Last week, the staff at Not Far From the Tree had the honour of being invited into the home of Joel and Dana, those crafty foodie folks behind the amazing blog Well Preserved. What started last December as a plan to blog once a day for 100 days has continued into a preserving marathon. Since [...]
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A Moose’s Worth of Pears
Posted in Events, In Backyards on Sep 25th, 2009
No, silly, we didn’t pick pears to feed a moose. But we picked as many pears as an adult female moose weighs. HOLY (moose) COW! Yesterday afternoon, eight hardy volunteers helped Not Far From the Tree pick a record of 557 pounds. AND there was still a good deal left on the tree (….not for [...]
Our Second Annual Edible Tree Tour!
Posted in Community Orchards, Events on Sep 16th, 2009
We’ve been so busy picking that we’ve had nary a spare second to write about the fabulous Edible Tree Tour that took place almost a month ago! In partnership with LEAF and their very own Toronto Tree Tours, a second annual Edible Tree Tour was held August 15th. By far the most popular of the [...]
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- “50 Reasons to Love Toronto Now” in Toronto Life Magazine (June 2009)
- “A harvest for charity” on CBC TV’s Living in Toronto
- “An Interview with Laura Reinsborough” by the Toronto Community Gardening Network
- “Community Fruit Harvesting” on Treehugger
- “Fruitful Labour” in YorkU Magazine (December 2008)
- “Fruits of Their Labours” in The Guelph Mercury
- “How Do You Like Them Apples?” on Taste T.O.
- “Hunters & Gatherers” in The National Post
- “In Our Own Backyards” in EYE Weekly
- “Non-profit group reaps forgotten fruit” in the Toronto Star
- “Pick Your Favourite Urban Fruit” on BlogTO
- “Scavenging the Fruit” in the Globe and Mail
- "Food sharing program helps harvest community spirit" from InsideToronto.Com (August 2009)
- "Fruitful Thinking" on Green Living online (July 2009)
- "Getting Fresh in East York" in The East York Mirror
- "Harvesting the City's Urban Fruit" in OpenFile (June 2010)
- "Not Far From The Tree" in Edible Toronto (Summer 2009)
- "Not Far From The Tree, Very Close to Home" in Torontoist (November2009)
- "Preserving Party in Woodbine Heights" in Inside Toronto (November 4, 2009)
- "Sharing the Fruit Tree Bounty" in the York Guardian
- "Sweet, Sweet Sugar" on Taste T.O. (February 4, 2010)
- "Syrup in Toronto" on CBC Radio's Metro Morning with Andy Barrie (January 28, 2010)
- "We have our eye on Laura Reinsborough" in Chatelaine Magazine (December 2009)
- Here and Now on CBC Radio
- Interview on "The Green Majority" CIUT 89.5FM (July 17, 2009)
- Metro Morning on CBC Radio
- Promo video for Canadian Urban Institute's City Soul Award (June 2010)
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