A plump purple plum hangs heavily from a tree’s branch. The ground below is littered with more, their juices oozing onto the sidewalk.
The fruit is ripe, but is it free for the taking?
It was a question Claudia Sampson and Tee King, two friends from Bellingham, often found themselves asking. So many local yards seem to be overflowing with produce, much of it going unpicked, uneaten. And yet there are many hungry people in their community. ...