http://www.globalsiteplans.com/environmental-design/how-bout-them-apples-chicago-rarities-orchard-project-claims-public-space-for-heirloom-produce/ Branding for Architecture, Engineering, Environmental Non-Profits, Landscape Architecture, & Urban Planning Companies Tue, 21 May 2013 19:09:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.globalsiteplans.com/environmental-design/how-bout-them-apples-chicago-rarities-orchard-project-claims-public-space-for-heirloom-produce/comment-page-1/#comment-35703 Sunny Menozzi Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:25:24 +0000 http://globalsiteplans.blogs.patsoffice.com/?p=16420#comment-35703 This is a great post! An urban orchard specializing in rare varieties is one of the more intriguing urban agricultural initiatives I’ve heard of. While trendy farm-to-table restaurants will benefit, perhaps their purchases will provide sufficient income to enable the orchard to donate excess produce to shelters, or sell rapidly ripening fruit to local grocers at a discounted rate. I picked apples at an orchard in Vermont, and for a nominal fee visitors could pick as many apples as they could carry. The orchard had to get rid of the apples before they spoiled, and the orchard produced too many to sell to restaurants, grocers, etc.

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