Here it is! BIFS (Bowen Island Food Resilience Society) has relaunched their third year of the Low Hanging Fruit initiative.
Low Hanging Fruit aims to strengthen Bowen Islands’ food security, and reduce food waste, by collecting and distributing fruits that would otherwise go unpicked.
In 2022 we donated apples to Bowen Island Heritage Preservation Society (to make pies for fundraising), Bowen Island Cidery (to press for cider) and Meadowbrook Farm (for animal feed). In addition, funds were donated to the Bowen Island Food Bank from sales of apples, crabapples, plums and hydrangeas at the Bowen Island Farmers’ Market.
Once again, we are looking for two types of partners: Property Owners (donors) who have property with fruit or nut trees and would be willing to share a portion of their harvest, and Volunteer Pickers who are interested in picking fruit with other community members (and in taking a portion home with them).
This year, 2023, Low Hanging Fruit is a Bowen Island Food Resilience Society (BIFS) initiative funded in part by the Government of Canada’s New Horizons for Seniors Program. As such, while participants of all ages are welcome, we will have a particular focus on seniors this year. (For more information about BIFS, visit www.bowenfoodresilience.ca)
The picking season has started. We invite you to join in!
If interested, please contact Hasan Hutchinson at: [email protected]
