Posted in Foraged, In Backyards, Resources on Aug 27th, 2010
In early July I couldn’t wait to get started as the new hub coordinator for Riverdale. It’s safe to say I was itchin’ to get pickin’. Although I’d missed the cherries, serviceberries, and mulberries because of our unusually warm spring, I was still looking forward to the next crop: apricots! I began scouring Riverdale looking [...]
Posted in In Backyards on Aug 21st, 2010
Editor’s Note: This story has been generously shared by one of our volunteers, Barbara Fine, and is cross-posted from her blog Planet Friendly Kids. Thanks so much to Barbara for allowing us to post her story here. We went on a pear pick the other day. Last year I signed us up as volunteers for [...]
Posted in Foraged, In Backyards on Aug 16th, 2010
Cherries caught us by surprise this year. The warm spring weather we experienced meant that cherries were blossoming and producing fruit about three weeks earlier than last year. While Not Far From The Tree was in the process of hiring our seasonal staff, I was fortunate to have the incredible help of our dedicated team [...]
Posted in In Backyards on Jul 31st, 2010
Our Founder & Director, Laura Reinsborough Laura continues to be the lifeblood of Not Far From The Tree, albeit from a distance. She is currently visiting with family in her hometown Sackville, New Brunswisk, and is spending a lot of quality time with baby Eider, born this past February. Of course, she’s still focused on [...]
Posted in Events, Field Trip, In Backyards, In the Media, Resources on Jul 29th, 2010
Not Far From The Tree is getting pretty excited about participating in the upcoming Foodprint conference this Saturday July 31st. Never heard of the Foodprint Project before…? “Foodprint Toronto is the second in a series of international conversations about food and the city. With the Toronto Board of Health having just formally adopted a new [...]
Posted in Field Trip, Foraged, In Backyards on Jul 11th, 2010
Note: This post comes by way of Supreme Gleaner Lisa Pitman. It was originally posted June 21st, on her beautiful blog Vegan Cookbook Critic. She agreed to cross-post and share her first cherry pick with Not Far From The Tree and our readers. ENJOY! After a busy Saturday full of food, friends and revelry, this [...]
Posted in Awards, Community Orchards, In Backyards, In the Media on Jul 1st, 2010
Not Far From The Tree is delighted to be named a finalist for Earth Day Canada’s Hometown Hero Award. We’ve joined the ranks of a select few individuals, groups, and organizations from across Canada to be recognized as an environmental leader who fosters “meaningful, long-term community awareness and action.” Thank you to all our dedicated [...]
Posted in In Backyards on Jun 18th, 2010
The trees are loaded… The pickers are waiting… …And they’re off! Nearly three weeks ahead of schedule, Toronto’s cherries ripened hastily and set us off on an early start to the season. We’re still in the midst of hiring seasonal staff, so our amazing team of specially-trained and super-dedicated volunteers, who we call Supreme Gleaners, [...]
Posted in In Backyards on Apr 27th, 2010
Not Far From The Tree is delighted to be selected as the 2010 Recipient of the Canadian Urban Institute’s City Soul Award! The City Soul Award “is given in recognition of pursuits which inspire, inform, enrich and engage our collective spirit, and which celebrate nature and/or the authenticity of place. This can be achieved through [...]
Posted in Community Orchards, In Backyards on Apr 12th, 2010
Fruit trees have started blossoming around the city, much earlier than usual. The above photo of an apricot tree blossoming at Ben Nobleman Community Orchard was taken on April 4, 2010, whereas last year’s first apricot blossoms in the same neighbourhood were only on April 29th (and still they were nipped in the bud, so [...]
