Kansas City Orchards Give Free Fruit to Neighbours
In short
- Students at Kansas City Academy pick jujubes from school trees during lunch.
- The orchards are free to the community, according to the source.
- The source describes the project as a national model.
Why the Good News Desk likes this one
The source describes orchards in Kansas City that are open to the public at no cost. Students at one school already use the trees during lunch. The source says the approach has become a national model, though the excerpt gives limited detail on how many places have copied it.
From The Optimist Daily
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM It is harvest time in Kansas City, and at Kansas City Academy, students are stepping outside during lunch to pick jujubes straight off the trees. “I feel like a fairy tale princess every lunch,” said Nova Henry, a senior, “because I get to go out and just feast on […] The post The Giving Grove: how Kansas City’s free community orchards became a national model first appeared on The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News .
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For kids
Some trees in Kansas City grow fruit that anyone can pick for free. Students at a school eat jujubes from the trees at lunchtime. Grown-ups and children can share the fruit together. Talk about it: what fruit grows near where you live?
