This Nomday is more about obtaining foods than making. The
household has opted to experiment with the Bountiful Baskets program. This is a
very cool little co-op market deal. Check out their website for the full spiel
but basically it is a community grocery store in a public parking lot.
Volunteers use cute little plastic laundry baskets to organize the foods, but
you have you bring your own bags to cart it away. The cost is low because there
is so little overhead and it is all volunteer run. The best part is if you
volunteer your time, there might be some extra goodies in your basket.
Our locations are primarily in school lots and I was happily
surprised to find that I knew many of the people shopping and working. The
price was worth the amount of fresh fruits and veggies obtained and there was a
nice friendly community feel to the whole ordeal.
I am super excited to try this again next week!
A few caveats; most items still need to ripen, which is
great, unless you want to use it right away. Bring bags and boxes and a cart or
a friend to help carry; there is way more than you would expect!
Bountiful Baskets
http://bountifulbaskets.org/
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