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Lucky 13

By Sheila Cassani on April 20, 2018

This year, The FruitGuys Community Fund was able to award grants to 13 farms to help them complete sustainability projects. Learn more about the 2018 grantees and their goals for the future.

2017 GoodWorks Annual Report

By The FruitGuys GoodWorks on February 22, 2018

Since The FruitGuys’ inception in 1998, our GoodWorks program has supported people, projects, nonprofits, and good health from field to table. And 2017 was a record year of giving.

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Grow Good: 2017 Community Fund Grants Awarded

By Sheila Cassani on April 12, 2017

Ten small farms across the USA received grants for sustainability projects.

2016 GoodWorks Annual Report

By Sheila Cassani on January 24, 2017

In 2016, The FruitGuys donated 2 million servings of fresh produce to food banks and pantries.

Funding for Small Sustainable Farms Breaks New Ground

By Sheila Cassani on April 14, 2016

The FruitGuys Community Fund awarded grants to 10 small farms and agricultural nonprofits nationwide for impactful sustainability projects.

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Record Number of Farms Apply for Grants

By Sheila Cassani on February 24, 2016

Small, independent, and family-run farms need all the help they can get, as evidenced by the record number of applicants for The FruitGuys Community Fund’s 2016 sustainable agriculture grants: in a 55 …

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2015 GoodWorks Annual Report

By Sheila Cassani on February 24, 2016

The FruitGuys donated more than 1.3 million servings of produce directly to those in need during 2015, a new record for the South San Francisco–based company. Nearly 700,000 pounds of fruit and …

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Small Grants, Big Impacts

By Sheila Cassani on September 9, 2015

Reduced carbon footprints and record numbers of pollinators are just a couple highlights of the early results farms are reporting as a result of the agriculture sustainability grants they received …

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World Environment Day 2015

By The FruitGuys on June 5, 2015

World Environment Day, celebrated each year on June 5, was started by the United Nations in 1972 as a campaign to raise awareness about the environment and encourage a positive impact on the planet. …

From Seed to Need

By Sheila Cassani on April 23, 2015

The FruitGuys Community Fund, a nonprofit fiscally sponsored project of Community Initiatives, will award small American farms and agricultural nonprofits a total of $35,643 in 2015 for sustainability …

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Fresh Dirt

By Sheila Cassani on February 25, 2015

Beehives, hedgerows, drip irrigation: read the reports from the farms that received sustainability grants from The FruitGuys Community Fund in 2014!

A Fruitful Year of Giving

By Sheila Cassani on January 28, 2015

It's our 2014 GoodWorks annual report, when we check in on how we did at sharing our resources with those in need.

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Support Your Local Food Bank

By Julie Collins on October 2, 2014

In 2014 two enthusiastic teams from The FruitGuys South San Francisco office volunteered on consecutive Fridays at our local San Francisco-Marin Food Bank last month. Our groups helped pack more than …

Alumni Grantees: Class of 2013

By The FruitGuys Community Fund on July 1, 2014

In the Community Fund’s first year of operation, we gave nearly $20,000 in grants to five farms and agricultural nonprofits in California and Pennsylvania. Here are some updates on how their projects …

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Small Farms Get a Hand

By Melissa Nguyen on June 25, 2014

Meet the eight small farms that received sustainability grants from The FruitGuys Community Fund in 2014.

New Funding Resource for Small Farms

By The FruitGuys Community Fund on June 24, 2014

The FruitGuys Community Fund gave sustainability grants to eight small farms and nonprofit organizations in 2014.

2013 GoodWorks

By Miriam Wolf on January 27, 2014

Each year, The FruitGuys GoodWorks program supports people, projects, and good health from the field to the table, and 2013 was a record year for giving. In keeping with the long-held tradition of …

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