THTV: Earth School Newtown Pippin

Erik Baard and Green Apple Cleaners spearhead the crispy, crunchy comeback of New York's heirloom apple the Newtown Pippin by taking the message to the kids. ON Earth Day 2009, Erik shares the world-renown Apple's history with students at NYC's Earth School on Manhattan's lowers east side. The kids join in an planting of a Newtown seedling as a way of connecting with the project to repopulate the region with the species of fruit tree because as we all know, an apple never falls far from the tree. [http://www.susty.com | http://www.ecowonk.com]

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• fruit
• apple
• Newtown
• New York City
• NYC
• plants
• environment
• Earth Day
• green
• go green
• eco
• education
• kids
• students