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Full Belly

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Courtesy of Capay Valley Farm Shop The Full Belly family is eagerly awaiting the arrival of a new member – the first of the third generation – due in late August, a perfect melon ripened baby who will certainly have at least a dozen arms outstretched each day for holding. Amon and Jenna are undoubtedly [...]

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The FruitGuys Helps South Philly Refugee Service

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Growing Home Gardens By Kim Jordan Photos courtesy of Nationalities Service Center PHILADELPHIA–Every Monday morning Adam Forbes travels to The FruitGuys’ Philadelphia warehouse to load his pick-up truck. Apples? Check. Bananas? Check. Citrus? Pears? Check. Adam brings the fruit, and any other produce that wasn’t used in customers’ crates that week, back to the Growing [...]

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A Fruitful Partnership Grows Roots to Educate Philly Youth

FruitGuys Fruit Buyer Jessica gets ready to plant raspberries.

The FruitGuys Philadelphia team helped green urban West Philadelphia by sponsoring a fall planting at the Walnut Hill Community Farm through POP (Philadelphia Orchard Project). The farm was reclaimed from the urban landscape this past spring through a partnership between The Enterprise Center Community Development Corporation (TEC-CDC) and Philly Rooted, led by farm managers/directors Nic [...]

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