Impact

GoodWorks

By Chris Mittelstaedt on December 9, 2011

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 …

Tagged With: donate-a-crate, GoodWorks, holiday donations, winter

A Fruitful Partnership Grows Roots to Educate Philly Youth

By Bridget Meigs on November 3, 2010

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

Tagged With: Farm Steward, Philadelphia

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

By Candace Gale on November 2, 2010

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

By The FruitGuys on July 21, 2010

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

Tagged With: organic farming, stone fruit

I’ll Meet You on the Farm

By Bridget Meigs on June 1, 2010

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 …

Tagged With: farm, Philadelphia

Owl Update

By The FruitGuys on May 5, 2010

The FruitGuys recently donated an owl box to Kauffman's Fruit Farm in Bird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania. Here are a few photos of owls on the farm. We hope they'll begin using our box soon! Stay tuned for …

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Good Fruit = GoodWorks

By The FruitGuys on March 4, 2010

The FruitGuys GoodWorks Project includes our Farm Steward and Community Outreach programs which have donated thousands of pieces of fruit to charitable organizations nationwide. Our Farm Steward …

Tagged With: Agriculture, donate-a-crate, Farm Steward, farmers, fruit donations, GoodWorks

Worldwide Wellness – Making a Difference

By FruitGuys Staff on November 20, 2009

Congratulations to our fabulous farmer friend and environmental steward, Allen Harthorn of Harpo Organics, who grows succulent organic Valencia oranges in Ventura County. Allen Harthorn and wife, …

Tagged With: farm

None of Your Beeswax! (The Get-The-Bees Address)