The best thing I love about this event is that it's all volunteer driven. The second thing is that it's about making your own fermented food and drink which appears, especially in these recession-aware times, to have become fashionable. In fact, everything that the "Shrinkage" article talks about - brown bagging, growing, dumpster diving, foraging, scavenging - these are all things that appear to have "emerged" in the East Bay as a new fad. Heck, I went to the White Elephant Sale a couple weeks ago and it was a mob scene!
Anyways, since I'm sort of half way on the "planning committee" for the event (though I've successfully avoided showing up for a single planning meeting at Max's house :-)) it has given me inspiration to try my own hand at a few of the "crafts" As a result, I'm learning to make Sauerkraut and Sourdough. So far the sauerkraut is working, but I need more practice with sourdough bread.
All the proceeds benefit good causes. So c'mon out and check the action - there are plenty of events to participate in!
