Category Archives: City Fruit Blog

City Fruit is a catalyst for neighborhood community-building at the very local ground up level. Kim Lokan, City Fruit member and orchard steward Donations to City Fruit result in moreContinue reading “#GivingTuesday: Why Fruit Trees Matter”

On my drive into work, I pass a food bank with a perpetual line down the block. These are people just like myself, just like my coworkers, and just likeContinue reading “#GivingTuesday: Why I Support City Fruit”

Dave White, or “Old Timey Dave”, started his journey to cider making in 2000 after tasting cider from a small craft cidery on San Juan Island called Westcott Bay Cider.Continue reading “Whitewood Cider Co.”

Nancy and Steve “Bear” Bishop were first introduced to hard cider in the 1970s on a trip to Canada. After making cider as hobbyists for many years, in 2001 theyContinue reading “Alpenfire Cider”

“I have pest free fruit for the first time in a decade!” Seattle Tree Owner Each year, Seattle Met magazine and The Seattle Foundation honor outstanding non-profit organizations during theirContinue reading “City Fruit Honored for Game-Changing Action: Save Seattle’s Apples”

Finnriver Farm & Cidery was founded in 2004 and rests on 80 acres of farmland in the north Olympic Peninsula in the Chimacum Valley along the Chimacum Creek. Facing financialContinue reading “Finnriver Farm & Cidery”

This year we have 10 outstanding cideries coming to City Fruit’s 5th Annual Cider Taste Fundraiser on November 12th. To kick off our blog series, I’d like to introduce youContinue reading “City Fruit Cider Taste Legacy Cideries: Tieton Cider Works”

For the first time in a decade, I have fruit that is pest-free! Barbara, Apple Tree Owner This note arrived in our City Fruit inbox this week and we couldn’tContinue reading “Save Seattle’s Apples Mid-Summer Update”