Groundbreaking effort to plant five orchards and distribute hundreds of trees to create fruitful communities in Jackson, Mississippi - Mississippi Monitor

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Groundbreaking effort to plant five orchards and distribute hundreds of trees to create fruitful communities in Jackson, Mississippi - Mississippi Monitor

The award-winning international nonprofit Fruit Tree Planting Foundation (FTPF) has teamed up with local nonprofit Midtown Partners, with generous support from Arbor Day Foundation and Amazon, to launch an innovative program to plant and distribute more than 500 trees in the underserved neighborhood of Midtown to serve families for generations.  The four organizations will be installing five fruit tree orchards at schools, community gardens, and…