Community Food Security

Hey All!

I’ve been thinking of an idea to promote community food security and I’m wanting your critical feedback. I have a decent supply of nursery stock sourced from my own garden and had the idea of asking homeowners if I can plant a tree in their yard at no cost. My only ask would be that I could occasionally come and harvest the fruit. They can harvest as much, if not all of the fruit; it is their tree after all. My thought is that with enough partners I would be able to harvest enough fruit to have a decentralized “farm” from which I can sell the fruit.

I know this idea would take years to come to fruition 😉, but I’m not necessarily looking for a quick buck. I would be happy if all that came out of this was that more people have their own fruit trees. But I also hope that I could offer cheap produce at farmers markets while eventually making an income for myself.

Do you think people would be interested in something like this? Is this realistic? What are some of the downsides to this idea? What am I not thinking about?

Thank you so much for your feedback!