Davis, California Team

Welcome to the web home of the Davis team of Village Harvest. The calendar below shows confirmed harvesting and other events for our Davis area team.  Focusing on harvesting residential fruit trees, we distributes the home owner's excess fruit to family service agencies throughout Yolo County.

The Davis team contact person is Joe Schwartz (joe.schwartz@villageharvest.org).

Got Fruit?   If you have fruit trees in your yard and cannot utilize all the fruit or if you need help harvesting your trees and wish to share some of your fruit, Village Harvest Davis would like to help.

• Use the Home Sign Up link on the left of this page. In a few days, you will be contacted by a volunteer who will let you know when the next harvest is scheduled for your neighborhood.
• As the home owner, you keep as much fruit as you can use or you can designate portions of the fruit to be left on the tree.
• Home owners receive a tax deductible receipt for all fruit donated.

Want to volunteer? Davis team volunteers come in all ages and sizes - there is work for everyone - up in the trees, on the ground and for clerical or outreach assistance.

• Harvests are typically held twice each week during peak fruit ripening periods.  Register using the Volunteer Registration link to the left of this page.
• Once registered, you will receive e-mail notices prior to each harvest or special event. Simply RSVP to the messages that match your availability and join the fun!

Latest News and Notes

• Check out the article about Village Harvest Davis in the July, 2010 edition of  Davis Life Magazine .
• In May 2010, the Davis team received a grant from the Davis Food Co-op Community Fund.  Thank you, Co-op members!
• In March, 2010, Davis Community TV, Channel 15, featured Village Harvest with video of a harvest and a 28 minute studio interview with volunteer leaders Greg Gibbs and Linda Schwartz.  Watch Online.
• Davis harvesting leads Liz Fitzgerald and Maggie Lickter were interviewed about Gleaning in Davis on January 11, 2010; on Davis radio KDVS's program "Local Dirt."  Available on the web here; their interview begins about 27 minutes into the program.
• Check out the group's press coverage in the Sacramento Bee (July 11, 2009, paid archives only) and the Davis Enterprise (July 3, 2009; PDF archived on the Village Harvest site with permission of the publisher, (c) Davis Enterprise 2009).

Event Calendar   

• Click on any calendar entry for details on the event, including a description of the event, the meeting place and a map link.
• If you have not yet registered as a volunteer, please do so using the Volunteer Registration form linked at the left of this page. If you are interested in attending an event within the 3-4 days it will take to process your volunteer registration, please contact joe.schwartz@villageharvest.org.
• For more information about volunteering for VHD, please check Volunteer FAQs on the Volunteer link.