<story><title>Food is free if you know where to look</title><url>https://fallingfruit.org/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>saboot</author><text>I see it has listed a fruit tree in my yard... Is there a way to revoke that? I&amp;#x27;ve given permission to my neighbors to pick as long as they knock, not to randoms.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>morganvachon</author><text>Around 2000-2001 I rented a house in the small town where I grew up, and there was a plum tree in the yard. I mentioned to the landlord that I had been approached by the neighborhood kids asking if they could harvest from the tree, and the landlord said he had no problem with it if I didn&amp;#x27;t mind (that was his arrangement with the last renter).&lt;p&gt;Kudos to the kids for asking first, and at first I didn&amp;#x27;t mind, but they ended up climbing on my pickup truck parked near the tree (the only place to park it) and dented the hood and roof in several places. After I showed them the damage and asked them not to climb on my truck, I had a gaggle of neighborhood moms beating my door down to tell me how much of a prick I was to forbid their children from climbing my truck to get to the tree. I ended up having to call the cops to have them removed.&lt;p&gt;When the landlord found out I called the cops on them, he took their side and asked me to find another place to live (I wasn&amp;#x27;t under a lease, it was a month to month rental agreement).&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m a homeowner now, in a house that is not in a neighborhood specifically so I can avoid incidents where people feel they have a right to invade my space and damage my property. Again, I&amp;#x27;d have no problem if I had a fruit tree in my yard today and people walking past wanted to get a bite to eat as long as they are courteous about it, but mob mentality is not something I&amp;#x27;m comfortable with.</text></comment>
<story><title>Food is free if you know where to look</title><url>https://fallingfruit.org/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>saboot</author><text>I see it has listed a fruit tree in my yard... Is there a way to revoke that? I&amp;#x27;ve given permission to my neighbors to pick as long as they knock, not to randoms.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>hinkley</author><text>I wasn’t sure whether this was the group, but based in your comment I think it is.&lt;p&gt;I browsed through their Portland map at length and was disappointed to see how many listings there were in private property where the commenters were clearly not the owners.&lt;p&gt;This is trespassing, and theft.  My landlord years back planted an Asian pear and I don’t think she ever got a single piece of fruit because someone cleared the whole tree two years running. It was by the porch, up a decent flight of steps, not on the sidewalk.&lt;p&gt;Don’t be an asshole. Don’t do this, and don’t put up with people inciting others to theft.&lt;p&gt;If you notice a neighbor isn’t picking their fruit at all, talk to City Fruit or a similar group, and they will approach them about getting permission to glean. Then everybody wins, including the local food bank.</text></comment>