Fruit Fly Quarantine Notice: Due to the discovery of oriental fruit flies in central Santa Clara County, on September 1 the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) imposed a quarantine restricting any harvesting or movement of home-grown fruit and most vegetables from a 112 square mile zone covering all of Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, and Cupertino and portions of San Jose, Campbell, Los Gatos, Los Altos, Mountain View, and Milpitas. Unfortunately Village Harvest is not permitted to do any harvesting of any type of fruit within the quarantine zone, but will continue our harvests outside of the zone. Please read the article on our website for additional information (Click Here). 

Please complete this form to request harvesting assistance if your fruit trees have previously been picked by Village Harvest OR you have previously submitted your contact and tree information.

  • Because we receive hundreds of requests each season our volunteers are not able to assist everyone who offers their fruit.
  • We give priority to seniors age 70 and older or households physically unable to pick their trees, homes with a larger amount (100 lbs of citrus, apples, or persimmons, or 50 lbs of stone fruit), or where we have several homes offering fruit close together.
  • We may request that tree owners join in the harvest with our volunteers, to the limit of their physical abilities.
  • If you have a smaller amount or we cannot assist you in time, we’ll help you locate a food bank or meal service that will be grateful to receive your fruit. Visit our Community Food Drop Off Locations map and list and Contact Us through this website or by phone.

Form items marked with * are required.

List the tree or trees you would like harvesting assistance with.
When will each of your trees be ripe? Please be a specific as possible.
Please tell us how much more or less fruit you have this season, as compared to previous times.
Please tell us of any changes to your contact information (phone, email addresses), trees (new, removed, other), or any other information that would help us keep your information accurate in our records.

Eligibility and Conditions *

Our goal is to help tree owners learn to share their own fruit whenever possible, and for our volunteer teams to primarily assist those households whose members are physically unable to harvest their trees.

I and all members of my household are physically unable to harvest my fruit tree(s).
I, or another household member, am willing to participate in the harvest along with Village Harvest volunteers, to the limit of my physical ability.