Volunteer Newsletter, November 30, 2005

 

VILLAGE HARVEST & ANDY'S ORCHARD HOLIDAY SALE, 12/4:

Come celebrate the holidays in one of the few remaining family farm orchards in Santa Clara Valley.  We'll be having music, warm drinks, and free samples of jam, jellies, vinegars, dried fruit and confections.  Fill you tummies and shopping lists while helping to support local farms and feeding the hungry with locally grown food. 

Sunday, December 4th
10:00am - 3:00pm
Andy's Orchard
1615 Half Road, Morgan Hill

11 am - Mini Tour  --  see & taste as many as 12 types of persimmons
12 pm - Hoshigaki (whole dried persimmon) demonstration
1:00 - 3:00pm - live music
free samples - Continuous

For those that might be more interested in toys, we will have some of the harvesting equipment that we especially like for sale.  And for those more interested in enriching young minds, we have some wonderful children's books too.

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VILLAGE HARVEST TO DATE:        106,915 lbs!

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With everyone's help, WE DID IT!  Village Harvest is over 100,000 lbs this year!  In fact, we're flying past the 100,000 lb mark and still harvesting -- amazing work...  It's seems like a long time ago that we picked our first Oro Blanco Grapefruit at the very beginning of 2005, then oranges, cherries, apricots, prune plums, apples, persimmons, and back to oranges again. 

To celebrate the occasion, there's a new photo gallery on the Village Harvest website -- Come visit!  It's a testament to the abundance literally in our backyards. 

In case you thought we're resting on our laurels, there an increasing number of volunteers getting involved in Village Harvest and in fact, right now, we don't have enough trees to keep them all busy.  The MedFly Quarantine has taken many of our usual backyards out of commission, so we're looking for more trees.  It's a good time to get the word out so that we can get even more of the millions of pounds that we estimate is still going to waste out there. 

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UPCOMING VILLAGE HARVEST EVENTS:

  • Please RSVP for the dates that you're available to help. 
  • Click on the links for a map to the location.
  • The CIWP team has expanded and is continuing to go out every Tuesday and Thursday.
Date / Day Time Event Meeting Place Notes
November 29, Tuesday 8:30am - 12:30 pm Community Fruit Harvesting, San Jose. Persimmons Meet 8:30 am, Salvation Army, San Jose. Contact joni@villageharvest.org to join in.
December 4, Sunday 9:00am - 12:00 pm Community Fruit Harvesting, Mountain View & Los Altos.  Early Citrus. Meet 9:00 am, Mt. View CSA Contact karen@villageharvest.org to join in.
December 4, Sunday 10:00 am - 3:00 pm Village Harvest & Andy's Orchard Holiday Sale! Andy's Orchard, 1615 Half Road, Morgan Hill.  Hoshi Gaki (dried whole persimmon) demonstrations, Village Harvest Preserves, Andy's Orchard fresh & dried fruit and candies, harvesting equipment and gift items just in time for the holidays.
December 6, Tuesday, 8:30am - 12:30 pm Community Fruit Harvesting, San Jose. Persimmons Meet 8:30 am, Salvation Army, San Jose. Contact joni@villageharvest.org to join in.
December 13, Tuesday 8:30am - 12:30 pm Community Fruit Harvesting, San Jose. Early Citrus Meet 8:30 am, Salvation Army, San Jose. Contact joni@villageharvest.org to join in.
December 16, Sunday 9:00am - 12:00 pm Community Fruit Harvesting, Mountain View & Los Altos.  Early Citrus. Meet 9:00 am, Mt. View CSA Contact karen@villageharvest.org to join in.
December 20, Tuesday 8:30am - 12:30 pm Community Fruit Harvesting, San Jose. Early Citrus Meet 8:30 am, Salvation Army, San Jose. Contact joni@villageharvest.org to join in.
December 27, Tuesday 8:30am - 12:30 pm Community Fruit Harvesting, San Jose. Early Citrus Meet 8:30 am, Salvation Army, San Jose. Contact joni@villageharvest.org to join in.
January 3, Tuesday 8:30am - 12:30 pm Community Fruit Harvesting, San Jose. Early Citrus Meet 8:30 am, Salvation Army, San Jose. Contact joni@villageharvest.org to join in.
January 8, Sunday 9:00am - 12:00 pm Community Fruit Harvesting, Mountain View & Los Altos.  Early Citrus. Meet 9:00 am, Mt. View CSA Contact karen@villageharvest.org to join in.
Remember that the best tasting, tree ripened fruit goes home with the volunteers, as it will be too ripe to go through distribution at the various agencies.  Perfect for people who like to make preserves. All dates subject to change based upon ripening and weather.

OTHER ORGANIZATION EVENTS:

  • The following are events by other organizations that may be of interest to Village Harvest volunteers.
Date / Day Time Event Meeting Place Notes
December 3, Saturday 12:00 gather
1:00 speaker		 CRFG Bi-Monthly Meeting
Topic:  Determining the best varieties/scions for your backyard orchard.  		Emma Prusch Park, 647 S. King Road, San Jose.
Off 680/280 at King Rd or 101 at Story Rd East.
 		 Speakers:
Andy Mariani - Stone Fruit
Todd Kennedy - Pome Fruit
Don Polensky- Figs
Jan 14, Saturday 10:30 - 12:30 Grafting Fruit Trees Workshop w/ James Kern Common Ground, 559 College Avenue, Palo Alto.  650.493.6072 Grafting allows you to have more than one variety on a tree.  $23.
Feb 4, Saturday 10:30 - 2:00pm Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop w/ Kevin Raftery Common Ground, 559 College Avenue, Palo Alto.  650.493.6072 Bring your pruning tools!  You will learn how to maximize tree health and fruit production.  Class will meet at Common Ground and proceed to a local orchard.  Bring bag lunch and notebook.

 

Cheers,
Joni Diserens
Village Harvest
 joni@villageharvest.org
 www.villageharvest.org
(888) FRUIT-411

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