I love encountering an idea that seems to really actualize the power of the web, and for good at that. Neighborhood Fruit is a website, currently in beta, that allows fruit growers (people who happen to have fruiting trees on their property) to connect with fruit seekers (people in their area with a use for fruit) for an exchange of wares. At the site, fruit growers can register their trees, and fruit seekers search for the type of fruit they desire---Neighborhood Fruit brokers a direct e-mail connection between the two parties, and then bows out, but not before letting the grower and seeker designate "who picks." Making a fruit connection is free during the beta phase; it looks as though there will be a charge thereafter (though the site also has a listing of "public trees"). Even with a fee, this seems like a delicious solution to the 'too much fruit' problem that plagues people with fruit trees. Let the canning and the pie-making begin. via Shoestring Mag

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