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From now on: pick fruit in Roth – yellow ribbons show the harvest!
Roth is using yellow ribbons to promote the harvesting of fruit until the end of August 2025 to reduce food waste.
From now on: pick fruit in Roth – yellow ribbons show the harvest!
The summer of 2025 will be fruity in Roth: city gardener Horst Hirschl and his dedicated team are currently out and about in the city until the end of August to mark ripe fruit trees with yellow ribbons. These colorful ribbons signal that harvesting and snacking are allowed here. This campaign is part of the Germany-wide “Yellow Ribbon” initiative, which was launched by the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture to jointly combat food waste and promote communal enjoyment. As Markt Spiegel reports, the starting signal for this great idea was given in the Esslingen district in 2020.
The principle is simple and ingenious at the same time: the yellow ribbons, which are ideally made of environmentally friendly pulp, are attached to the fruit trees. After harvesting, they are either removed or decay on their own, thus actively contributing to sustainability. An overview of the participating trees can be found online at www.stadt-roth.de/gelbesband. The city invites all citizens to award their own fruit trees with these ribbons and thus make a contribution to food recycling.
Harvesting together for more sustainability
The campaign encourages people to harvest fruit in normal household quantities. This is not only a great way to enjoy the variety of local fruits, but also a step towards counteracting food waste. According to information from BMLEH, around 10.8 million tonnes of food waste is generated in Germany every year, with a considerable proportion generated in private households.
The Federal Ministry's strategy, which was presented in 2019, aims to reduce food waste by half by 2030. One of the most important goals of the “Yellow Ribbon” campaign is to raise awareness of the value of food and to promote respectful treatment of it.
A contribution to the community
Roth is not alone with this initiative: numerous cities in Germany are taking part in similar campaigns. Improvements are continually tested and the community is taken into account. Civil society participation is seen as the key to success. As [myheimat](https://www.myheimat.de/augsburg/c-freizeit/hier-darf-geerntet- Werden_a3565127) points out, such actions not only protect the environment and climate, they also offer the opportunity to make social contacts and help each other with harvesting. Maybe you'll discover one or two hidden fruit secrets in your own neighborhood.
In times of increased awareness around the issue of food waste, it is even more important that such campaigns are actively supported. Every harvested apple and every pear counts - join in and bring your own piece of fruit tree into play!