There’s something very satisfying about watching children pick and eat ripe fruit right off of trees and plants.

Whether you are growing your own fruit in your backyard or community gardens, picking fruit from a local farm, foraging for fruit from a nearby trail or buying fruit from your local farm or orchard, it’s an experience that every child should enjoy.

I hope that all children will one day have the opportunity to experience picking fruit from a tree or plant.

The book “Garden Spy The...