not far from the tree

I get a kick out of this photoshop masterpiece. I gleaned it from here.

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On Saturday, May 10th, I travelled to the Niagara Fruit Education Centre for a fruit blossom hike. I had hoped to hone my fruit blossom identification skills, so that I could walk through the city and know a fruit tree just by its blossoms. Led by the Bruce Trail Conservancy, this hike turned out to […]

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“I actually think people are shopping so much because they don’t know how to forage anymore. It’s their hunting-gathering instinct coming into play, and this is a great way to stop shopping.” - Nance Klehm
That’s an interesting argument from an urban food forager in Los Angeles. And it just might apply to not far from […]

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Attention, all teachers!
Foodshare’s amazing apple-crunching extravaganza has been extended until March 31st! If you’re looking for a fun way to teach about local food systems, healthy eating, composting, and other such wonderful apple-related topics, then you won’t want to miss out on this great event that you can host in your very own classroom.

Thousands have […]

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Chris Cavanagh sent along this link to a fruit tree manual from Nelson, BC. It starts with a frightening tale of fruit going unharvested in the city (and then Jimmy is eaten by a bear). Let’s all avoid this by harvesting such fruit, ok?
In fact, on Monday, January 7th I’ll be hosting a meeting/potluck to […]

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This incredibly informative article on the apple industry was sent along by a friend I acquired through not far from the tree, Suzanne Long. You can read the full article here.
All our apples will be Red
Even when every other industry’s future can appear murky, one thing remains clear: The world’s gotta eat. The question is, […]

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Great article here on eating locally. You should read it all first, then reread my favourite part:
For 200 years, the food crops of the New World were cultivated by slaves. When the Spaniards brought bananas to the Caribbean, they needed to get the natives to do the backbreaking work of harvesting them in large plantations. […]

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