Not Far From The Tree is delighted to announce that we’ve been selected as one of thirty-three community groups across Ontario as recipients of the Community Go Green Fund! Awarded through the Ministry of the Environment, this provincial funding will help us expand our residential fruit-picking program this year, as we continue with our important work in educating about, and taking action on, climate change issues.

Expanding is wonderful — but so is ensuring that our existing hubs are able to operate at full capacity! This is why we hope you can join us at our Gleaning Screening event on Thursday May 20th — to help support our programming for the upcoming season. Even if you can’t attend, you can still donate to help support our programs!

Our residential fruit-picking program is a proven way of reducing greenhouse gas emissions (43 tonnes last year alone!), and achieves this through providing outreach and education, promoting long-term behavioural change, and advocating actions that create measurable results.

Through our innovative and hands-on programming, we’re not only ensuring that the fruit growing in Toronto is picked, eaten, shared, and enjoyed, we’re also encouraging others to take action through their own lifestyle choices. We’re delighted to know that our programming will continue to impact even more Torontonians this harvest season!

Next stop: cherry picking!

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