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FRUIT

by Brooke Facente

Sometimes a good thing is too much of a good thing… Like all the bountiful fruit trees in Dimond’s yards.  Lovely to look at and lovely to eat. But one can only eat so many! I discovered this organization that focuses on making fruit trees public. It’s a great idea. One man’s throw-away is another man’s food.

 
FallenFruit.Org

  “Public Fruit” is the concept behind the Fallen Fruit, an activist art project which started as a mapping of all the public fruit in our neighborhood. We ask all of you to contribute your maps so they expand to cover the United States and then the world. We encourage everyone to harvest, plant and sample public fruit, which is what we call all fruit on or overhanging public spaces such as sidewalks, streets or parking lots.

We believe fruit is a resource that should be commonly shared, like shells from the beach or mushrooms from the forest. Fallen Fruit has moved from mapping to planning fruit parks in under-utilized areas. Our goal is to get people thinking about the life and vitality of our neighborhoods and to consider how we can change the dynamic of our cities and common values.

I HAVE AN IDEA! (oh-oh)

[Kristine again]  FallenFruit participates in organized communal jam-making sessions, which are appropriately called the Public Jam. Does a Dimond Public Jam sound like a good idea to anyone? Fruits from various yards can be donated for the event. Have some seasoned jelly makers do a workshop for those of us too intimidated to try on our own?

related links:
definition of crabapples 

crabapple jelly recipes