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601 Christie St. Suite 255 Toronto, ON M6G 4C7
Phone Number 416-658-0724
Email info@notfarfromthetree.org

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Looking for fun outdoor weekend plans for you and

Looking for fun outdoor weekend plans for you and your family? You've come to the right place. On Sunday September 26th, plan a day trip to the Spadina Museum and help us celebrate their grand re-opening. Experience our city's rich history and the magic of the urban orchard first-hand! 🙌

Join us on Sunday September 26th, 2021 at the Spadina Museum (285 Spadina Rd., Toronto). NFFTT Apple Tree Tours will run at 12pm, 2pm, and 4pm.

We're so excited to partner with Spadina Museum to help animate their orchard by engaging with visitors as they explore this historic space. We'll be highlighting our urban fruit harvesting expertise with an assortment of activities including interactive games, take-home apple recipes, lessons on apple trees, fruit picking, and more! If you are curious about our program, this event is a great opportunity to learn about Not Far From The Tree's urban orchard stewardship throughout Toronto.

Spadina Museum has graciously allowed Not Far From The Tree to pick fruit from this gorgeous property for as long as we can remember. OG volunteers may recall it was the site of NFFTT's City Cider Festival, which was our annual ( (pre-pandemic) celebration of the urban harvest with members of the NFFTT community!

Stay tuned to @tohistorymuseums for more details about the Spadina Museum reopening.

We hope to see you there! 🍎

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We're hiring a part-time Communications Assistant

We ❤️ fresh fruit and sharing it with our comm

We ❤️ fresh fruit and sharing it with our community! Winnie, a volunteer at Fort York Food Bank (@fyfoodbank) took in a donation of 35 lbs of freshly picked grapes and 35 lbs of deliciously sweet apples last week. Can you feel her excitement?! The staff and volunteers at FYFB work incredibly hard to ensure that their clients get the best possible food, including fresh produce. #fruitforall #fortyorkfoodbank #communitylove #freshfruit

Nestled amidst the hustle and bustle of Yonge + Du

Nestled amidst the hustle and bustle of Yonge + Dundas Square, there sits a small 184-year-old church. Within the beautiful, stained glass framed walls of the Church of the Holy Trinity, a dedicated community of volunteers and staff provide a warm welcome and hot meals for folks experiencing homelessness and food insecurity in downtown Toronto. This special place is called @unitykitchento

Born out of the pandemic, Unity Kitchen began just 10 months ago when the church launched an emergency food outreach service. Since then, Sinclair Bletcher-Lowman (Networks and Communications Facilitator), Tara Currie (Head Chef), and countless other volunteers have been fostering meaningful connections while running this new community kitchen. 👩🏾‍🍳🍴

From preparing daily meals, developing recipes, coordinating and supporting volunteers in the kitchen, liaising with community members within and beyond the Church, and more, this small but mighty team serves free lunch to 125 people a day in Toronto's downtown core.

"We have great volunteers here, but it can be challenging to devise recipes and process [all the fresh fruit]. What I love about what NFFTT has offered us, is that so much of what we’ve been given is ready to eat and it’s stuff that’s normally really expensive. So to get that for free is really wonderful. We just put the grapes in a little plastic bag and give them out fresh, and they’re like candy! And the apples and pears - we’ll just give them out. It’s raw and simple." 🍇🍐🍎

All are welcome at Unity Kitchen. They don’t have complicated application processes for their volunteers, and they try to create as accessible a space as possible! You can email them to come volunteer, come for a lunch, or just come hang out! "Lunch is for everyone!" 👐

Thank you to the Unity Kitchen team for giving us the opportunity to highlight the amazing work you do! The full interview with Sinclair is available now on the blog. Link in bio.

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