I have never attended but was looking forward to my first one this year. Don't know what the event usually entails..but could we just meet for something simple this year? Reserve a space, bring pot luck, and have a taste testing? I would think a taste testing contest would just entail tomato contributions, knives, voting slips and little containers to put them in...and napkins. And the prize could be......seeds? Or just bragging rights? Or a tasting without a contest involved?
How about a tomato exchange--everybody brings a few of their harvest, a little slip of paper telling its history (especially if its an heirloom) and we all exchange and take an assortment of tomatoes home. Like a cookie exchange. Or maybe also bring some extra seeds and exchange them too.
We could keep it simple...this year..so that no one person needs to do a lot of planning/work. And then next year the usual organizers could resume a more extensive event if they want.
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