March 2020:<\/b>\u00a0We are evolving ways to safely get more people fresh, free, food without contact. One reason I founded the co-op 11 years ago, was to connect a group of generous people willing to share what they grow and make if fresh food were ever to become scarce.<\/p>\n
Last week, we did a drive-around produce exchange that felt like a treasure hunt. It was contact-free, abundant, and fun. We followed a google map, that showed where members had left lemons, grapefruit, oranges, fresh herbs, homemade soap, avocados, greens, and other things free for the taking.<\/p>\n
We\u2019re using our Facebook group<\/a>\u00a0to let others know when and where we\u2019re leaving stuff out to be collected. We asking who has what. We\u2019re willing to deliver to those who can\u2019t go out.<\/p>\n And anyone, anywhere can do this. Please join us.<\/p>\n All you need is a willingness to share the over-flow of fruit, herbs, vegetables, and flowers you grow in your yard, that you are unable to use yourself; or if you don\u2019t grow anything, the food you bake, make, or gather. And an email address.<\/p>\n If you are near NE Los Angeles, email\u00a0freefood@hillsideproducecooperative.org<\/a>\u00a0to be added to our list. If you would like to start your own shared food collective and help lessen your community\u2019s need for the grocery store, I will help you get started. It\u2019s easy. And right now, it\u2019s really helpful.<\/p>\n what if nothing grows in your yard?<\/strong><\/p>\n Or you don\u2019t have a yard? You can still participate.\u00a0 Donate what you have. \u00a0If you\u2019re very tall or dexterous, you can help by harvesting.\u00a0 If you have computer skills, you can help by working on the website.\u00a0 If you know about growing things, you can help by planning or planting a garden. If you\u2019re a great cook, you can help by canning or sauce making.\u00a0 If you have ties to the city, you can help by appropriating unused land for growing.\u00a0 If you\u2019re a journalist, you can help by spreading the word.<\/p>\n Our former method – “Drop n Swap” works like this:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Bring a bag and your contribution (whatever delicious homegrown, homemade food stuffs you\u2019d like to share \u2013 doesn\u2019t matter how little or how much) to my house in Glassell Park 90065 on the appointed Saturday morning. I will have boxes and blankets in my living room to lay the food in and upon. Put like things with like things (ie. lemons with lemons, flowers with flowers, eggs with eggs, etc). Then at 11:00 we will circle the collective \u201cpile\u201d twice, filling our bags with what we like until everything is gone. The entire exchange lasts no longer than 30 minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" March 2020:\u00a0We are evolving ways to safely get more people fresh, free, food without contact. One reason I founded the co-op 11 years ago, was to connect a group of generous people willing to share what they grow and make if fresh food were ever to become scarce. Last week, we did a drive-around produce … Continue reading how it works<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":331,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-329","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","with-featured-image"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hillsideproducecooperative.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hillsideproducecooperative.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hillsideproducecooperative.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hillsideproducecooperative.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hillsideproducecooperative.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hillsideproducecooperative.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hillsideproducecooperative.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hillsideproducecooperative.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}