could you consider making a feature where players can trade ingredients WITH OTHER PLAYERS? (wasn't trying to yell btw, just emphasizing the last 3 words.) I sent Trident a message on the main site and he said that the forums would be a good place to suggest it, (I'm assuming this is the forum that he was speaking of.)

That has been suggested in the past and was vetoed, for whatever reason.

oh.

This is the sort of thing that would take a lot of time to add, with little ultimate benefit (at least in my eyes).

I would actually say it'd be a negative net benefit because it would mean that players who are spending their time networking would get a big edge, making this as much about popularity than about authoring (plus some strategy with recipe picks and daily swaps).

If we want more badges based on teamwork (beyond the actual FT teams), we might want to look at more like Three Keys - small groups with a short-term task.