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Food Banks Finding Aid in Bounty of Backyard

Mildred Schrager, center, examined oranges and other fruit delivered to the Jewish Community Center in Berkeley, Calif., by North Berkeley Harvest. (Jim Wilson/The New York Times)

BERKELEY, Calif. - Natasha Boissier did not expect an epiphany while pushing her baby's stroller exhaustedly around the neighborhood. But eyeing her neighbors' yards, Ms. Boissier began noticing the abundance of fruit trees - and how much of their succulent bounty wound up on the ground.

"There was all this fruit going to waste," she said of the apples, pears and plums in her midst. "It seemed like such a natural way to deal with hunger."