Welcome back to the Porto's Almanac. My name is Andy, and today we're joined by the team at

Many Trees Project, an organization founded in 2020 with a powerful vision to grow as many fruit and nut trees as possible and give them away for free, with the goal of people planting them in public and accessible locations.

Motivated by concerns about climate change and potential food shortages,

especially under the early COVID era,

they've since planted and cared for thousands of baby trees annually,

fostering community sustenance, intergenerational relationships,

and bringing a lot of joy to their community.

So tune to this episode, I think you really like it,

and if you're on the West Coast, go check out their work and maybe get a few trees.

Thanks so much for joining us.

Today, we're joined by many trees.

I've got two guests.

So I don't know which of you wants to kind of introduce us to the projects and a bit about where it came from.

Yeah, thanks so much for having us.

So, Kay, you want to give us some history?

Absolutely.

The many trees projects started in, like the actual founding of the organization started in 2020.

It emerged from a time when a lot of us felt really scared and were looking for ways that we could make meaningful and lasting change within our community in a way that felt safe with each other, where we could be outside and do something that would last.

We all shared a similar vision of growing as many fruit and nut trees as we could and giving them away to people in our community for free for those who are willing to plant them in public locations.

And it really came out of a sense that we all have

that this world is ending.

We need to do something to prepare for a world

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