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Eat a Neighbor's Fruit

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Fallen Fruit is an activist art project that promotes the concept of "Public Fruit" by mapping all of the public fruit in local neighborhood communities. Public fruit is defined as all fruit that is hanging on or over public spaces such as sidewalks, streets or parking lots. The group encourages everyone to harvest, plant and eat public fruit to advocate what can and should be a commonly shared resource.
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19 responses // Eat a Neighbor's Fruit

  • This is such a great project. Good work.
    Goblinmerchant
  • Awesome. Not only are they making use of a valuable food source, but they are probably keeping the neighborhood cleaner as fallen, rotting fruit probably goes into the landfill.
    patsarts
  • great idea!!
    anything to promote people sharing and growing foods for their neighborhood is so helpful. all steps bringing us away from the "mine vs. yours" mentality is key in living peacefully. there is something about growing and harvesting food for you and loved ones that just feels fulfilling. thank you.
    lissercranels
  • I thought people weren't allowed to plant fruit trees in their front lawns. Interesting way to share
    joekangiser
  • This is one of the more interesting and it looks like more useful humanitarian projects I've seen in a while. That's just too cool.
    M_Pavlov
  • great to see it finally made it to the airwaves
    mcamargo
  • awesome. that's some sweet stuff!
    bodo7
  • This is the definition of local produce. Lovely idea. Wish I could walk the streets a Boston and pick fresh fruit.
    brycepatingre
  • this is so great i always thought i was stealing fruit when i would take fruit that was hangin over the sidewalk this is great what an awsome way to share
    claressa
  • This is nothing new and this DIDN'T start a few years ago like David Burns mentioned in this video.

    These are just two guys who are slapping a name on something that people have been doing for decades and decades WITHOUT the cheesy coined terms like "drive by fruit" or "Public Fruit". My neighbor down the street has a lemon tree that hangs over his fence and he lets everybody pick their own lemons off of the tree. (This all started when the lemons were falling off his tree all over the sidewalk and a kid picked up a lemon and took it home to his mother)

    My friend from Italy has mint plants growing all over her front yard and the neighbors come and pick them as they please. She was the one who told me about "Fence Fruit". Fence fruit is fruit that you can grab at arms reach, if you can reach it and pluck it, then it's yours to eat!

    I can respect the concept, but the idea ISN'T yours!
    SkullBoy
  • Very cute and creative but amounting to nothing more than an excuse to steal.
    misanthrope
  • I don't really like the idea of them pulling it off the tree. If it fell on the sidewalk then I wouldn't mind. I would probably be a bitch about it, and drop laxative on those fruits. I also hope they weren't stealing that shopping cart, cause people park their cars out in the public streets, doesn't mean you can go and steal it.
    ipodrulz
  • Ah I don't see what bad about the idea, its great! I always pick fruit from neighbors trees as long as it is over a sidewalk or on the ground. People pick persimmons from my yard and it is also a way to encourage homeowners to pick the fruit when its ripe before others do! Eat Healthy!
    Phatdrew
  • I don't know if i'm just not very observant, but I don't think we have many fruit trees in Atlanta, not ones that hang over the street...
    Oxyuscan
  • These are the kind of movements that remind us that humanity has the potential for good. But our chances of harnessing that potential are slim.
    chillwillNJ
  • come now-- isn't it a good thing to draw attention to organic local resources? and the concept of 'stealing' is silly when applied to this- these are perishable goods, after all. i'd prefer to see them eaten than see the abundance go to waste.
    saskia
  • i love it when the punks are right.
    regina
  • This is great.
    jrock108
  • Maybe we're all entitled to stupidly squander our resources. That's wasteful and inconsiderate of others in need. However, stealing is worse. Why not just ask?
    misanthrope

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