Happy Pi Day!
Posted in Resources on Mar 14th, 2012
Anybody celebrating Pi Day with a pie today?
Posted in Resources on Mar 14th, 2012
Anybody celebrating Pi Day with a pie today?
Posted in Foraged, In Backyards, In the Kitchen, Resources on Nov 30th, 2011
[Thanks so much to Supreme Gleaner Rebecca Dehmassi for sharing this story. If you have a story to share about your fruit picking adventures, by all means send it along to info@notfarfromthetree.org.] We all know about the delicious fruits that Not Far From the Tree volunteers have been harvesting from our urban forest, but did [...]
Posted in In Backyards, Resources on Sep 28th, 2011
There have been rumours and whispers; questions and guesses. Everybody wants to know: where have all the pears gone? In the dead of night, in the heat of the summer, the Pear Gremlin sneaks into yards across Toronto, greedily and indiscriminately stealing pears for his insatiable appetite. While scaling the tree’s limbs, the Pear Gremlin’s [...]
Posted in In the Kitchen, Resources on Aug 25th, 2011
[Editor's Note: Thanks to Daniel Gasteiger who has submitted this guest blog post for us to share. You can find more of his preserving recipes in his new book, Yes, You Can!, and on his two blogs, Your Small Kitchen Garden and Home Kitchen Garden.] As summer rushes into autumn, some folks are already sampling [...]
Posted in Resources on Aug 8th, 2011
From idea to organization, the first three years of Not Far From The Tree have been, well, fruitful. We are proud to present the first-ever yearbook for this great little project, documenting the growth we’ve achieved from 2008-2010. To request your very own hard copy, click here.
Posted in In the Media, Resources on Aug 5th, 2011
Going on a fruit picking expedition is tradition for many families. David Suzuki recently shared his family’s annual cherry picking adventure with insight on land use, development, and our connections to food. For more updates from the David Suzuki Foundation, sign up for their newsletter.
Posted in In the Kitchen, Resources on Jul 12th, 2011
With fruit dropping all around us, it’s easy to take it for granted at this time of year. Will you feel the same in January? That’s right – it’s time to preserve the bounty. Check out WellPreserved.ca for ideas on preserving July’s fruits.
Posted in In Backyards, Resources on Jul 12th, 2011
Last year, an unseasonably warm spring brought out Toronto’s cherries much earlier than expected. But even though they took us by surprise, we were still able to pick 750 pounds of them. This year, folks across the city are noticing that our cherry trees aren’t producing anywhere near the amount of fruit they have in [...]
Posted in In Backyards, Resources on Jul 11th, 2011
Be sure to wave hello if you see us biking by on our fancy new fruit-mobiles: cargo bikes! It has been a wild ride watching all the curbside cycle cargo bikes arrive. One by one, the awesome folks at Curbside Cycle unpack, assemble, lower and test each of these beautiful Dutch bicycles. Now we have [...]
Posted in In the Kitchen, In the Media, Resources on Jun 9th, 2011
The West End Food Co-op’s Community Cannery project was featured on CBC Radio’s Metro Morning yesterday. Coordinator Ayal Dinner explained to Matt Galloway that the Community Cannery aims to teach people “the skills to preserve their own food” and have “year round access to local and sustainable food,” not just during the growing season. The [...]