Events

Field Trips

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

daffodils

WEST
Filoli Opening – Daffodil Daydreams
Feb 26, 27
Woodside, CA

Cookbook Swap
Feb 25
San Francisco, CA

Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival
Mar 5, 6, 7
Sebastopol, CA

bell atlantic stair climbEAST
Composting in the City
Feb 25
Brooklyn, NY

Fight for Air – Stair Climb
Mar 20
Bell Atlantic Tower, Philadelphia, PA

Grafting Workshop
Mar 27
Lancaster, PA

CENTRAL
Peace on Earth Film Festival
Feb 26, 27, 28
Chicago, IL

Hustle Up the Hancock – Stair Climb
Feb 28
Chicago, IL

Grafting Workshop
March 14
Weaton, IL

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Field Trips

Thursday, February 18th, 2010


love trainEAST
Love Train Philly Love Murals
Feb 14
Philadelphia, PA

Celebrate General Washington’s Birthday at HQ
Feb 13, 14, 15
Newburg, NY

Ignite – Global Week
March 2
Boston, MA

clandestine dinnersCENTRAL
Clandestino Dinners
Feb 14
Chicago, IL

Ignite – Global Week
March 5
Lansing, MI

Birding America VIII
March 6
Chicago, IL

pt reyes birdsWEST
Stone Soup – Community Dinner
Feb 14 – ongoing Sundays thru March
Truckee, CA

Ignite – Global Week
March 2
San Francisco, CA

Point Reyes Birding and Nature Festival
April 23, 24, 25, 26
Point Reyes, CA

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Events

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

Natural OrnamentsEAST
Natural Ornaments “Critter” Sale
Dec 5 & 6
Chadds Ford, PA

Kamishibai (Paper Dramas) Workshop
Dec 6
Washington, DC

Sustainable MTA Uses of Groundwater
Dec 9
New York, NY

Winter's Farmers MarketCENTRAL
Winter Farmer’s Market
Dec 6 & 20
Chicago, IL

Holiday Crafts from the Farm for Kids
Dec 12
Caledonia, IL

Evanston Food Policy Council Community Potluck
Dec 17
Evantston, IL

Holiday Boats ParadeWEST
Handmade Ho-Down benefits DrawBridge
Dec 3
San Francisco, CA

Holiday Boat Parade
Dec 12
Marina del Rey, CA

The Value of Traditional Seeds in an Unstable World
Dec 17
Berkeley, CA

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The FruitGuys in Inc.com!

Friday, November 20th, 2009

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The FruitGuys are part of this years fast-growing businesses in the US
according to Inc.com.

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The FruitGuys on CNN!

Friday, November 20th, 2009


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CNN video: TheFruitGuys
Taking on the vending machine

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Ski Offer From Sugar Bowl Ski Resort and FruitGuys

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

Sugar Bowl Ski Resort and FruitGuys are proud to extend a unique opportunity to you and your employees. With Mother Nature finally cooperating with us “winter enthusiasts”, Sugar Bowl is offering you a chance to realize significant savings on lift tickets by participating in our Corporate Sales Program. You can purchase lift tickets at a discount and pass along this savings to the skiers and riders in your company. They make great gifts and are an excellent perk for your employees.

The program is simple and easy and anyone can participate. Purchase tickets in blocks of 25 at an $8 discount and receive 1 free ticket with every 25 purchased. The tickets are good any day during the 2008/09 season. Visit Sugar Bowl midweek and these tickets get you a FREE Basic Rental and 2 Hour Lesson. See all the details and download the Order Form and Agreement here. Questions can be sent to sales@sugarbowl.com.

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Slow Food

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

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Refresh your memories of Slow Food Nation’s inaugural event in San Francisco with a box of seasonal foods from The FruitGuys, delivered within California this Thursday, February 26th.

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Each crate includes a copy of Come to the Table, the official book that was released in conjunction with Slow Food Nation ‘08, featuring stories about California farmers and recipes from farm kitchens. Order now! Along with the book, valued at $29.95, you’ll receive California-grown ingredients for making a fresh, seasonal soul-food feast.

HURRY! All orders must be received by noon today. Find out more and order here.

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Proud Sponsor of Organic Sounds

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

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The FruitGuys is a proud sponsor of Organic Sounds, an evening of celebration and music in support of the work of Pesticide Watch. Since 1991, Pesticide Watch has helped citizen groups across the Bay Area prevent and reduce the use of pesticides in our their communities.

On April 2nd, in San Francisco, Pesticide Watch will honor local environmental leaders, share organic and local foods, and provide a forum for local residents to network around environmental challenges facing their communities. More information available here.

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The FruitGuys featured on California Country

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Check out the segment that aired last weekend.

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Apple Towns

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Do you live in a famous town? Yeah, me too. Okay, so Sebastopol, CA (pop. 7,700) doesn’t have much to compare to someplace like The Big Apple (pop. 8.3 million). But we do have a lot of apples – Gravenstein Apples that is. We are rather famous for the Gravenstein. The Gravensteins in the West Coast boxes are the best apples in the world (in my not-so-humble opinion), a balance of sweet and tart with a lovely variegated chartreuse skin. It really is a pretty special apple, and endangered enough to be placed in SlowFood USA’s Ark of Taste.

We Sebasto-pudlians like to celebrate our apple. As soon as the fragrance of blossoms hit our nose in spring, we know it’s time to prepare for the Apple Blossom Parade. Scouts practice flag twirling, dachshunds get their costumes ready for the Weiner Dog contingent, and the high school horn section tightens up its “Star Wars” theme arrangement. Anyone can enter and the parade goes on for about three hours. Then the blossoms flutter to the ground and the trees get busy growing apples and we get back to our regularly scheduled lives. Then boom! The apples are here. Gravensteins are the earliest apple in the West, as Ginger Golds are in the East. Apples mean August and August means summer is about over. But little sad faces turn to grins because we put on another party – the Gravenstein Apple Fair. The proceeds benefit the Farm Trails guide to local farms. After the fair, we break down the hay bale benches to use for mulch for next year’s crop, put our feet up on the porch with a nice cold Grav in our hand. When we can’t eat anymore, we start baking pies and making apple sauce.

With somewhere in the neighborhood of 7,500 apple varieties, there is likely a town near you with a special apple. The Espopus Spitzenburg Apple (one of Thomas Jefferson’s faves) has its roots in Esopus, near Woodstock in Ulster County, NY. Bethel, VT has the Bethel Apple, Lura Red comes from Bone Gap, IL, the York Imperial’s first seedling was discovered in York, PA . Each region has guides and maps to famous farm towns near you, go to localharvest.org to find one.

- Heidi Lewis

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