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About

FALL 2014 UPDATE: The harvesting of City-owned trees continues through Hidden Harvest Ottawa. Find our more on their website here: http://ottawa.hiddenharvest.ca

The Ottawa Trees to Tables Project (2012 to 2013) aims to connect the fruits of nature to those in need. The project will harness the city’s green infrastructure, which is underused or ignored, in order to help fight community hunger in Ottawa. The City of Ottawa has more than 4,000 food-bearing trees throughout the municipality. These trees produce fresh food that the Ottawa Trees to Tables Project, with volunteer assistance citywide, will collect and make available to those whom will benefit.

Participate
Volunteer

Volunteer

You can volunteer to harvest or help in other ways through Hidden Harvest Ottawa. Up to 1/4 of the harvest is shared among volunteer harvesters. Sign up here.
Offer a Tree to Harvest

Offer a Tree to Harvest

Most City-owned trees grow on the roadway allowances in front of private homes. We ask for permission from both the homeowner and the City before harvesting these trees. You can offer a tree to harvest here.
Request Food

Request Food

Up to 3/4 of all the food harvested through this project is donated to local food agencies and community food programs. Please contact us using the form below if you would like to be a participating agency or program.

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Serviceberry Harvest – Old Ottawa East
Serviceberry Harvest – Old Ottawa East
Crabapple Harvest – Old Ottawa South
Crabapple Harvest – Old Ottawa South
Project Launch – Ottawa Farmers’ Market
Project Launch – Ottawa Farmers’ Market

Partners

Three organizations, Hidden Harvest Ottawa, the Ottawa Food Bank, and Cisco Systems, who have the issue of hunger in their mandates have come together to harness the resourceful capabilities of the City of Ottawa’s food-bearing trees.

Together these organizations have created the Ottawa Trees to Tables Project through the Ontario Centres of Excellence’s Social Innovation Program.oce_logo_notagB51A9EDE7B62
Charitable Partner

Charitable Partner

The Ottawa Food Bank has a vision that no one goes hungry in the Ottawa area.   The Ottawa Food Bank will facilitate connections with agencies, create donation bins, help measure the project's social return on investment,  and help manage marketing, promotion and outreach.  

Social Purpose Business

Social Purpose Business

Hidden Harvest Ottawa seeks to ensure that urban fruit and nut trees get fully utilized. Hidden Harvest Ottawa will train Neighbourhood Leaders, coordinate access to City-owned trees, organize harvest events, and help measure social return on investment.

Corporate Partner

Corporate Partner

Cisco Systems has a focus on hunger at a global level and are also long-time supporters and volunteers of the Ottawa Food Bank locally. Cisco System's Ottawa R&D team has helped to make this project happen through a generous contribution for the purchase of equipment to store freshly harvested food and we are excited to harvest some food with their staff this summer.

Contact Us

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Ottawa Trees to Tables Project

To get in touch with one of the collaborating partners,

please fill out the contact form here:

http://ottawa.hiddenharvest.ca/contact/