Foraging, or gleaning means gathering leftover, extra or abandonded crops. Forage Oakland is a really cool organization that uses gleaning as a means to develop community ties. Forage Oakland is a project that- at its core- works to address how we eat everyday, and how everyone can benefit from viewing their neighborhood as a veritable [...]

Foraging may invoke images of hiking through the woods in search of wild mushrooms and greens, but also can be done in more areas.  In Oakland, a young Chez Panisse employee is establishing a network of individuals who will collaborate with her in her mission to use the fruit on local trees, rather than see [...]