Too Much Fruit and a Great Idea; Urban Foraging

Urban Edibles Explorers

It’s a pretty bad thing, my new place (which I’m loving so far) has a few fruit trees and for the most part four people can’t seem to eat enough to even put a dent in the amount of fruit that falls to the ground and gets wasted.  A few friends of mine had mentioned a couple different organizations that could help out.  Most were along the lines of non-profits that would come pick fruit and donate it to a food bank. But in the day to day of life I still hadn’t gotten around to calling anyone, or building the new bike rack I want in the living room or…  But unlike the bike racks and the web sites I still need to work on, solutions to an abundance of fruit, apparently, do come knocking on your door.   Which recently has been my speed for getting things done and leaves me wishing Santa Claus actually existed.  Clean dishes and groceries down the chimney sounds so much more time efficient than actually doing it myself.  But, I’m getting off track, which is to tell you about Urban Edibles, a great solution to my little problem and a pretty great idea.

Urban Edibles is web site where different fruit locations in Portland are listed for urban foragers to find some tasty eats. Listed in a simple google maps app (I wish it was search-able by fruit or food type.  I would love to type in “fig” and find all the fig trees listed in town)  you can easily find all the fruit tress in your area. I imagine this being my new favorite tool for leisurely recovery rides, and potential great date material.  Plus for me and my current situation it might provide some much needed hungry mouths to eat my fruit, which at this point is potentially sitting on the side walk, going bad, which kills me.  So if you’re on my street, or you happen find me through Urban Edibles then please, stop by and eat a plum or, if you ask, a pear.