PDX Food Swap Registration: March 23, 2014

March 2, 2014

Hello, swappers!

Registration is now open for our Sunday, March 23rd swap at SHARP, the Art Institute of Portland’s International Culinary School Student-Run Restaurant. Sharp is located on the corner of NW Couch and 8th.

For those of you who’ve attended our swaps previously, please feel free to scroll down to the registration form at the bottom. If you’re new to the PDX Food Swap – hello and welcome! Read on for details, and please don’t hesitate to ask questions.

SUNDAY, March 23rd (4-5:30 pm)
Hosted by Rosemarried & Sustainable Food for Thought

At
SHARP:
34 NW 8th Avenue, Portland, OR 97209
(On the corner of NW Couch & NW 8th)

What: A Food Swap is part silent auction/part village marketplace/part open house where your homemade creations (breads, preserves, infusions, canned goods, etc.) become your own personal currency for use in swapping with other participants. What better way to diversify your pantry and meet a few new food-minded friends?

Bring an assortment of your homemade edible specialties (and even a few non-edibles, such as: lip balm, soaps, etc.) to exchange for other handcrafted delights. We will provide swapping cards, name tags, and organization for the event. You will be given the opportunity to offer trades in a silent-auction type format, and you will be free to choose which trades to accept for your products. Bring as much or as little as you like; there are no caps or minimums.

Who: Pacific Northwesterners {aka the Willamette Valley, the Portland Metro Area, and our Neighbors to the North}.

Please note, we are unable to provide childcare for this event.

Cost: Swap participants will be given free entry; a suggested donation of your hand crafted goods or a small monetary donation to the supply-fund jar helps cover the cost and energy of swap organizers.

RSVP below with your name, contact info, & description of items you plan to trade.

Make sure to register early! Due to limited space, we are capping the number of swappers at 35 and will maintain a waiting list. The last few swaps have filled up quickly, so make sure to fill out the registration form as soon as possible.

On the day of the swap, please bring your hand crafted goods and arrive promptly at the start time. Please don’t arrive early – we won’t be quite ready for you! The first half-hour of the event is dedicated to swapper sign-in, set-up, and samples, and we’ll only begin swapping once everyone’s settled in. Feel free to bring samples of your goods for others to try during the open browsing portion of the swap.

It’s as simple as that! We’re excited as always to meet one another and celebrate the bounty of the seasons and the fruits of our labor. If you have any questions about the swap, please refer to this handy list of FAQs.

Feel free to Tweet/Instagram about the fun before, during, and after – it’s always great to see what everyone’s making, sharing, and celebrating! Use the #pdxfoodswap hashtag and follow along…

Invite Friends & Spread the Word:
@pdxfoodswap | PDX Swappers Facebook Page

Looking forward to seeing you there!
-Bethany & Lindsay

UPDATES
3/15/14: Our March 23rd Food Swap is now full. Please send us an email if you would like to be added to the waiting list. pdxfoodswap@gmail.com.

Bethany Rydmark

Bethany is a landscape architect and an eighth generation Oregonian with an appetite for equitable, sustainable, and meaningful food. After finding her cupboards overloaded with experiments-gone-right, she co-founded Portland’s first food swap in 2010 as a way to diversify her pantry and mingle with neighbors. She helped launch the Food Swap Network and thrills to see the food swapping movement continue to grow and spread across the country and around the world! She shares stories of life and food and travel and landscapes at @bethanyrydmark.