We’re gearing up for the Code for Oakland event this Sat., 7/21, and looking for a few bountiful fruit trees to harvest! If you live in the Lake Merritt area (the event is @ the Kaiser Building, near Harrison/ 21st) and have surplus fruit from backyard trees, please email foragecity@youthradio.org) so that the Code for Oakland folks can come harvest! For more info, send us a message.
Thank you!!
Tags: Code for Oakland, fruit, harvesting, Lake Merritt
UPCOMING EVENTS
Digital Media and Learning Conference: Reprograming Urban Ecologies Through Youth-Made Apps: March 1, 2012
Now
Audio Library of Fruit Memories.
Come share your most cherished backyard fruit-related stories for what will eventually become the Forage Oakland Audio Library.
Organize an ad hoc harvesting party. Email forageoakland@gmail.com for more details.
Stay tuned for information on a winter 2011 marmalade and jam exchange; harvest party; and an overhaul of the Forage Oakland interface.
Past Events
GAFFTA: Summer of Smart: Public Health + Food + and Nutrition hackathon. This free event will bring together coders, designers, urbanists, journalists, etc. for a dynamic weekend of social app creation. While this is not a Forage Oakland-sponsored event, it may interest those who read this blog.
10 July 2011
Oakland Museum/ Forage Oakland Bike Tour. This event is part of the larger Oakland Standard, which are experiments in work and play (organized by the Oakland Museum).
17 February 2011
Presentation in Intercultural Gardens at CCA.
August 27-29, 2010
Eat Real
Partake in a neighborhood harvest and post-harvest apple sauce making party (with said harvested apples). Come learn a bit about the history of fruit tree cultivation in Temescal. More details to come.
11 Dec- 01 Jan 2010: Please visit 18 Reasons for the Persimmons for Later, a hoshi gaki (hanging, dried hachiya persimmons) installation.
20 December 2009: Forage Oakland Marmalade/Jam Exchange between 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm at 411 51st Street, Oakland. Come and exchange marmalade and jams made from surplus backyard Bay Area fruit.
forageoakland@gmail.com
