Gleaning becomes a Movement

Check out this article which speaks about the growing grass-roots gleaning movement.

People are realizing that:

  • we can no longer afford to waste food that falls on our yards or is left in our fields;
  • we can no longer let people be hungry simply because they live over...
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Grand Objects in Nature

Great Day Today

Fruit Tree Giveaway and Selection Workshop

The Spread of Gleaning

Gleaning the Fruit, Feeding the Hungry, Building the Orchard

Gleaning:  intentionally gathering produce that is often overlooked, especially for the benefit of those in need.

Planting:  setting something in the ground for future growth and goodness

The Baltimore Orchard Project is dedicated to bringing fresh fruit within the reach of all. Literally.  We envision communities dotted with fruit trees and orchards, enchanting our neighborhoods, creating sources of food, shade, art, refuge and fun.

We'd love to have you Get Involved.

Roxbury Russet

The photo gracing our website depicts a 26-year-old Roxbury Russet in full bloom. The apple tree is located in Carroll Park, part of 2,300 acres given as a land-grant to Dr. Charles Carroll in the 1730's.  In 1754, the property, which edges the gentle Gwynns Falls, passed to the doctor’s son, Charles...

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