Southeastern San Diego free-tree event bonus: Helping with food insecurity

Dozens of San Diegans attended a tree giveaway in Southeastern San Diego on Friday.

Trees, of course, sequester carbon and provide shade on a hot day, but in this case, there is a bonus: They also address food insecurity.

At the Ralph’s in the Bay Terraces neighborhood on Friday, a line formed around an easy-up tent. The supermarket partnered with Tree San Diego and the Arbor Day Foundation to gift 200 fruit trees at no cost…

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