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World Environment Day 2015

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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

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

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

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

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

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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

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

New Funding Resource for Small Farms

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

2013 GoodWorks

By Miriam Wolf on

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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The FruitGuys Plant a Tree for UMOM

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Since 1964, UMOM has helped Arizona families in need, and The FruitGuys is proud to have such a wonderful organization as one of its community partners. The largest homeless shelter in the state, UMOM …

Moore Oklahoma Relief Effort

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After a tornado touched down in Moore, Oklahoma, in 2013, causing widespread devastation, The FruitGuys ferried a whole fleet of fruit donations their way.

2012 GoodWorks

By Pia Hinckle on

The FruitGuys has formed a new non-profit organization to promote sustainable agriculture practices for small farms, an evolution of the company’s Farm Steward Program, which has provided farmers with …

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Donate-A-Crate 2011 Fed Thousands

By Pia Hinckle on

During the 2011 holiday season, generous FruitGuys' customers provided thousands of people fresh fruit at 22 community-based organizations across the country. "The produce donation went over …

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FruitGuys Donations are Backbone of Some Food Pantries

By Pia Hinckle on

In a year when more people continued to struggle with less, The FruitGuys GoodWorks program responded to the realities of the continuing hard economy by making micro-loans to farmers; increasing …

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The FruitGuys Helps South Philly Refugee Service

By Kim Jordan on

Photos courtesy of Nationalities Service Center Happy about apples! PHILADELPHIA–Every Monday morning Adam Forbes travels to The FruitGuys' Philadelphia warehouse to load his pick-up truck. …

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More than A Meal

By Pia Hinckle on

A portrait of the community at St. Anthony's Dining Room in San Francisco, one of the main recipients of FruitGuys fruit donations.

GoodWorks

By Chris Mittelstaedt on

The college application process was not an easy one for me. I didn’t know where I wanted to go to school, and I had no idea what to say to encapsulate myself in an essay. I finally settled on telling …

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A Fruitful Partnership Grows Roots to Educate Philly Youth

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The FruitGuys Philadelphia team helped green urban West Philadelphia by sponsoring a fall planting at the Walnut Hill Community Farm through POP (Philadelphia Orchard …

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Capay Valley Collaborative Seeks Patron: Support the Legendary Capay Valley Farm Community

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The FruitGuys Farm Steward mission is to promote sustainable farming practices that have no negative impact on the environment and add long-term social and economic value to the farm and farming …

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Preservation Harvest plums now available on West Coast

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Preservation Harvest is produce that makes a difference. Buying these plums can help save a farm and create healthier farmland.

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