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This new program for our communities is inspired by the wonderful fruit picking and sharing project contributions of landowners/tree registrants, volunteer pickers, harvesters, gleaners and staff of the team of Not Far from the Tree in Toronto that since 2008 to date has picked and shared over 231,037 lbs of fruit across Toronto. This has been made possible by the generous support of over 1,800 tree registrants and 2,200 fruit pickers.

A population-based survey from the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit estimated that household food insecurity in the City of Kawartha Lakes and Haliburton in 2019 was 14.4%. The provincial food insecurity average sits at 13.3%. The level of food insecurity in this region is one of the largest in the province.

Here in Kawartha Lakes and Haliburton of Treaty 20 we have thousands of edible fruit trees in our towns and on rural land whose fruit is currently going to waste and we want to try, like Not Far From the Tree, to change this.

There are also vegetable gardeners who find that they have extra food at the end of the season and this food goes to waste.

Spatial Analysis

The food charities associated with the program were separated into four different categories: Kawartha Lakes Food Source Member & Non-Member, Haliburton County FoodNet and Free Little Food Pantry. While the food sources are evenly distributed in the Municipality of Kawartha Lakes, they are more sparsely distributed in the Country of Haliburton. While the areas are not densely populated, the food sources are not dispersed in the same pattern as the population, resulting in uneven per-capita availability. Overall, only 72.86% of the study area is within a 60 minute drive of a food source.

Tree Information

Learn about common fruit trees and what they provide

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Apple
Malus domestica
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Apricot
Prunus sect. Armeniaca
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Blueberry
Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus
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Cherry
Prunus avium
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Chestnut
Castanea spp.
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Currant
Ribes spp.
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Elderberry
Sambucus spp.
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Gooseberry
Ribes spp.
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Grape
Vitis spp.
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Mulberry
Morus spp.
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Peach / Nectarine
Prunus persica
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Pear
Pyrus spp.
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Plum
Prunus subg. Prunus
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Raspberry
Rubus spp.
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Strawberry
Fragaria × ananassa
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Walnut
Juglans spp.