I’m noticing an interesting food trend: it’s free if you grow it! In Los Angeles, the artist collective Fallen Fruit kicks off EATLACMA, a yearlong project, with a fruit tree giveaway at two locations, one in Watts, the other at the L.A. County Museum of Art. All you need to do is show up to collect your free fruit tree (along with instructions on how best to grow it). The caveat?

The peach, nectarine, apple, tangerine, and plum trees need to be planted in public space or “on the perimeter,” specifically the edges of property lines, where branches overhang into public space and the surplus can easily and legally be shared by the community.

Then there’s the Texas-based non-profit, The Dinner Garden, a group that aims to end hunger through gardening. If you’ve got the dirt (and the drive), they’ll provide the seeds for free.

And in San Francisco, in an effort to combat low attendance at farmer’s markets in chilly February, Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture (CUESA) is offering a free item from the stalls for the first 50 shoppers at the Ferry Building farmer’s market on Tuesdays and Thursdays. This week? Satsuma tangerines, no growing required.

Photo courtesy of The Library of Congress