk around, examine, and sampleitems from the other swappers. Swappers will write their names and items they brought on the sheets for any items they would like to take home.

• The final 30 minutes are when all the swapping actually happens. Everyone goes back to his or her original sheets of paper, looks at the offers, finds interested offerers via their name tags, and swaps.

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Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

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