Here's an idea. Have you ever thought about the amount of fruit, especially apples, that are wasted each year. In towns and cities all over the UK there are thousands of fruit trees whose fruit simply drops to the ground and rots.
In Birmingham there is a project called Abundance that has mapped where all the trees are and an army of volunteer pickers goes round collecting the fruit. They have discovered a wide range of varieties, some quite rare, far more than you get in your average supermarket.
The apples are taken to schools and given away.
Food for thought?
It's such a shame that so much of nature's bounty often goes to waste. Where I live in Northern California (US), the same thing happens. Some people have started gleaning so that the food can be used. We need to get more of this happening so that people can eat better more easily.
It's a simple concept, likely employed before food was so readily accessible.
Posted by Jill, The Veggie Queen | November 4, 2008 8:32 PM