Press and News

Press

Village Harvest, our volunteers, and our events have been featured frequently in local newspapers and publications.  Here are some highlights:

• How does your Garden Grow?, Tri Valley Herald, January 8, 2007
• Give Thanks Like the Pilgrims, Mt. View Voice, November 17, 2006
• Volunteers Pick Backyard Trees to Help Needy, KPIX Channel 5 News, August 29, 2006
• Village Harvest, the California Report on KQED, August 25, 2006
• You Are What You Eat, Metro Silicon Valley, May 24, 2006
• Winter Fruit in Abundance, Berkeley Daily Planet, Tuesday, November 15, 2005
• Berkeley:  Backyard Bounty Feeds the Hungry, San Francisco Chronicle, Friday, August 26, 2005
• Fruitful Project Helps the Needy, Homeowners also benefit from program that harvests backyard bounty, San Francisco Chronicle, Friday, August 26, 2005
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• Backyard Bounty Doesn't Need To Go To Waste, Los Altos Town Crier, August 17, 2005
• Campbell's Bounty, Campbell Reporter, July 20, 2005
• Good Neighbor Gardens, San Jose Mercury News, June 3, 2005
• Thousands will enjoy Stocklmeir Oranges, Cupertino Courier, June 1, 2005
• Still Hungry: A new community-based movement called 'community food security' is revolutionizing the way this country tackles its growing hunger problem. But is Silicon Valley getting left behind?, Metro Silicon Valley, April 20, 2005
• It Takes a Village  Metro Silicon Valley, March 23, 2005
• Afghan women taught ins and outs of canning:  South Bay official creates program in war-torn Kabul, SF Chronicle, January 15, 2005
• Let's Jam: Neighbors gather for Carroll's jam session, Campbell Reporter, November 24, 2004
• The Fruits of Community Labor, Palo Alto Weekly, July 28, 2004
• Growing then giving, from farms and backyards, community groups harvest excess for the hungry, San Francisco Chronicle, July 19, 2004
• Unused Homegrown Fruit Feeds Hungry, ABC 7 News, June 2, 2004
• Hitachi Harvesting its Orchards for the Hungry, Silicon Valley Biz Ink, August 29, 2003
• Sweet Harvest, San Jose Mercury News, July 18, 2003
• Village Harvest Volunteers, Partners in Feeding the Hungry, Guadalupe Gardens Newsletter, Summer 2003 (excerpt). (pdf, 63kB)

Awards:

• Scotts Give Back to Grow Awards 2005
  Good Neighbor Gardener of the Year - Finalist
   
• California State Assembly Certificate of Appreciation
  in honor of Village Harvest's ongoing support of Second Harvest Food Bank's gleaning efforts

Volunteer Newsletter

Village Harvest publishes an email newsletter for Volunteers which contains a current schedule of events, harvest stats, and other notes.

• June 20, 1007, H4H Apricots & Jammin' Team
• May 18, 2007, H4H Cupertino 5/19, Help Needed, LBAM Quarantine
• February 22, 2007, H4H Palo Alto 2/24, More Weekend Events
• January 9, 2007, H4H Palo Alto 1/13 & 2/10
• November 5, 2006, H4H Persimmons 11/11 and more, Local Food Holiday Events
• August 29, 2006, H4H Prunes, On KPIX News tonight!, Comments on a strange fruit season.
• August 25, 2006, VH on KQED tonight!, H4H Pears - 8/27 & 29
• June 26, 2006, H4H Palo Alto 7/1, Summer Fruit Harvest Schedule
• May 8, 2006, G2G, Who Picks the Most?, Over 50k!
• March 4, 2006, H4H Palo Alto 3/11, Chill Hours Explained, Over 25k!
• February 9, 2006, Nature's Art for Valentines, H4H Cupertino 2/26
• January 10, 2006, H4H Palo Alto 1/14, 2005 Results and Crop Report

• Newsletter Archive

To subscribe or unsubscribe, send an email to info@villageharvest.org with your request, phone number and email.

Presentations:

• Harvest 365: Fruit Growing and Harvesting Year Round, Planet on Your Plate, October 25, 2003 (pdf, 3.8mB)
• Gleaning Fresno's Bounty, Transcript from 31st Hunger and Nutrition Program, Fresno Metro Ministry, March 12, 2003.

Printed Flyer

For those who have asked if they can print flyers to pass out to friends and neighbors:

• Homeowner Flyer Adobe Acrobat (pdf, 79kB) version you can print.  It is double sided and needs to be cut down the middle.
• Drop-off Locations for those who are physically able and have a moderate (150 lbs or less) amount of fruit.  Adobe Acrobat version you can print.  It is double sided.

For Media:

• Village Harvest Facts for a summary facts and figures for media use.