By Renee Frojo, Bay Nature
A group of renegade agricultural activists is challenging the notion that nothing comes for free by grafting fruit-bearing branches onto trees lining city streets.
Over the past year, the Guerrilla Grafters – a diverse group of volunteers who started in San Francisco – has been splicing fruit-bearing branches onto ornamental fruit trees around San Francisco in an effort to grow apples, cherries, pears and other fresh produce that urban residents can enjoy for free.
Although the group doesn’t have explicit permission to graft trees, so far it hasn’t received any direct pushback from city officials.
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