JarSquad Assembly

JarSquad is a project exploring circular economy/barter around food preservation, by bringing people together to preserve food, and address food surplus/glut, waste, hoarding, recycling, and to re-discover communal abundance, collective action, and conviviality. 

Rachel, Carmen and Tess set up Bristol’s first ever Jarsquad assembly where we processed waste food into various preserves including chow chow, kimchi & beetroot marmalade (amongst much more!).

I love this project for the way it gently convenes a conversation about time, energy, waste and value within a practical workshop. Everyone is chopping, grating and stirring, their time itself a unit of jarsquad currency that allows them to take home a jar from a previous assembly when they leave.

https://jarsquad.com/