Rachel V.'s blog

On Friday July third we volunteered to help out Karen Hurst to pick fruit for Village Harvest. Village Harvest is a non-profit organization which helps out the community's hungry by picking fruit from peoples backyards and local orchards. This program was established in March 2002. The fruit that is picked is distributed to food banks. Some of the fruit is used to make jams and preserves, which are sold at craft fairs and non-profit organizations to raise money.

The food justice leaders got together with Village Harvest to pick fruit from three local homes. We got the basics on how we were going pick, sort, and package the fruit. We harvested 500 pounds worth of plums, lemons, oranges, and bigger than average apricots.