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Foraging for fruit in public spaces
The New York Times has a story today about foraging for fruit. Writer Kim Severson found folks in Portland, Ore., Oakland, Calif., Los Angeles and New York who are getting together to harvest fruit from trees in public spaces.
Severson’s article is packed with good information, but it didn’t include anything about Austin’s own fruit rescuers.
Scott Dubois of the Blue Green Project started Austin Fruit Rescue in early 2008 and has organized outings for “fruit rescuers” interested in collecting fruit, which they split between themselves, local food banks and property owners (if they’ve been given permission to picking fruit on private property).
Dubois says the group has recently gone dormant, but you can e-mail him if you are interested in joining when the rescues get going again.
Up next? Figs.
If you know of trees in public spaces, you can add them to the Google map:
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