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Coronado Home Harvest

“sharing what we have”
Coronado Homegrown Fruit, Vegetable and Flower Exchange

 

 

January 21st, 2011 – Our 2nd annual potluck!

Winn Room

Our Second Annual Potluck Luncheon.

What fun we will have: good food, good company, good conversation.

Bring your garden’s bounty, take home a wonderful assortment from Coronado’s finest gardens. No garden? Team up with a friend or neighbor. See a fruit tree in town that no one is eating, ask if you can harvest the crop and bring the owner a bag of fresh vegetables in return. If you have no access or no harvest, be creative and bring a homemade item. Just  prepackage it and if it is food, include ingredients for those with allergies. Sorting volunteers welcome. Open to all. Free membership.

What to do if you would like to participate: (see also participation guidelines)

1. Get on the email list: info@coronadohomeharvest.org
2. If you’d like to participate, email us at info@coronadohomeharvest.org by the Thursday before the exchange,  letting us know what FRUITS, VEGETABLES, HERBS, and FLOWERS you’ll have to contribute. You can also bring a home-made item as long as you include a list of the ingredients.  Even if you don’t have anything in season, you can still participate by volunteering the day of the event.
3. Participants arrive between 8-10am with your harvest to share and a bag with your name on it. (Volunteers, please arrive at 8am)
4. Return between 12-1pm to pick up your farmer’s market-style bags of produce- all for FREE! (Unclaimed bags will be donated)

Question – How much produce should I contribute?
Answer – Whatever you have “extra.”  we are happy to spread around anything you have that you won’t be able to use yourself, whether that’s 60 pounds of grapefruit, a shopping bag full of rosemary, or a handful of grapes!

Question – Do all members get a bag each month?
Answer – No.   All participants get a bag.  That means everyone who contributes something that month will get a free big bag of food.

Question – Can I donate my extra produce and not take a bag?
Answer – Absolutely. Thank you for your generosity!

Question - Can I drop off my produce on Thursday or Friday?
Answer – Nope.  We don’t have any place to store it.  But participants are welcome to drop off between 8am and 10am on the appointed Saturday.

Question - I forgot to email by Thursday with what I will bring, can I still participate?
Answer – Yes.  However, it very helpful if you can remember to let us know ahead of time. It takes a lot of planning to figure out  how many participants and how much produce we will have vs. how many bagging volunteers we will need each month.

Question – Are all volunteers guaranteed to work?
Answer – Well, it all depends.  Some months there are only a handful of members contributing food and several dozen members who’d like to volunteer to bag.   But I’ll let volunteers know for sure whether or not they’ll be needed by Friday morning before the Saturday exchange.

Question – I don’t live in Coronado, can I still participate?
Answer – YES!  you can still exchange with us.  The exchange is a Coronado community event, but we are a welcoming community and invite you to join in the spirit of sharing what we have.