Harvesting San Diego

Hachiya Persimmon harvesting! Tomorrow morning, 9:30am Florida Street in North Park. PM for exact address. Cheers!

Oranges! Please join us in PB this Wednesday at 10AM to pick oranges from a generous new donor. RSVP for exact address.

Short notice! We are back on for picking apples today in North Park! 4PM. Please RSVP for exact address on 28th Street near Upas.

Apples! Let's get together this Sunday the 19th and pick some apples in North Park. We are tentatively shooting for a morning pick at 9AM on Sunday. Let me know if you're interested and I'll send you the exact address.

Tomorrow morning 10AM, Saturday, we'll be harvesting oranges in Kensington. Join us! RSVP here on FB for the exact address.

If you live in North County, consider joining our friends Produce Good for a lemon harvest in Escondido: 9am to noonish. RSVP to Nita Kurmins Gilson at 760-415-4296

Another north county harvest:

We are getting the full swing of ripening! Lots and lots of fruit is ready to be gleaned and shared with our hungry neighbors!

Date: Saturday, February 6
Time: 9am to noonish
4773 El Mirlo Rancho Santa Fe, ca 92067
There may be a new gate code. If you sign up for this pick I will send it to you.
Please RSVP ASAP! We seem to be filling up very fast these days.
Please RSVP to [email protected] ASAP!
Sharing has never been sweeter!

Our gleaning partner in North County is organizing a very large harvest event. See details and RSVP info below. Thanks!

Beautiful CropSwappers!

We have the opportunity to pick lovely Satsuma Mandarins in Escondido for San Diego Food Bank.

Since tangerines are more fragile than other citrus, please bring along clippers if you have them.

This is an orchard with 200 fruit trees. Sharing has never been sweeter!

Here are the details:

Date: Sunday, January 31
Time: 9 to 11:30ish
Place: 707 Quiet Hill Farms Rd. Escondido 92029

Please RSVP to [email protected] ASAP!

Hey Harvesting Friends. We're going to go after those persimmons in North Park this Sunday at 4PM. No one was able to make it last weekend, so we're trying again. Please let me know if you're able to help out and I'll send over the exact address. Remember, volunteers are always welcome to take home a bag of yummy fruit. The rest goes to those in need. Cheers!

More persimmons to harvest! Today, Saturday, at 4PM! North Park on Florida Street. Please RSVP for exact address. Thanks!

Persimmons! We're harvesting hachiya persimmons in Kensington on Sunday at 4PM. Please RSVP for the exact address. Remember, volunteers can take some fruit home, too.

Volunteers needed to pick… Sapotes! Sunday at 4PM. Ready for some high-altitude harvesting? We've been asked to save hundreds of sapote fruit from going to waste from a very tall tree in Coronado. We'll have long picking poles and a ladder or two. Send me a message for exact address. Thanks!

We are in business! Concord grapes. Tomorrow at 4PM in North Park. Let me know if you want to help, and I'll send you the exact address. Thanks!

Ready to harvest some oranges and grapefruit? We'll be in Bay Park tomorrow morning at 9AM, Saturday, February 7. Let me know if you can join us and I'll send you the exact address. Cheers!

Persimmons anyone? We'll be harvesting Hachiya Persimmons in the Kensington neighborhood tomorrow from one of our regular harvesting contributors. Join us at 3PM, Sunday, October 26th and take home a few of the season's sweetest fruit. Please RSVP for address if you can join us. Thanks!

Hello SD Harvesters,

We have two harvest events this weekend and could use a few volunteers for each. Please drop me a note for the exact addresses.

1. Friday, March 21, 3:00PM - Talmadge - Large orange tree

2. Saturday, March 22, 9:00AM - Kensington - Large orange tree

If you or your neighbors have fruit to donate, please give us a shout! One more hachiya persimmon photo. Aren't they gorgeous? Happy to keep them from going to waste.

Finally got some photos to share from our most recent harvest: Persimmons!

We had an awesome pair of harvests this morning in Kensington: 340+ pounds of citrus. Huge shout out to Sarah for posting about us on Nextdoor Kensington's website. And thank you Rae for the photos, John, Albert, Ahuva, Liz, Miles and Claire for helping harvest.

Google Maps

Fruit tree mapping! This is in beta, so let me know if it does/doesn't work. Check out the linked Google Map and add to it if you see a fruit tree, public or private, in your North Park. For other neighborhoods, let me know. http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=
216742477423242996702.000481e336e4c5528b28f

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Who's ready for the citrus season? Let's pick some grapefruit this Sunday morning at 9AM in Kensington. If you can help out, drop me a note for the address. Happy New Year!

Yesterday we got our first donation of the new citrus season. Thanks, Steve! We shared a few boxes of mandarin oranges and tangerines with a new (to us) food agency: Meals4Hunger in SE San Diego.

Join Harvesting San Diego and the Harvesting Opportunities Collaborative this Sunday morning between 9AM and 1PM. Check it out!

Join in harvesting corn, zucchini and tomatoes on Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012, at 9 am, 4901 El Camino Real, Carlsbad 92008. Feeding America will pick up the vegetables and donate to charity. Contact [email protected] for more information

Harvesting San Diego's cover photo

Two harvest opportunities this Thursday, May 3: 9am-noon, help out at Suzie's Farm... see info on San Diego Hunger Coalition page and at 3pm, pick some grapefruit in North Park, RSVP to [email protected].

Come check out the AMAZING Earth Fair 2012 tomorrow in Balboa Park from 10am-5pm - San Diego Roots Sustainable Food Project will be near the Hall of Champions on Presidents Way. Ride your bike!

http://www.healthycal.org/archives/8194

Nice press coverage from HealthyCal website. Thanks to author Enrique Gili: http://www.healthycal.org/archives/8194

healthycal.org By Enrique Gili Streets take on the look of an unruly Eden in the leafier parts of San Diego. Lawns, large lots, even sidewalk medians are interlaced with fruiting varieties of trees, palm trees and lush vegetation. Sometimes the abundance of common produce – lemons, oranges, avocados – can overwhel...

San Diego Hunger Coalition

By San Diego Hunger Coalition
Harvesting Opportunity Collaborative: The Whole Is More Than The Sum of Its Parts to solve the problem of hunger.
Seven months ago, SDHC's Anti-Hunger Network Manager, Sponsler, began convening all the Gleaning groups in the county to share best practice and collaborate efforts. A true healthy collaborative synergy was born that day. The group has continuously met, assisted each other on picks, finding volunteers, and connecting networks all over the county. Together we have picked and brought in over 25,000 pounds of fresh, local produce to families in need in 6 months. Last week, because of this collaboration, teamwork, frequently communications with each other, a local packing house donated 12,000 pounds of local AVOCADOS to Feeding America Food Bank!!! Truly an unbelievable gift that proves working together is more effective than working against each other to solve the problem of hunger.

The Gleaning Convenings include: Paul Hammams, Feeding America Food Banks Procurement Specialist, Dan Heilbrun Fresh Fruit For Families, Vino Pajanor, Faith Espejo, Myrna Pascual of Housing Opportunity Collaborative, Philip Dunn Harvesting San Diego, Nita Kurmins Cropswap Carlsbad, Ruthanne Bryan, Nancy Roy, Cyndy Reynolds, Jane Raddatz of the Backyard Produce Project, Sergio Padilla of Harvest Crops, Laurel Gray of Senior Gleaners, Judy Jacoby Community Garden Network, Richard Winkler VGSD, the IRC, Kristen Hakuri of the SD Farm Bureau, Sadie Sponsler of San Diego Hunger Coalition.
The Gleaning Convenings team is working the final touches of a the creation of a formalized Collaborative now dubbed Harvesting Opportunities Collaborative under the support of The Housing Opportunities Collaborative in partnership with SDHC, FASD, and the Gleaning groups. The HOC/HOC will the process of requesting Gleaners to come out and pick, volunteering at picks, and donating the produce easier and more streamlined for everyone. More exciting details to come later so stay tuned!
"Giving has never been sweeter!" -Nita Kurmins
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Another great harvest yesterday. 275 pounds of grapefruit from one tree in Kensington. Thank you Sarah!

Outdoor Outreach | Coming Into A World of Possibility from the Outside

Last minute harvest in Coronado yesterday yielded about 300 lbs of grapefruit, oranges and lemons! Had some great help from Outdoor Outreach. Thanks!

outdooroutreach.org Outdoor Outreach's mission is to empower at-risk and underprivileged youth to make positive lasting changes in their lives through comprehensive outdoor programming. We use outdoor activities to provide youth with the support, resources and opportunities they need to become successful adults.

Guerrilla Grafters

I would love to see someone in San Diego start something similar. Any takers?

The[Guerrilla Grafters graft fruit bearing branches onto non-fruit bearing, ornamental fruit trees.

California Center for Sustainable Energy - Urban Forestry Resources

Awesome opportunity for folks who want to start mapping fruit trees in the San Diego area. Check it out.

energycenter.org The California Center for Sustainable Energy (CCSE) is a non-profit organization dedicated to creating change for a clean energy future. Join us for free workshops; take advantage of incentive programs; attend our special events, and contact us for technical assistance. CCSE is here to help.

Come pick 130 orange trees on 12/3 and 12/4/2011, Saturday and Sunday, starting at 10 am, in Escondido. For address and more info, contact [email protected].

REGION: Group collects fresh produce for needy

Great story about our friends in the North County. Check it out!

nctimes.com When Nita Gilson's daughters were in Girl Scouts more than 12 years ago, the Carlsbad resident imagined a program in

Bright Green Future Conference 2011: San Diego's Own Sustainability Conference

THIS Fri/Sat: 3rd annual Bright Green Future Conference REGISTER NOW: http://www.BrightGreenFuture.net

This 2-day gathering for green jobs and project networking will take place at University of San Diego on October 21 and 22nd.

This year's featured theme is Energy and National Security with plenary presentations on Friday by local veterans: "Local Perspectives on Energy & National Security" and on Saturday: "Off Fossil Fuels by 2015: Why it's Imperative for National Security."

Headliners on Friday include State Senator Christine Kehoe and former "Navy Mayor" and now USD Vice President, Len Hering.

Topic tracks on Friday: Green Business, Green Building, Zero Waste, Water, and Climate Change/Transportation

Special events on Friday: San Diego Mayoral Candidate's Forum (5:30pm) hosted by the San Diego Sierra Club and followed by a Green Networking Reception.

Topic tracks on Saturday: All About Food, Green Jobs Workshop, Climate Change, Zero Waste and Water

Special Events on Saturday: All-day Green Jobs Workshop, Million Letter March Activist Workshop, "Permaculture and Graywater," Electric Car Owners Panel, CalGreen Building Codes Workshop

View the Schedule: http://brightgreenfuture.net/2011schedule.html

Scholarships available

Bright Green Future
Register online:
http://www.BrightGreenFuture.net

brightgreenfuture.net Global sustainability issues from a local San Diego perspective. What do we face? How can we solve the issues? Climate change, energy security, food, water, green building, zero waste, and more.

Bring Out Your Chickens and Mini Goats

voiceofsandiego.org San Diego planners have proposed rule changes that would make it easier to keep backyard chickens and goats and allow more farming businesses within city limits.