Growing Green: Sustainable solutions for the future

Common Orchards, part of Green Umbrella, has 30 orchards in our area with plans to do ten a year until they reach 100. "We're trying to put it into production for community. So, like a lot of people can eat from a fruit tree, you don't need many fruits yourself from one tree. So why don't we plant some fruit trees and get a bunch of people together to enjoy that?" said Chris Smyth, the director of the project. "Really, we're trying to reactivate unused or vacant spaces. Maybe a lawn next to a church or a field next to a community garden." Smyth said that in in five to seven years, they should be producing around 1,000 pounds of food.