This Post Could Save You $72!!

I was horrified the other day when I saw these $3 grapefruits on sale down the street:

But then I read about this $75 watermelon and I realized what a bargain they are. My favorite part is how the writer says they are more economical to transport because of the shape. But then they cost $75 because they are apparently being transported on some kind of private jet. —Snacktime

Who’s There? Orange! Etc.

Oh bless their hearts. The Fallen Fruit Collective uses fruit as a lens to map public fruit, create alcoholic “Neighborhood Infusions,” and hold communal “Public Fruit Jams.” I think that is what PeeWee Herman got arrested for.

Using fruit as our lens, Fallen Fruit investigates urban space, ideas of neighborhood and new forms of located citizenship and community. From protests to proposals for new urban green spaces, we aim to reconfigure the relation between those who have resources and those who do not, to examine the nature of & in the city, and to investigate new, shared forms of land use and property. Fallen Fruit is an art collaboration that began with creating maps of public fruit: the fruit trees growing on or over public property in Los Angeles.

Over time our interests have expanded from mapping public fruit to include Public Fruit Jams in which we invite the citizens to bring homegrown or public fruit and join in communal jam-making; Nocturnal Fruit Forages, nighttime neighborhood fruit tours; Community Fruit Tree Plantings on the margins of private property and in community gardens; Public Fruit Park proposals in Hollywood, Los Feliz and downtown LA; and Neighborhood Infusions, taking the fruit found on one street and infusing it in alcohol to capture the spirit of the place.

Alcohol = “The spirit of the place.” These people are too clever by half.