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"Across Kansas City — and the country — orchards in unlikely places now have
budding fruit trees.
On a hilly terrain next to a massive railroad yard in Kansas City, Kansas, 10
pear, six apple and two peach trees are thriving where piles of construction
debris, toilets and tires used to sit.
The orchards are part of The Giving Grove’s successes. Since the Kansas City
nonprofit started planting gardens and orchards in 2013, its footprint has
expanded to more than 330 orchards in 10 cities.
Beyond providing fresh food to the communities they serve, Giving Grove’s
gardens have also cultivated a network of community stewards.
Rob Reiman, CEO of Giving Grove Inc., said they have been critical to the
program.
“It was important to have the orchard be a neighborhood asset,” he said.
An asset led by the community, not an organization or a city."
Via
The Fixer April 20, 2022:
https://reasonstobecheerful.world/kansas-city-giving-groves-orchards/
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