Indy Food Swappers is an Indianapolis-based, free food swap, striving to inspire creativity, build community, and spread good cheer. We trade homemade items and enjoy the company of new and old friends.

For everything you need to know about how our food swap works, please visit our website at http://www.indyfoodswappers.com/.

WHAT TO BRING

• One or more homemade, homegrown, or foraged food items, plus samples to try. Need ideas? Home-canned fruits and veggies, pickles, jams, jellies, chutneys, infused oils or vinegars, homemade cheeses, breads, crackers, cakes, pies, honey, granola, homegrown herbs and vegetables, foraged foods, soups, spreads, starters, salad dressings, etc. 
• Bring as few or as many items as you like, within reason. Do want makes sense for you.
• Please package or wrap your food in a way that protects it, and makes the amount you are swapping clear.  
• If possible, please bring a list of ingredients for your items, or be able to share any special dietary notes (i.e. gluten-free, vegan, dairy-free, nut-free, etc.). This  will be a big help to swappers who may have allergies or specific food intolerances.

We will provide big sheets, name tags, and other necessary materials for the event.

HOW THE SWAP WORKS

• Swaps will be auction style. Each swapper will be given a sheet of paper when they arrive with a space to write the name of the item(s) they brought, with several blank lines below it.  The blank lines are there for other swappers to indicate their interest in your item. (These sheets of paper are called BID SHEETS, and they’ll be provided at the swap)
• The first thirty minutes will be devoted to sign-in, set-up, and greetings.
• The next thirty minutes will be the time for swappers to walk around and view and sample items from other swappers.
• Then, we’ll take thirty minutes to do the ‘bidding,’ which just means this is when you go around and write your name on the bid sheets of the items that interest you. Example:  Jane brought some pickles I love. I brought pear jam to swap. I write on Jane’s sheet that I would like to trade one jar of my pear jam for one jar of her pickles.
• The final thirty minutes are when the actual swapping occurs. Everyone will go back to find their bid sheets and look at the offers. They will decide which swap offers they would like to accept for each item, and then find that person to make the swap.(Everyone will be wearing name tags.)

 PLEASE NOTE:  This is just a guideline of how the swapping part will work. Things get kind of crazy and fun when the actual swapping begins. Although the bid sheets serve as general guidelines, once people start chatting and trading with each other, the swapping becomes more spontaneous. 

***You must be present at the swap from beginning to end to participate.***

Blog:  http://indyfoodswappers.com

Twitter:  @IndyFoodSwap

Facebook:  Indy Food Swappers

Email:  suzannekrowiak@me.com