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FRUIT OF THE LAND Volume 12, Number 30 | September 10 - September 16, 2020
On a cloudy Monday morning, Stephanie Meltzer of Fat City Farmers picked fruit from a Bartlett pear tree in the Roaring Fork High School Garden. Meltzer is part of the Three Forks Academy, a collaboration between the Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute, Fat City Farmers, The Farm Collaborative, and UpRoot Colorado founded to teach sustainable agriculture, from soil regeneration to beekeeping. Throughout the harvest season, Meltzer coordinates volunteers and students to glean fruit from local heritage trees. While part of the harvest is donated to the community, some of it is used in lessons on how to preserve the fruit, along with lessons on tree history, gleaning practices, and fruit tree pruning. Originally planned as a hands-on learning series, the pandemic has meant these lessons are being conducted in small groups and recorded as virtual lessons. Meltzer estimates that she and her volunteers have already harvested more than 400 pounds of fruit this year. Photo by Olivia Siegel
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