MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • August 16, 2020
Wherever you are – city, suburb, small town or rural area – take a look around at all the beauty that’s in bloom. Map the edibles you see along roadsides and in yards; be brave enough to knock on doors and ask homeowners if they’re willing to share some of the fruit. The next step is to coordinate the harvest, because many hands will be needed to pick, pack and deliver your bounty to food banks. More people are hungry every day, and this fall there will again be food rotting on the ground unless we act. Find your piece of the orchard – fruit trees, elderberries, quince, rhubarb, whatever grows in your area – and see that it gets harvested. See that it gets distributed. ~ Lindsay Knapp, Portland-area resident, Forgotten Orchard