The Menu: New farmers market in Fermoy; special delivery from the Pastry Fork
Bernie Brannick of Falling Fruit Ireland winner of last year’s Irish Food Writers’ Guild Community Award with the public now invited to nominate candidates for the 2020 award
This is an organisation that harvests the seasonal glut of local fruits such as eating and cooking apples, pears, plums and various nuts in Dublin and the surrounding countryside that would otherwise simply fall off and rot. It was established in 2015 by Bernie Brannick who was aware of the hundreds of trees in all manner of private and public spaces that each year yield great crops of fruit. Falling Fruit organises teams of volunteers to pick this fruit and distribute it to local charities and other good causes, thereby reducing food waste and the carbon footprint by encouraging the use of local food. The organisation also carries out a daily bread rescue project in Dublin, directing perfectly good bread to charities.
