What We're All About
Ever driven or walked past a home that has a tree loaded down with fruit in the yard?
Ever been tempted to pick it but feel it might be forbidden?
The Garden of Eating — Niagara wants to do away with forbidden fruit and start a residential fruit-picking program where members and volunteers pick and share fruit that would otherwise go to waste.
If you have a tree producing too many cherries for your family to eat, how about sharing them with others in your neighbourhood? Maybe they have a pear tree whose harvest they can share with you.
Maybe you don't have a fruit tree but a skill to contribute. Are you a whiz in the kitchen who can turn someone else's crab apples into some kicking jelly? Maybe you have a knack for taking raspberries from an out-of-control cane in someone's yard and turn them into swoon-worthy jam that can be spread around your neighbourhood. Or perhaps you just love being in the great outdoors, picking fruit and being part of a grassroots local food movement.
Think of it as creating a mini neighbourhood fruit co-op or CSA — an underground fruit economy, if you will.
You or a team of volunteers from The Garden of Eating — Niagara can pick the fruit in your yard, leaving a share for you, a share for the volunteers and a share for the community organization of your choice, such as a local food bank or shelter.
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