***
To get involved, whether as a volunteer fruit picker or a fruit tree owner, visit http://fruitrescue.org/join.
****
Hundreds of thousands of pounds of fruit grows nearly effortlessly in cities throughout the world. In Boulder, Colorado, apples, pears, peaches and plums fall in piles on the ground, creating a mess for homeowners and a dangerous attraction for bears. Meanwhile, low-income popu
lations struggle to find healthy and affordable food, while those better off drive to supermarkets to buy food from across the globe, often produced and transported at great environmental and social cost. We think it makes more sense to lead our community to the amazing food that already grows all around us, to gather with neighbors to harvest the collective bounty, and to ensure that it is shared with all in our community, especially those who are struggling to find fresh, healthy food. That’s why we organize neighborhood harvest events, where public and private trees bearing large amounts of fruit are harvested by neighbors and friends and their children in the course of a fun afternoon, providing fruit to take home by all the participants with plenty of extra to share with food banks, soup kitchens, and shelters.
****
Community Fruit Rescue is a project of Falling Fruit (http://fallingfruit.org), Boulder Food Rescue (http://boulderfoodrescue.org), 350 Boulder (http://350colorado.org/boulder-county/), Boulder Bear Coalition (http://boulderbearcoalition.org), and the Boulder Edible Landscaping Working Group.
