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free produce exchange

Monibush — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:16:14 -0500

This is a little off topic but similar. There is a group called Hillside Produce Cooperative. Once a month they get together with their extra produce and do a little swap so everyone gets some of everything everyone brought. Its a great idea to share what you won't use and end up with a great bag of home grown food!!! The website is hillsideproducecooperative.org. Our next exchange is this Saturday Oct. 17th!!!

Rural Fruit Gleaning

katefurr67 — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:06:58 -0500

Before I moved to our little farm, I'd been known to stop and pick apples from volunteer trees along the roadside. I can't stand to see food go to waste! It's great to hear that I'm not the only one.

With just the two of us an the dog (who admittedly loves apples), we can't keep up with what our trees produce. I'll start looking for places to donate our excess.

Life on the farm: http://haphazardhomestead.blogspot.com/

Fruit Harvesting

The Lemon Lady — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:25:45 -0500

Great Story! I'm in a Northern California town about 20 miles east of Oakland. Town called Clayton. I have started a huge urban fruit harvesting network.

www.thelemonlady.blogspot.com

Press:

www.thelemonladynews.blogspot.com

I'd love to blog about your project too. Happy Harvesting.

AnnaAndAva@gmail.com

great resources

lisalawless — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 10:10:18 -0500

I love that we're all starting to find food sources closer to home. These sites are great resources.

lisa from lisa is cooking

http://lisaiscooking.blogspot.com/

More fruit than most can use

gogugo — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:37:36 -0500

I, too, was the recipient of loads of fruit this year, and for that I am very grateful. I like to try new recipes, especially when canning, and receiving a bounty of test material is always a treat. And sharing the experiments with the grower is great - sometimes they are amazed to see what their fruit can morph into.

Aside from being totally a fun notion

Hedonia — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:34:44 -0500

I think this is truly important. There is so much food that goes to waste simply because people don't tend to their trees, or don't know what to do with it when they do harvest their fruits. I love the idea of giving the well-gotten goods to food banks as well. What better way to put a dent in hunger in your own community?

Food, Gift Certificates and no Gifts At All

Britt Bravo — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:29:41 -0500

Hi Kelly, Sara and Lucinda,

Thanks for all of your alternative gift ideas!

As someone who likes to cook I am particularly attraced to your idea, Lucinda. I've given bags of homemade granola as gifts before and people seem to appreciate it.

We often give the gift of food.

LucindaA — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:07:23 -0500

My husband is a fishing guide so we get our share of salmon. We have given away fresh, frozen or canned salmon depending upon the time of year. Or berries from the garden, cookies we have made, jam we have canned. Anything like that and it is always appreciated because it's something that person may not usually get.

Gift Certificates

InkAndPixelClub — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 08:45:06 -0500

My husband and I both like recieving gift certificates as presents. I know they sometimes get a bad reputation, because some people believe that it means you don't know the persons likes and dislikes well enough to pick out something specific. But to us, a gift certificaye is something we can use on what we want when we want, which is nice when we have a bunch of presents to enjoy at one time and could really use something we can save for later. For keeping the amount of stuff in the house down, iTunes gift certificates and gift certificates to restaurants we like are great. If we know the person giving the gift also likes that restaurant, we're usually happy to bring them along when we go to spend it.

I'm happy with any kind of gift that shows the giver is really thinking of me. For my last birthday, my parents gave me a DNA test for our beloved mixed breed dog and my music junkie dad gave me a personalized mix CD. Neither takes up much room, but both made me very happy.

Sara

www.inkandpixelclub.com

No gifts!

Kelly Logan — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:26:39 -0500

My friends and I don't give each other birthday gifts. We're grownups, we have everything we need - there's really no need for gifts. We do take each other out for a nice dinner.

Kelly Logan

How Many Charities Miss Opportunities to Raise Funds

Britt Bravo — Wed, 13 May 2009 13:57:30 -0500

Thanks for the link, Shannon!

Mother's Day Nonprofit Promotion

ShannonAronin — Wed, 13 May 2009 12:25:59 -0500

Hi Britt,

I was sorry to have been unable to atten the NTC this year as I would love to have met you in person. Just wanted to stop by and share a link to my post on "How Many Charities Miss Opportunities to Raise Funds and Awareness on Mother's Day." Thanks!

-Shannon

http://aroconsult.net/blog/?p=132

Lovely Mother's Day Donation Idea

Britt Bravo — Fri, 08 May 2009 11:44:16 -0500

Thanks for sharing this wonderful idea, Laurel.

Keep 'em coming folks!

My Mother's Day Donation is for Homeless Pets

LaurelH — Thu, 07 May 2009 20:15:13 -0500

My 93 year old mother declared "no gifts - make a donation." I plan to donate to our local animal shelter. Through my mother I learned how animals enrich our lives, from the wild birds she has always fed, to the long list of pets of various species that were part of our family. She taught me to love all creatures great and small.

Laurel E. Hunt, celebrating the love of dogs at www.laurelhuntbooks.com

Origins of Mother's Day

Britt Bravo — Wed, 06 May 2009 13:04:18 -0500

Thanks for sharing your site and video about the origins of Mother's Day. I wrote a blog post for about Mother's Day's origins for BlogHer a couple years ago: Mother's Day for Peace.