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My parents are originally from Louisiana, and when they came to visit this past weekend they shared a photograph they’d found among my grandparents’ belongings. The monochrome image captures a moment in time. In it, a pile of harvested sugarcane waits for processing at a mill; behind it stand a lean-to and a dozen Black and white men, women, and
I’m happy to report that our 2025 grant cycle is now open! Each year since 2012, The FruitGuys Community Fund (TFGCF) has had the joy and pleasure of issuing farming grants for small farms across the US. To date, we’ve awarded 143 grants across 38 US states and territories. TFGCF’s Farming Grants for Small Farms When our committee picks a new class
There’s nothing like the sweet, fuzzy face of a dog or cat to make a long day on the farm a little easier. With that in mind, The FruitGuys team asked our farm partners from across the country to send in stories about their four-legged farm hands. Here are a few of our favorites! Shanley Farms: Blue Shanley Farms grows
If the word “orchard” brings to mind acres of flat, fertile ground covered in gently waving fruit trees, go ahead and toss that image out the window. At Frecon Farms—a small family farm—in Boyertown, Pennsylvania—apple and peach trees cling to rocky slopes steep enough for skiing. “What makes our farm special?” Steve Frecon mused when The FruitGuys got him on
Note: This is an older blog post. For the latest updates on this year’s Gravenstein season, please visit our Annual Gravenstein Apple Box page. For fruit lovers, Gravenstein apple season is like Christmas in August. The harvest of this endangered Northern California heirloom apple happens in a very short window of just two or three weeks every year. It’s a
I wrote a couple weeks ago about how much I love Gravenstein apple season– and now it’s here! We will be making deliveries the weeks of August 21 and 28. You can experience this endangered heritage apple and support farmers by ordering our 17th annual Gravenstein Apple box. When we first started this box in 2006, we wanted to share
Each spring, The FruitGuys Community Fund provides annual grant awards for sustainability projects to small, American farms and agricultural nonprofits. An independent review committee made up of a majority of non-FruitGuys volunteers evaluates and scores the applicants’ projects. The FruitGuys (business) covers all administrative and staffing costs, in addition to contributing to the annual grant budget. The FruitGuys Community Fund
I was once told by a trusted friend that, for impatient people like me who sometimes think that acting fast produces a greater result in a shorter amount of time, it is actually the ability to slow down and be intentional that allows us to accomplish more in the end. And while I still wrestle with this balancing act, looking
Balance feels like something we need these days. Between wild weather (in California at least) and banking instability, finding balance for farmers, and the ag industry in general has been a bit of a high-wire act as of late. The business of farming is naturally fraught with uncertainty. Our produce is living plants that are at the whims of the
Small Farms are critical partners of the environment with a special role in its stewardship and as agents of climate stabilization. The FruitGuys Community Fund provides grants of up to $5,000 each to support small farms and agricultural nonprofits for sustainability projects. We believe that small grants can have big impacts on farms as they strive for greater economic and
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 agricultural nonprofits in 14 different states were awarded a total of $51,098.87 in funding for sustainability projects that reduce power use, increase yields, conserve water and soil,
During the COVID-19 crisis, small farms are showing once again just how essential they are to keeping our local communities fed, healthy, and functioning. The FruitGuys Community Fund is excited to announce the 2020 grantees chosen to receive grants up to $5,000 for sustainability projects that will reduce power use, increase yields, conserve water and soil, and promote pollinators. A
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 providing healthy food to those who might not otherwise have access to it, The FruitGuys donated more than 616,000 pounds of produce to charitable organizations across the
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