A Radical Vision for Food: Everyone Growing It for Each Other

I grow a half-dozen fruit trees along my 40-foot stretch of sidewalk. The generous fig tree just finished, two young apple trees and a pomegranate are full of bounty, and the kumquat and persimmon are ripening. As much as I love the simple act of orcharding, I’m also sharing a radical vision for food and economy in my suburban Los Angeles community of Altadena. What if all my neighbors grew food in their yards, too? What if we shared the bounty with each other? What if you could eat a delicious, varied, and healthy meal from the abundance provided by your neighborhood trees?

Oakland community members share a blessing before picking
up produce from FrutaGift volunteers at Hidden Creek
 Cohousing in Fruitvale, California. When translators are
present, the blessing is given in Spanish, English, Mandarin,
Arabic, Mam, Japanese, and Catalan.

Read the Yes! Magazine story by Peter Kalmus  - “A Radical Vision for Food: Everyone Growing It for Each Other.”