East Portland Fruit Rescue project
PFTP along with the Community Environmental Services unit at PSU and Trash for Peace are working on a program to improve fruit quality and rescue fruit from city trees, and distribute it along with wasted food prevention education materials to low-income, multifamily properties in historically under-resourced areas of Portland, Oregon. This project will prevent food from going to waste and promote community health and resilience by providing fresh produce in areas with limited access to it while strengthening local networks for growing and distributing food.
For more information on this project, click HERE.
Do you live in this area, have a fruit tree in your yard, and always have excess fruit? Click the link below to see if we are able to harvest it!
other Organizations involved in the East Portland Fruit Rescue Project:
This project was developed under Assistance Agreement No. X9-01J98401-0 awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). It has not been formally reviewed by EPA. The views expressed are solely those of Portland State University/Community Environmental Services and EPA does not endorse any products or commercial services mentioned.