portlandfruit.org - 6/7/2009
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____________________________________________ Portland Fruit Tree Project provides a community-based solution to a critical and growing need in Portland and beyond access to healthy food. By empowering neighbors to share in the harvest and care of urban fruit trees, we are preventing waste, ...
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Yard Sharing
Landscape+Urbanism —
... land or labor, money or skill, and everyone shares in the bounty." :: image via OregonLive The resources are amazing, including some of the following for those to check out locally or emulate in other places: :: Portland Yard Sharing :: The Dirt :: City Garden Farms :: Portland Fruit Tree Project :: VeggieTrader ...
Urban Fruit Gleaning
Cooking Up A Story: A Show about People, Food, and Sustainable Living —
... Portland Fruit Tree Project provides a valuable service that helps communities benefit directly from local resources. Fresh fruit that grows on neighborhood trees is collected by volunteers, and dropped off at local Food Banks for distribution to those in need. The great thing about this program is that in large part, the fruit would not be harvested or eaten by anyone—if not for fruit gleaning. Everyone involved benefits, including the trees, as harvesting is beneficial to their health! ...
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