The Portland Fruit Tree Project is an all-volunteer, grassroots organization based in Portland, Oregon.

Mission: Our mission is to increase equal access to fresh, healthy food and foster stronger communities by empowering neighbors to share in the bounty and care of urban fruit and nut trees. We strive to increase community knowledge-sharing and self-sufficiency through education in food preservation and fruit tree cultivation.

History: Created in 2006 as the 'Neighborhood Fruit Tree Project', we began organizing in the Humboldt and King neighborhoods of North/Northeast Portland. Soon, people from all over the city started contacting us, wanting to to get involved in their own communities.
In our second year, we changed the name to 'Portland Fruit Tree Project' and now include trees and volunteers from all over Portland.

What we accomplished in 2007:

• In 8 harvesting parties, we were joined by 132 volunteers, who helped us harvest fruit from 56 trees at 21 sites around the city.
• Together we harvested over 3400 pounds of fruit that would have otherwise gone to waste!
• Half of the fruit went home with volunteers, and half was distributed to people in need through local food pantries
• Held 2 hands-on workshops in tree pruning and food preservation.