Monday, July 27, 2009

Not far from the tree

Last year, I found an article about the organization "Not Far from the tree". www.notfarfromthetree.org. This started as a volunteer gig for Laura Resinborough as the article in the paper said with Laura and others picking fruit at Spadina House and other gardens and then selling the fruit at Green Barns in Wychwood. The crop has grown to the tune of 3,000 pounds of fruit. Reinsborough and friends would gather each Saturday morning during the harvest season, collecting apples in the morning for sale that afternoon.
Reinsborough found Not Far from the Tree to pick neighbourhood fruit in Ward 21 area of Toronto. In the first year, they had interest from more than 100 homes across the city and it has grown.
What a wonderful venture. Wonder how many can be started and how many exist but they just don't have the publicity?

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