If you’ve been meaning to plan an apple-picking trip upstate but instead have slowly watched fall fade into winter, relief is on the way: an orchard is coming to you.

Next week, on November 25, the Farmlink Project and 260 Sample Sale will turn 261 Fifth Avenue into a pop-up apple orchard complete with farm-fresh fruit and warm cider, making for a delightfully odd autumn moment in the middle of Manhattan.

The seasonal spectacle has a purpose, though. Farmlink plans to redistribute 20,000 pounds of locally-grown apples, sourced through the New York Apple Association, to highlight how easy it is to reroute surplus produce to families who need it. Another 15,000 pounds will go straight to partner food banks across Harlem, Brooklyn and the Bronx. And while all the apples at the orchard a

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