4 days ago by fruitloopff

Last Sunday we had a two-home pick in Northridge which yielded 648 lbs of some of the sweetest oranges! Thank you, volunteers, for being so ready and willing to glean the impromptu trees as well as the planned ones! Just wanted to let all of you know that all of the November picks (except the Weds 1 ...

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25 days ago by fruitloopff

We really appreciate the mention in the Glendale News Press: Organization shares bounty http://tinyurl.com/yj29sev Do you live in Glendale/Burbank/Pasadena and have fruit trees with excess fruit? (oranges/grapefruit/lemons/limes/pomegranate/persimmon/guava/fig/avocado, etc.) Call us at 818-530-4125 ...

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26 days ago by fruitloopff

We were invited back this morning to harvest more of the tomato crop at Pierce College in Woodland Hills – with 100% going to SOVA and will be back for more later in the week (Tuesday and Saturday – weather permitting) – It’ll be a muddy and fun time – so if you missed out on other October picks and ...

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38 days ago by littlefarminthecity

What is summer without Mulberries? Our tree is in its third year and wowie what a bumper harvest I am getting!

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41 days ago by fruitloopff

A BIG thanks to the two families who came out this morning to N. Hills to volunteer with us and help pick 484 lbs of fresh juicy grapefruits and limes just given to SOVA to help feed LA’s hungry! Great work Maya, Steven, Ethan, Eli, Mike, Justin and Zachary! [...]

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67 days ago by fruitloopff

If you thought Day 1 of FRUITSTOCK was exciting, Day 2 was insane! With the social activities and partying behind us, we set out to try and match the tremendous effort of Day 1 and we did. Over 6,000 lbs of fresh free grapefruits were added to the 5,000 lbs of oranges and in case you think it was al ...

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74 days ago by fruitloopff

We are happy to say that we are almost full for FRUITSTOCK this coming Saturday in Montecito – a lush 150 tree orchard awaits us! We are so happy in fact, that in the spirit of Woodstock, we have added a second day to our end of summer fruit harvesting celebration. No mud or hippies, well maybe a fe ...

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95 days ago by fruitloopff

We had a great pick last Sunday in North Hills bringing in 371lbs of grapefruits – grapefruits a go-go! Had a new volunteer and our calendar is just about set for August picks. Stay tuned as we got a month full of picks to help feed LA’s hungry… /div>

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101 days ago by fruitloopff

We had a short but sweet mini-pick yesterday in West Hills bringing in 282lbs of grapefruits! We will be doing some outreach at local valley & city farmers markets, community centers, gardens/nurseries, etc. during the month of August and would love to have get some help from our volunteers so pleas ...

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114 days ago by fruitloopff

Our sunset pick on Weds 7/15 in West Hills brings in 347lbs of grapefruits… It’s great to see so many new volunteers coming to our weekly mini-picks which are full of fun + fruit to feed LA’s hungry! We have several more picks coming up through the rest of the month: * Sunday 7/19 @ 10am in North Hi ...

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