Fruit Works

We're not in the Twittersphere anymore. Find us on Insta, FB, Blue Sky online or somewhere in an orchard 🍎🍐🍒🍑 bsky.app/profile/fruitw…

Great to be working with @FruitWorksCoop who encourage the planting, pruning & propagation of fruit trees for the benefit of communities in Bradford & Leeds. Our students started the programme by making fresh apple juice using a press! @TreesforCities @MyLivingWell1 #CarltonEdge

Wow! The Fruit Moot gets better (and bigger) every year. The next one is in Manchester on Fri 14 February in Manchester: bit.ly/gnfm2025_ticke…

🍎 We are looking forward to getting along to this years #Shipley Fields Apple Day. 🌳 Run by volunteers and @FruitWorksCoop, the @ShipleyTC funded day is this Saturday from 12- 3. 🌎 It's on the same day as the Shipley Eco Fair but there is plenty of time to get to both!

Do you live in Leeds and have an idea on how you'd like to connect more with your local community?! The @neighbour_hey fund is open until 23 October. They have 10 x small grants (up to £500) and 10 x large grants (up to £1,500). Really simple form at form.jotform.com/242733495999376

The @NGSOpenGardens Community Garden Grants is currently open ngs.org.uk/who-we-are/com…

I've been indulging in a round of 'guess the mystery apple'. It's definitely not 'Rosemary Russet' (as labelled), but what else could it be..? orchardnotes.com/2024/09/29/app… #orchard #NTQBfruit #apples

Help shape the future of @Feed_Leeds docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… #foodgrowing #Leeds

What a way to kick off our first Apple Day of the season! We were lucky to get invited to a Harvest Festival celebration in Attock Park, hosted by the amazing @betterplacebrad We love our job!

From today's #DailyNewsDigest📰: "A study found that the immune system of daycare children of three to five years improved its regulation when forest undergrowth, lawn turf and planter boxes were added to yard areas of daycare centres." – @ffinlocostain 8point9.com/forest-based-s…

Together with @YORgreencic, @cravencollege and @ydmt we're recruiting an apprentice.

Apple Days are a great way for communities to share the apple harvest by making juice together! We've got a jam-packed few weeks ahead with plenty of Apple Days, check our website for one near you. fruitworks.org.uk/events

Ever wanted to learn more about the life cycle of a fruit tree? We'll be giving a free, informative talk on the subject followed by a Q&A session at @Beardsworths Apple Day. Saturday 12th October 10am - 12pm Beardsworth's Nurseries & Garden Centre BD19 6PL

Whose read what @nicolatwilley says about fruit in her "Frostbite" book?

"Nicola Twilley is like the Ernest Shackleton of the planet’s artificial cryosphere," @aaronrutkoff "A technological history & a global travelogue...Twilley’s book is full of remarkable reasons to find astonishment in what the refrigerator has wrought" bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

What can we do within our own groups to support those most-impacted by the (re)growth of British fascism and challenge this wider wave of hate? New blog: radhr.org/responding-uk-…

It's peak mulberry season. This beauty was planted 10 years ago at @lilacleeds. They are really juicy and bleed all over the hands.

Congratulations to the Cliffe Castle Support Group on winning the Bees Needs Award for 2024! For the full story, click the link below: bradfordian.co.uk/news/cliffe-ca…

Home-grown: A roadmap to resilient fruit and vegetable production in England sustainweb.org/reports/jun24-…

What programmes around the world help to "bridge the gap" between people experiencing low incomes and climate/nature-friendly food? sustainweb.org/news/jul24-bri… @uksustainweb @OGAgrowers