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Field Trips April 2013

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The FruitGuys will be at the Philly Farm & Food Fest. We’re looking forward to meeting with farmers and customers. Come say hello! NATIONWIDE Arbor Day – Plant a Tree April 15th EAST National Cherry Blossom Festival March 2nd – April 14th Washington, DC Philly Farm & Food Fest April 14th Philadelphia, PA Lives of the Trees [...]

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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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I’ll Meet You on the Farm

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Warm spring weather is waking up the farmer in me. I suddenly have the urge to sink my hands into the soil and grow greens, tomatoes, potatoes – you name it. A new resident of Philadelphia, I was not sure how to go about finding a way to satisfy my urge to farm. I turned [...]

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