Category Archives: City Fruit Blog

After finishing out the harvest season with over 30,000 pounds of fruit, City Fruit has been finding ways to utilize the many crates of apples we harvested at Longacres orchard in Renton.Continue reading “Diverting fruit waste through a corporate team baking event!”

The City Fruit team has been busily harvesting throughout Seattle since cherry season started in late June, bringing in cherries, plums, apples, pears, peaches, grapes, and quince!  Although fruit productionContinue reading “Fall harvest brings tons of apples, plus community cider pressing events!”

City Fruit would like to express our immense gratitude to Boeing’s Employee Community Fund for their donation of $40,000 on October 22, 2021, which allowed us to purchase a 2022Continue reading “City Fruit harvest capacity flourished with help from Boeing”

As summer comes to a close and we begin to welcome autumn, it signals some new transitions on the horizon!  As the Education and Volunteer Programs Manager, I’ve had theContinue reading “Master Fruit Tree Steward Shruti shares some of her favorite fig recipes!”

For the last two years, City Fruit has worked to meet community food needs under COVID safety precautions. This meant not only limiting the size of our volunteer work parties,Continue reading “Celebrates – A time to gather together our community of fruit enthusiasts!”

As a food justice and environmental organization, City Fruit has actively sought ways to distribute fruit to make the fruit appetizing to our communities and to ensure the longest lifeContinue reading “Our fruitful partnership with Ridwell: Preserving fruit without adding more waste in the environment”

Urban gardens and orchards support our urban food system as spaces where food is grown and shared and community members can learn and participate in different growing practices.  They canContinue reading “City Fruit would like to support your community in building a new orchard!”

It’s officially here — the City Fruit harvest season!  We kicked off the 2022 harvest on Monday, June 27th with a cherry harvest of Bing cherries!  Thanks to tree ownersContinue reading “Cherries & Transparent apples: First City Fruit harvests of the season!”

City Fruit harvests and stewards urban fruit trees to support sustainable and equitable access to fruit.  We help tree owners grow healthy fruit, provide assistance in harvesting and preserving fruit,Continue reading “New partnerships with City Soil Farms, New Start Community Garden, & Kirke Park!”

The City Fruit team is thrilled to be working with another batch of incredible interns this summer!  We’ve had a long and bountiful relationship with the University of Washington’s CollegeContinue reading “We Get By With A Little Help From Our Interns!”