This whole concept literally makes me giddy. It’s genius, and the people who started it should get a trophy {or at least a nice plaque}. In case you don’t have time to watch the video, City Fruit is an organization in Seattle that has tried to organize the harvest and distribution of fruit from trees that are on public land. Food that would otherwise end up on the ground, decomposing and unused. Their goal is to get it to the portion of the population that is under-served, and reduce food waste–which I am all on board with. According to treehugger.com, last year, City Fruit harvested close to 28,000 lbs of unused fruits. 22,000 of those pounds went to food banks, schools and other organizations. Awesomesauce.
Isn’t it rad when people do something positive?
~Mavis
Robin says
Check out fallingfruit.org. They have mapped out the entire world.
Preppy Pink Crocodile says
I love love love stories like this!!
KK @ Preppy Pink Crocodile
Karin Carson says
I live in the Interior of BC Canada , Vernon BC and we have a program where people with more fruit/veggies call and the Gleaners come and the person who picks gets a third, the Gleaners foundation gets a third and the owner gets a third, the Gleaners make soups Ect for underprivileged and food banks .
Practical Parsimony says
We have nothing of this sort in our town. However, I found a persimmon tree and a pear tree close by on city property. Someone cut the persimmon tree because it was raggedy. Then, tornado ripped off the top of the pear tree. I visited both often and picked the fruit and shared it with others.. The losses made me sad. I have never gotten scuppernongs from the other city location. This year, I may. Scuppernong are grapes.
Cheryl @ Living Design says
I love groups like this! When I lived near San Francisco, I was involved with a group called Village Harvest which would collect both unwanted fruit from private homes (homeowners had to request this) and from city orchards. In the South Bay in particular, there are a lot of old, defunct orchards where the trees still produce fruit but no one is around to care for them. On different harvests, we picked apples, pears, oranges, persimmons and lemons. Everything that met certain safety standards was donated to local food banks. Fruit that was overripe or had touched the ground went home with volunteers.