There are more than 50 community trade stations spread out over eight counties around Louisville, Kentucky, and stretching into Southern Indiana. Signs encourage people to leave any excess produce from their gardens on the shelves or take any they want. It’s like Little Free Libraries for gardeners.

“I was just doing people’s gardens, helping people do veggies, flowers, stuff like that and bringing them bees and butterflies and then it was like … if you garden, you’re going to have way too much stuff, too many tomatoes, peppers, whatever you’re growing … and instead of going to waste you can just trade it for something else,” says Noah Curtis.