About me: The Inland Empire Urban Fruit Harvest Project is a community initiative which operates across Inland Empire neighborhoods.
Our idea is simple: we build communities and strengthen food security using local backyard fruit. We connect with people who have excess fruit from their backyard fruit trees with those who have the time and energy to harvest it. Most of the harvested fruit is donated to community organizations and individuals in need.
If you take the time to look around you can find food growing just about everywhere in Riverside. The fruit rarely gets eaten or harvested to its full potential.
The fruit around Riverside and surrounding cities has an abundance of fruit trees that are ripe and ready to eat. The nutrients from those fruit need to be put into your hands and in the hands of people who need.
We have made it into Good.is Magazine. Here is our article:
http://www.good.is/post/food-grows-on-trees/
Come View Our Blog Spot:
www.http://urbanfruitharvesting.blogspot.com/
Many thanks to the Walker Family: Carrie, Rob and Kurt for their generous donation of 206lbs of fruit on 1/25/2009.
Many thanks to Mr. Mrs. Brown, Mr. & Mrs. Crampton, Jon Chase and Family and Jen Gould for their donation of 506lbs of fruit on 1/28/2009.
Thank you, Cindy for helping pick fruit today and watch Raleigh. We gathered up another 379lbs today 1/29...
We finished off our first week at 1429lbs of fresh fruit donated. Thank you to EVERYONE involved. Much Appreciated!
Okay starting off this week with the help of my friend Rocio. She and I picked grapefruit, oranges and lemons...and donated 335lbs today. :)
Feb.10th, donated 170lbs of oranges, tangerines and advocados...thank you all
Feb. 11th, donated 176lbs of Tangerines, Oranges, Lemons and Grapefruit...thank you to Sherly, Jerry, Cindy & Rocio
March 2nd we donates 123lbs of avocados, oranges and grapefruit. Thank you to Kate, Mariana, Deborah, Rocio, JJ, Cindy, Raleigh and all others.
March 4 - Thank you, Suzi for your lemon and orange trees. Rocio and I were able to donate 209lbs of fresh fruit.
March 13th we donated 185lbs of fresh Lemons..thank you Suzy Jones for your donation.
March 24, 98lbs of lemons and oranges donated. Thank you, Geneva and Pacific Moon Realtor
March 29th, 937 pounds of fresh citrus fruit donated...thank you Mr & Mrs. Sheehe, JJ, Shon, Cindy, Raleigh, Vicki, Melissa, Dale, Krista, Matt and Urban Fruit!!!
another 629 pounds of fresh fruit donated!!!
Come follow our work and progress;..
Pictures, running totals and a chance to
Be a volunteer or donate your overflowing produce!
Who I'd like to meet: Friends, Volunteers, People to Donate...anyone!
If you or anyone you know has growing fruit on their trees, please contact and join us in harvesting and donating that fruit...
IE Urban Fruit Harvesting's Friend Space (Randomized)
I want to get folks to help out so let me get back to you in regards to this. I know alot of folks that will be interested in volunteering. I know 3 organizations that are in need of donations, how do they go about receiving and participating in picking of the fruit?
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