Portland Fruit Tree Project is a grass-roots non-profit organization that provides a community-based solution to a critical and growing need in Portland and beyond: Access to healthy food. By empowering neighbors to share in the harvest and care of urban fruit trees, we are preventing waste, building community knowledge and resources, and creating sustainable, cost-free ways to obtain healthy, locally-grown food. Because money doesn’t grow on trees… but fruit does!
We organize people to gather fruit before it falls, and make it available to those who need it most. We register fruit and nut trees throughout the city, bring people together to harvest and distribute thousands of pounds of fresh fruit each year, and teach tree care and food preservation in hands-on workshops.
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The 2010 Harvesting Season has begun!
PFTP is pleased to
announce our first harvesting parties of the season...
Harvesting Parties bring people together to
pick fruit that would otherwise go to waste, and make it available to
people in need.
Half of the fruit goes to a local food bank, and
the rest goes home with harvest participants. Harvesting Parties are open to
anyone, and filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Half of the slots are reserved for people living on low
incomes. Children are
welcome.
Click here for the harvest schedule and registration instructions
Summer Pruning Workshop
Thursday July 15th, 5:30pm - 8:30pm
Click here for more information on our workshops and how to sign up!
PFTP in the News
Portland Fruit Tree Project in the Oregonian Newpaper
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Portland Fruit Tree Project on OPB!
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Jim Hightower talks about the Portland Fruit Tree Project on 'Common Sense Commentary'
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Announcing an easy and affordable new way to support the valuable work of the Portland Fruit Tree Project: Become a Friend of the PFTP by signing up for a monthly contribution.
$20 per month: Click here!
$30 per month: Click here!
Click here for more info about this opportunity & other ways to support the PFTP
Over 11% of Oregonians experience food insecurity or fear of hunger each year, and many more cannot afford fresh produce, which is vital to healthy diets. Portland Fruit Tree Project provides a sustainable community-based solution to this critical and growing need. By empowering neighbors to share in the harvest and care of urban fruit trees, we are preventing waste, building community knowledge and self-sufficiency, and creating sustainable, cost-free ways to obtain healthy, locally grown food.
In 2009, Portland Fruit Tree Project harvested over 14,000 pounds of fruit that would have otherwise gone to waste, putting fresh organic produce on the table for over 1,200 families in need. With your help, we can double this amount in 2010!
In these tough economic times, Portland Fruit Tree Project is needed more than ever – but we need your help! Our innovative model is the only one of its kind in the region, and has been heralded as an example to be used by other cites. We have doubled our program offerings each year, yet long waiting lists of harvest participants and registered trees continue to prove that our services are in high demand. Please help this vibrant project continue and grow in 2010. Your gift will make a big difference.
Please take this opportunity to support the unique and much-needed work of the Portland Fruit Tree Project. Your gift will help us make lasting change in the health and sustainability of communities in Portland and beyond!
