N. Oakland Food Swap

Monthly Food Swaps at the N. Oakland Farmers Market

The first Saturday of every month we will have a place to swap backyard produce at the Phat Beets N. Oakland Farmers Market at 5717 Market St. from 11am-2pm

Preregister HERE for the next swap. 

These monthly swaps go a bit more loosely than our regularly scheduled seasonal events and focus on back yard produce, eggs, & honey.
To swap, simply lay down what you brought and take what you want. It's that simple!

I can't wait to swap with you all on a more regular basis. 

Pictures from the Summer Swap

Pictures taken by Dalia from Richmond Homestead

The Grey Areas Of Made At Home Food Laws.

A few weeks ago I attended a small meeting of local food activists put on by the Sustainable Economies Law Center. We discussed the state of food laws regarding the legality of sharing, trading, & selling homemade foods, as well as what laws we would like to see pass here in California. The SELC really has their stuff together. They have been doing research for months on laws that have passed in other states and have worked hard to come up with a plan of attack.


Legal Intern Kelly Densmore and Co-Director Janelle Orsi from the Sustainable Economies Law Center’s wrote this great article for Shareable.net that I wanted to share with you all. 


http://www.shareable.net/blog/the-shareable-food-movement-meets-the-law

"“The Underground Food Movement” has become a thing lately. It’s a foodie’s utopia in Oakland these days...But this movement goes deeper than its sheer yumminess. We thrive on food. When we share in efforts to grow, process, prepare, and serve food, we greatly enhance our abilities to eat well, provide for ourselves, and build livelihoods around food. Sharing food is particularly important during hard economic times and many small food projects develop out of unemployment.

The realm of shareable food is flourishing with community meal sharing, potlucks, gift-economy restaurants, community food growing projects, food swap events, pop-up stores, stone soup gatherings, food-buying cooperatives, goat-sharing, chicken cooperatives, events like The Big Lunch, and so on...

Now picture all of this food sharing activity on a spectrum. At the private and personal end, we eat a homemade meal with our family. At the public and commercial end, we get chicken nuggets from the drive-thru window at a chain restaurant. Somewhere in between is a point at which our society has decided to impose protections and regulations."

Read the full article here: http://www.shareable.net/blog/the-shareable-food-movement-meets-the-law

Summer Food Swap Update

I've gotten 27 amazing submissions so far for the Summer Homemade Food Swap. There are only 30 spots available and I will put 5 of you on the waiting list. At the last swap quite a few people from the waiting list made it on so you still have a good chance if you end up on it.

If you  haven't gotten your "you've been accepted" email yet, don't worry! I haven't sent them. I am currently working on revising the swap sheets a little bit (if you already have the old ones printed out feel free to use them) and making sure I include as much necessary info in the acceptance emails as possible. If you have any suggestions feel free to shoot me an email: kendra.poma gmail

Registration is OPEN for the Summer Food Swap

We are now taking applications for the Summer Homemade Food Swap!

Remember, what ever you make needs to be homemade or grown by you and edible to humans. Other than that, you are free to be as creative or traditional as possible.

Go to the "Join Our Next Swap" page to sign up.

You will receive the exact address & further instructions once approved.

I can't wait to see what you plan on bringing to the swap!

Summer Swap Date & City Announced!

Sign up's for the July swap will begin June 18th