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20+ B Corp Companies to Brighten Your Workday

By Lex Flamm on March 23, 2024

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 …

Filed Under: Impact Tagged With: b corp, Chicago, San Francisco

Women Growing Change: The Class of 2022 FruitGuys Community Fund Grantees

By Pia Hinckle on May 5, 2022

A diverse group of women farmers dominate the 2022 class of grantees for The FruitGuys Community Fund, the nonprofit’s 10th year of providing grants to small farms and agricultural nonprofits that …

Filed Under: Impact Tagged With: California, Chicago, fruitguys community fund, New York, small farms, small grants, sustainability

Leitica Velazquez wins Caplan Scholarship

By Pia Hinckle on September 30, 2021

Leticia Velazquez, The FruitGuys Midwest Operations Manager, was one of four people chosen for the prestigious Frieda Rapoport Caplan Family Business Scholarship Program for 2021. The program …

Filed Under: FruitGuys News Tagged With: Chicago, small farms

Doing Good in the Worst Year: Our 2020 Impact Report

By Pia Hinckle on February 2, 2021

2020 was a terrible year and yet the generosity of our community allowed us to bring healthy food to nearly two million people: neighbors in need, frontline healthcare workers, and public school kids …

Filed Under: FruitGuys News, Impact, WorkLife Tagged With: b corp, Chicago, donate-a-crate, farm-to-school program, fighting hunger, GoodWorks, small farms

Farm Grantees Make Progress Despite Pandemic

By The FruitGuys Community Fund on September 18, 2020

The FruitGuys Community Fund 2020 grantee farms have sent us their interim updates, and in spite of the pandemic, these farms and organizations have done some incredible work! These 15 small farms and …

Filed Under: Impact Tagged With: California, Chicago, farm, farmers, fruitguys community fund, New York, Pennsylvania, pollinators, small farms, support small farms, sustainable agriculture

2018 GoodWorks Annual Report

By Elisabeth Flynn on February 26, 2019

The FruitGuys has donated nearly eight million servings of farm-fresh fruit to people in need across the United States over the last five years, with almost 2 million servings in 2018 alone. The …

Filed Under: FruitGuys News, Impact Tagged With: Chicago, fruit donations, GoodWorks, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco

Mick Klug Farms, Saint Joseph, MI

By Heidi Lewis on March 8, 2012

The USDA classifies family farms as “any farm organized as a sole proprietorship, partnership, or family corporation.” But a cold definition is never the whole story, is it? Mick Klug grew up on his …

Filed Under: Profiles Tagged With: Chicago, family farm, small farms