A Free Pop-Up Apple Orchard In The Big Apple Invites You For Free Fruit And Hot Cider

A Free Pop-Up Apple Orchard In The Big Apple Invites You For Free Fruit And Hot Cider

A pair of local organizations are inviting New Yorkers to skip Upstate for Midtown for a pop-up apple orchard in the Big Apple.

Along with being fun and festive, full of free apples and hot cider, the free event highlights how just a little extra attention in around moving surplus food can help families in need all across the country.

The collaboration between the nonprofit Farmlink Project and high-fashion discounter 260 Sample Sale will be giving away 20,000 pounds of farm-fresh, locally grown New York apples—enough for roughly 4,000 families—to spotlight how collective action can help mitigate food insecurity.

Starting at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, November 25th, at 261 Fifth Avenue, the one-day-only event invites New Yorkers to stop by 260 Sample Sale to pick up free apples, enjoy warm cider, and learn about how Farmlink reroutes surplus produce from farms to families in need nationwide.

“Every day, tons of fresh, healthy food goes to waste while families go hungry,” said Eliza Blank, CEO of The Farmlink Project. “With the government shutdown disrupting food assistance, Farmlink is stepping up to close the gap—showing how simple it can be to turn surplus into sustenance.”

In addition to the 20,000 pounds of fresh apples available onsite, Farmlink is donating an additional 15,000 pounds of apples to partner food banks all over NYC including in Harlem, Brooklyn, and the Bronx.

Sourced locally from farms upstate by the New York Apple Association, all apples are free; donations are welcome to further Farmlink’s nationwide food rescue efforts.

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Carhartt will be onsite as well with exclusive Carhartt x Farmlink hats and T-shirts available for purchase, with proceeds supporting Farmlink’s mission to close the gap between surplus and scarcity.

Building on the success of Farmlink’s recent activation with Happier Grocery, in which the nonprofit distributed 2,000 pounds of fresh produce to New Yorkers in just 2.5 hours, this free pop-up also brings Farmlink closer to its goal to deliver 10 million pounds of food by Thanksgiving.

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