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mapping unwanted fruit trees
One of the mailing lists I'm on has seen a flurry of mentions for free fruit from trees that no one wants or have too much of. In addition,while walking the dogs in the around the neighborhood I've noticed a lot of fruit trees with rotting fruit on the ground. I'm wondering how difficult it would be to map the locations of the various trees and talk with the owners about harvesting the unwanted fruit and either giving it directly to a food bank or preserving it via caning, freezing, ... then give it to the food bank.
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That's a good idea. I know that in Florida, people often have the oranges picked off their orange trees by individuals or companies that sell them to the orange juice manufacturers.
The PortlandPermaculture Guild is hoping to create a resource map of PDX with these kind of resources...fruit trees, permie gardens, and such. It hasn't got off the ground yet, but there are high hopes....
Rich
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