The Moss Cider Project

The Moss Cider Project is a voluntary initiative or local group, founded in 2010, by 29 year old Dan Hasler, a graphic designer, in the Moss Side area of Manchester. The purpose is to harvest, or 'scrump', unwanted fruit, from parks, or given by neighbours, in Moss Side and its surrounding areas, so that it can be mashed and made into cider.
Hasler, who is a local project manager for the Manchester-based charity, Action for Sustainable Living (AfSL), got the idea from thinking about the prospective demolition of the Moss Side Stagecoach bus garage, planned for March 2011, imagining how gardens and orchards, as well as houses, could be integrated into any redevelopment.
At the 'mash-up' event, Jo Wilkes, of AfSL, told BBC reporters, "...it is a fantastic scheme which is changing the perception of the area", and continued, "...I love living here and making the alleyways into community spaces and gardens is the sort of thing that we support, especially in Moss Side"<ref name="mossciderbbc"/>
 
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