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The FruitGuys Community Fund Awards $90K in Sustainable Farming Grants

The FruitGuys Community Fund Awards $90K in Sustainable Farming Grants

Since 2013, The FruitGuys Community Fund has given out annual grants of $5,000 or less to small farms and agricultural nonprofits across the country. That first year, we awarded five sustainable farming grants. This year, I’m proud to announce that we’re awarding twenty-one across seventeen states! Each farm will use its grant for a sustainability project. This Year’s Sustainability Projects

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Erin Mittelstaedt May 7, 2025
The FruitGuys Partners with RTW to Feed Chicago Veterans

The FruitGuys Partners with RTW to Feed Chicago Veterans

Every Thursday morning, Wilbert Taylor pulls up to The FruitGuys’ Chicago warehouse in his truck. He pops open the back, says hello to Receiving Supervisor Jack Reed, and starts filling the truck with boxes of bananas, apples, oranges, and other fresh fruit.  This is just one stop on Wilbert’s weekly rounds picking up donated groceries for Remake the World Veteran

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Lex Flamm April 11, 2025
FruitGuys Clients Help Project Open Hand Feed Sick Californians

FruitGuys Clients Help Project Open Hand Feed Sick Californians

Businesses ordering fresh produce and snacks from The FruitGuys can choose to have their food delivered or to “fruit it forward” to a local hunger relief organization. At Project Open Hand—which provides fresh produce and medically tailored meals to sick, elderly, and homebound people in California—those donations can be life-changing, especially around the holidays.  “[Last holiday season], we received an

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Lex Flamm March 26, 2025
Small Farm Grants Made Big Impacts on These 20 Farms

Small Farm Grants Made Big Impacts on These 20 Farms

Many small-scale farmers want to rebuild their soil, support their local pollinators, or share more environmental education with their communities—but a lack of funding holds them back. That’s where The FruitGuys Community Fund (TFGCF) comes in. Every year, it awards small farm grants to farms and agricultural nonprofits specifically for sustainability projects.  2024: The Biggest Grant Year Yet! In the

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The FruitGuys February 14, 2025
The FruitGuys and HGFB Team Up to Feed Those In Need

The FruitGuys and HGFB Team Up to Feed Those In Need

It’s bright and early on a Monday morning, and the team at Hawaiian Gardens Food Bank in Hawaiian Gardens, California, is busy packing bags to hand out to the community. Each one includes grains, canned goods, juice, tortillas, bread, and a few pieces of produce that Melisa Halloran, the food bank’s purchasing agent, managed to find for a good price.

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Lex Flamm December 22, 2024
The FruitGuys Helps UMOM Reduce Hunger and Homelessness

The FruitGuys Helps UMOM Reduce Hunger and Homelessness

Every week, one of The FruitGuys’ fruit donations for hunger relief arrives at United Methodist Outreach Ministries New Day Centers (UMOM) in Phoenix, Arizona.  One donation might be bruised apples. Another week, the UMOM team could unbox scarred but tasty oranges, or pears that are too soft to ship but still sweet to eat. Whatever’s inside, it’s up to Residential

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Lex Flamm November 1, 2024

Donate-a-Crate FAQs: A Fresh Way to Boost Your Office Giving

Since 2009, generous FruitGuys clients have fed more than 1 million people in need through The FruitGuys’ Donate-a-Crate program. Every client is invited to participate, so if your office has never “fruited it forward” before, it’s not too late to join the movement!  What is The FruitGuys’ Donate-a-Crate Program? The FruitGuys delivers thousands of boxes of fresh fruit and snacks

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Lex Flamm October 25, 2024
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The FruitGuys Ramps Up Hunger Relief With Food Connect Group

Hunger and food insecurity affect every corner of our society, and they’re often closer to home than we realize. No one can thrive on an empty stomach, yet sadly 47 million people in the US are facing hunger right now. At The FruitGuys, we’re committed to addressing this challenge because we know how essential nutritious food is for fueling our

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Sheila Cassani September 16, 2024
People weeding and pruning a tree.

How Small Farms Are Putting Their 2024 Farm Grants to Work

Supporting small farms is a major part of our mission at The FruitGuys. We source fruit from independent farms for our fruit boxes whenever we can, and we also award farm grants every year through The FruitGuys Community Fund (TFGCF).  2024 Small Farm Grants Earlier in 2024, TFGCF awarded farm grants to twenty small farms and agricultural nonprofits from sixteen

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The FruitGuys August 30, 2024
Farmers tending to crops.

The FruitGuys Community Fund 2024 Farm Grantees Announced

Twenty farm grantees from 16 states make up the largest class to date for The FruitGuys Community Fund, a nonprofit that funds small independent farms and agricultural nonprofits that regenerate the land and support local food systems. The 2024 class of farm grantees has been awarded a total of $85,328 for projects focused on areas such as soil health, preserving

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Sheila Cassani May 13, 2024
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20+ B Corp Companies to Brighten Your Workday

Think about the coffee shop where you grab your coffee or tea during the workday. Does the company running it share your values? You probably don’t know whether the worker handing over your drink makes a living wage, or if the shop prioritizes sustainability. Fortunately, there’s an easy way to find out: Use B Lab’s searchable B Corp directory to

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Lex Flamm March 23, 2024
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The FruitGuys 2023 Impact Report Is Here!

The numbers are in: In 2023, The FruitGuys clients purchased 384,000 boxes containing 20.6 million servings of fruit, vegetables, and snacks. Every single serving helped positively impact communities and the planet, and we’ve detailed those efforts in The FruitGuys 2023 Impact Report. Here’s a quick look at the good we did together in 2023:  We also won two awards! Real

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Lex Flamm March 14, 2024
Sheila Cassani, FruitGuys Head of Impact

How B Corps Make a Difference: A Q&A With The FruitGuys

March is National B Corp Month, and to kick off the festivities we sat down with The FruitGuys’ Head of Impact, Sheila Cassani. We brought a few FAQs about B Corps with us — and Sheila shared her answers. Read on to hear her thoughts on what a B Corp is, how B Corps make a difference, why we became

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Lex Flamm March 1, 2024
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2023 Small Farm Grant Winners Share Their Project Achievements

In 2023, The FruitGuys Community Fund (TFGCF) awarded its largest class of farm grantees so far: 18 small-scale farms and agricultural non-profits were awarded a total of $83,757 in grant awards for projects impacting water conservation, energy efficiency, biodiversity, pollination, seed preservation, and ecological land management. The majority of small farm grant funds were directed to farmers of color, LGBTQ

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Sheila Cassani February 8, 2024

Are Small Farms Important? 6 Reasons to Support Them

It’s hard to flip through a food magazine these days without coming across an article telling you to “shop small,” “eat local,” or “support a farmer.” That’s largely thanks to the farm-to-table movement. It champions sourcing seasonal ingredients grown close to home and bringing them directly from the soil to your plate (with a quick pit stop at the sink).

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The FruitGuys February 7, 2024

Inc.’s 2023 Best In Business Awards Recognize The FruitGuys

We’re sharing fistbumps and high-fives at FruitGuys headquarters today in celebration of a big achievement: We just received one of Inc.’s 2023 Best In Business Awards! The award recognizes our recent work to fight food insecurity across the United States.  “It’s an exciting honor to be named a Best in Business company by Inc.,” says Sheila Cassani, The FruitGuys’ Head

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Lex Flamm January 16, 2024
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5 Extra Benefits of Partnering With Vendors That Give Back

Let’s state the obvious: Working with vendors that give back just feels good. If you’re an office manager or head of HR, you probably feel like dancing when you find a vendor that fits your needs, falls into your budget, and supports causes or communities your company cares about. Of course, identifying partners that check all three of these boxes

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Lex Flamm December 29, 2023
Project Open Hand receives client donated boxes.

Closing for the Holidays? Donate, Don’t Skip!

If your office will be closed or minimally staffed over the holidays, you have a wonderful opportunity ahead. Instead of skipping your regular fruit or snack delivery, you can donate that holiday box to a local hunger relief organization through The FruitGuys Donate-a-Crate program! Our team makes it easy to forward your delivery to people in need. We have a

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Sheila Cassani November 2, 2023

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