In one of the larger communities near San Francisco, residents of Mosswood have organized a weekly exchange area where direct barter takes the place of cash business.
Are you just about done with all the summer squash coming out of your garden? Or been eyeing the neighbor’s plum tree, wishing you had some of your own? There’s a bench in North Oakland’s Mosswood Park where you can trade away your excess harvest and pick up something else you like.
The Mosswood plant and produce exchange offers a space for neighbors to barter herbs, fruits, vegetables, seeds and plants with their fellow gardening buffs. Several members of the Greater Mosswood Neighborhood Association organize the weekly, Saturday morning exchange, which began just a month ago. Already, there are big ideas for the future.
“We hope it’ll get bigger and some day be a farmers market-type thing,” said Karen Hancock, one of the organizers.
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