America's First Public Food Forest

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June 8, 2012 a project of ServiceSpace Daily, our eating turns nature into culture, transforming the body of the world into our bodies and minds. - Michael Pollan - America's First Public Food Forest Imagine a 7 acre plot of land in a large American city, with hundreds of different kinds of edibles: walnut and chestnut trees; blueberry and raspberry bushes; fruit trees, including apples and pears; exotics like pineapple, yuzu citrus, guava, persimmons, honeyberries, and lingonberries; herbs; and more. The best part? All will be available for public plucking to anyone who wanders into Seattle's first food forest -- in fact, America's first food forest. Says lead landscape architect Margarett Harrison: "This is totally innovative, and has never been done before in a public park." { read more } Be The Change Create your own public food forest -- share some produce (homegrown or otherwise) with neighbors. COMMENT | RATE               Related Good News Zero-Waste Living 100 Places to Go Before They Disappear A Creative Use of Plastic Bottles How Nature Affects the Brain Faith, the Two-Legged Dog Our 5-yr-old: Alone But Not Lonely Office Workers Raise 5 Day Old Kitten Life Lessons from A Winged Visitor DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 116,215 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: HelpOthers  //  CF Sites  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  More