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Accomplishments
FTPF has planted thousands of fruit trees across the world, with select descriptions, photos, and media stories from recent projects listed below. For a list of recent media stories and quotes only, please click here. See exactly what we are up to, and please support us by donating today!
Community Orchards Project, New Orleans, Louisiana
November, 2009: FTPF collaborates with Parkway Partners to create a series of 5 community orchards in New Orleans, all of which were located in neighborhoods that were severely damaged by the flooding of Hurricane Katrina—including the Lower Ninth Ward, Gentilly, and St. Roch. In the Lower Ninth, old trees have been uprooted (it is estimated that up to 80% of the fruit trees were destroyed by the flood) and there are few local grocery stores remaining to provide fresh produce. By creating community orchards with the highest quality trees we could find, FTPF addressed both of these issues (sites include 20 trees at the Gorilla Garden and 15 trees at the Forstall Community Garden). We are told by local teachers that there are only 3 schools left in area, and we planted an orchard at one of them (12 trees at Our School at Blair Grocery). In Gentilly, we were told by the local neighborhood association that the orchard was planted on the first lot to be given back to a neighborhood for their use as a community asset by the city after the flooding (21 trees at the Gentilly Community Garden). In St. Roch, locals informed us that our orchard site was a dump site for over 50 years, and the transformation is now being described as a “dump to oasis” (19 trees at the Life Is Art Community Garden).
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Fruit Tree 101, Brazil
March, 2009: FTPF collaborates with Partners of the Americas to donate and plant nearly 450 fruit trees at 21 low-income schools in Mococa, Botucatu, and Itaparica, providing improved nutrition and environmental education opportunities for more than 5000 students. The city governments in each location participated and thanked us for planting the seeds of environmental consciousness in addition to the trees themselves.
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Igarai Fruit Relief, Brazil
March, 2009: FTPF's "Fruit Relief" program distributes fruit trees to every family in a low-income housing community in Igarai, Brazil, to provide a sustainable source of nutrition and help cool down a neighborhood devoid of trees. We also provided advice on where to plant the tree, and helped each and every of the 56 families in the community do so.
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Tana Delta Fruit Relief, Kenya
Spring, 2007-2008: FTPF's "Fruit Relief" program launched a life-saving effort to distribute fruit trees directly to needy families and schools in coastal Kenya to provide a sustainable source of nutrition. The program has successfully donated and planted over 5000 fruit trees in the Tana Delta region to date.
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Kilbourn Park in Chicago, Illinois
October, 2008: Chicago participants of this project became part of history when FTPF planted 22 high–quality, large fruit trees in Kilbourn Park (3501 N. Kilbourn Ave.) to create the first-ever mature public fruit tree orchard in a major metropolitan city. Some of the trees measured more than 25 feet in height and 5000 pounds in weight. FTPF held a workshop through the city's "Organic Gardening Series" to provide training and inspiration for about 50 community members to plant more trees. In addition to providing park visitors with improved nutrition from fresh fruits, the trees will improve the air, soil, and water quality of the surrounding environment, while bringing visibility and support to Kilbourn Park’s community outreach efforts.
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Hopi Tribe Community Orchards in Kykotsmovi, Arizona
September, 2008: FTPF's "Reservation Preservation" program worked with the Hopi tribal administration and Hopi Tutskwa Permaculture to create 3 community orchards (30, 30, and 72 trees, respectively) which are open to all members of the tribe, and distributed fruit trees to 40 local families to provide a healthy source of improved nutrition for decades to follow. The community orchards are helping restore a rich arboricultural tradition of self-sustenance through fruit tree production and the project was so well-received that it was noted by tribal officials as having a deep mobilizing effect on the community. This was seen from the residents who came out to join FTPF volunteer planters day after day. FTPF held a horticultural workshop for about 60 tribal members at the Kykotsmovi community center. FTPF donated a total of 212 trees, along with full dripline irrigation for all the orchards with generous support from Accurate Backflow, Inc.
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Havasupai Tribe Community Orchard in Supai, Arizona
April, 2007 - 2008: To date, FTPF's "Reservation Preservation" program has donated over 1000 fruit trees and shrubs to Havasupai tribal households and created multiple community orchards. The reservation has no roads leading in and is thus difficult to supply with a consistent source of fresh produce. The village is often referred to as the most remote in the country, requiring that the trees be airlifted down via helicopter. In conjunction with the Havasupai Tribal Administration, FTPF established 3 community fruit tree orchards which are open to all members of the tribe, and planted the remaining trees in residential backyards to provide a healthy source of improved nutrition for decades to follow. This project has created the first town in the world where every household has access to at least 5 fruit trees in their backyards.
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Vrindavan Fruit Relief, India
August, 2006 - September, 2007: FTPF's "Fruit Relief Vrindavan" program implemented a life-saving effort to donate 200 fruit trees directly to needy families every month. In 2007 alone, FTPF created backyard orchards for more than 700 poverty-stricken families in 27 villages. In August, 2006, FTPF created a large orchard of more than 250 fruit bearing trees and built a water well for Food For Life Vrindavan (FFL), a hunger relief group serving 1200 free meals daily to starving families. Harvest from the orchard will be used to supplement their meals program. The director of FFL wrote: “For us and for our children, FTPF’s orchard donation to supplement our hunger relief efforts will literally save lives.”
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Abraham Lincoln High School in San Francisco, California
December, 2009: FTPF's "Fruit Tree 101" program plants 28 fruit trees and fruiting shrubs with environmental lessons for 35 students.
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Mission High School in San Francisco, California
December, 2009: FTPF's "Fruit Tree 101" program plants 33 fruit trees and fruiting shrubs with environmental lessons for 15 students.
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Soquel High School in Soquel, California
December, 2009: FTPF's "Fruit Tree 101" program plants 64 fruit trees with environmental lessons for 35 students.
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Treeview Elementary School in Hayward, California
December, 2009: FTPF's "Fruit Tree 101" program plants 26 fruit trees and fruiting shrubs with environmental lessons for 60 students.
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Cherokee Park & Sports Complex Park in York, Alabama
November, 2009: In York, Alabama, FTPF collaborated with the Department of Parks & Recreation and the Coleman Center for the Arts to plant public orchards at two city parks, both of which will utilize the trees environmentally and for improved nutrition in what is one of the lowest-income counties in the country (54 trees at Cherokee Park & 12 trees at Sports Complex Park). At Cherokee Park, we are told that in the 1970’s, when desegregation finally found its way to York, the directors of a segregated swimming pool complex located in the park decided to destroy the entire structure rather than open their doors to minorities. At our planting, it gave the community great joy to join hands to plant trees together and do something positive for the park and the community at-large.
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Henry Foss High School in Tacoma, Washington
October, 2009: FTPF's "Fruit Tree 101" program plants 39 fruit trees with environmental lessons for 60 students.
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Portland Village School in Portland, Oregon
October, 2009: FTPF's "Fruit Tree 101" program plants 27 fruit trees and vines with environmental lessons for 60 students.
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Center for Research in Environmental Sciences & Technologies in Portland, Oregon
October, 2009: FTPF's "Fruit Tree 101" program plants 70 fruit trees and vines with environmental lessons for 20 students.
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Ivy Montessori Public Charter School in Portland, Oregon
October, 2009: FTPF's "Fruit Tree 101" program plants 30 fruit trees and vines with environmental lessons for 60 students.
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Tobin Elementary School in Cambridge, Massachusetts
October, 2009: FTPF's "Fruit Tree 101" program plants 30 fruit trees and shrubs with environmental lessons for 50 students.
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Belmont Academy Charter School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
October, 2009: FTPF's "Fruit Tree 101" program plants 30 fruit trees and shrubs with environmental lessons for 60 students.
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Charles O. Dewey Middle School 136 in Brooklyn, New York
October, 2009: FTPF's "Fruit Tree 101" program plants 28 fruit trees and shrubs with environmental lessons for 50 students.
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The Ben Samuels Children's Center at Montclair State University in New Jersey
October, 2009: FTPF's "Fruit Tree 101" program plants 28 fruit trees and shrubs with environmental lessons for 60 students.
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Dr. Ronald E. McNair Elementary School in Compton, California
September, 2009: FTPF's "Fruit Tree 101" program plants 30 large fruit trees and installs drip irrigation system with environmental lessons for 100 students. Famed actor and environmentalist Ed Begley, Jr. attends orchard dedication ceremony and talks to students about becoming environmental stewards.
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Baltimore Montessori Public Charter School in Baltimore, Maryland
September, 2009: FTPF's "Fruit Tree 101" program plants 63 fruit trees and shrubs with environmental lessons for 60 students.
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The Bragg Nature Center in Baltimore, Maryland
September, 2009: FTPF's "Fruit Tree 101" program plants 40 fruit trees with environmental lessons for 8 students.
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Holabird Academy in Baltimore, Maryland
September, 2009: FTPF's "Fruit Tree 101" program plants 42 fruit trees and shrubs with environmental lessons for 60 students.
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Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of South Dakota
August, 2009: FTPF's "Reservation Preservation" program created a 92-tree community orchard on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in McLaughlin, including installing irrigation, staking, donation of tools, and holding a fruit tree workshop for residents. The reservation is located in the third poorest county in the country and the orchard has been named "The Hope Orchard" by tribal elders. FTPF also donated a 20-tree orchard to the local school, McLaughlin Public School.
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Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah
June, 2009: FTPF's "Reservation Preservation" program created a 57-tree community orchard at the Shivwitz Band Reservation in Ivins and distributed up to 5 fruit trees to every family, providing assistance planting the trees in their backyards. FTPF also created a 30-tree community orchard at the Cedar Band Reservation in Cedar City. FTPF held free horticultural workshops for residents and donated a dripline irrigation system for each orchard as well as the tools to maintain them.
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Leilani Farm Sanctuary in Haiku, Hawaii
April, 2009: FTPF's "Orchards for Animals" program plants 42 fruit trees at this safe haven for farmed animals. The trees will provide essential nutrition, shade, enrichment, and foraging opportunities for rescued animals.
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Red Hill Elementary in Honolulu, Hawaii
April, 2009: FTPF's "Fruit Tree 101" program plants 30 fruit trees with environmental lessons for 60 students.
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The Ecology Center in San Juan Capistrano, California
April, 2009: FTPF's "Global Cooling Zones" program created a fruit tree orchard of 26 trees at this educational center on county land that is open to the public to teach sustainability.
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Fruit Tree Planting Workshops in Northern California
January-February, 2009: FTPF's arborist offers a series of free pomology workshops in the Redding, California area to teach fruit tree care principles and inspire attendees to plant more trees in their everyday lives. 12 separate workshops were held with more than 550 attendees, including a hands-on effort and demonstration to help restore a centuries-old apple tree orchard in Whiskeytown National Park.
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Rancho Guajome Adobe County Park in Vista, California
January, 2009: FTPF's "Global Cooling Zones" program created a public fruit tree orchard of 30 trees at this historical park, helping restore its traditional use and providing fresh nutrition for countless park visitors.
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Los Penasquitos Adobe County Park in San Diego, California
January, 2009: FTPF's "Global Cooling Zones" program created a public fruit tree orchard of 30 trees at this historical park, helping restore its traditional use and providing fresh nutrition for countless park visitors.
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People of Progress in Redding, California
December, 2008: FTPF's "Fruit Relief" program plants 44 fruit trees and installs full irrigation system and protective fencing to provide source of nutrition for renowned food bank in northern California.
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San Diego City College in San Diego, California
December, 2008: FTPF's "Fruit Tree 101" program plants 60 fruit trees with environmental lessons for 20 students.
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Crawford High School in San Diego, California
December, 2008: FTPF's "Fruit Tree 101" program plants 17 fruit trees and 8 fruiting shrubs with environmental lessons for 20 students.
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Pacific Beach Middle School in San Diego, California
December, 2008: FTPF's "Fruit Tree 101" program plants 7 fruit trees with environmental lessons for 15 students.
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Oak Run Middle School in New Braunfels, Texas
November, 2008: FTPF's "Fruit Tree 101" program plants 35 fruit trees and erects protective fencing with environmental lessons for 50 students.
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Bexar County Academy in San Antonio, Texas
November, 2008: FTPF's "Fruit Tree 101" program plants 25 fruit trees and 5 fruiting shrubs with environmental lessons for 60 students.
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Dr. Harmon Kelley Elementary School in San Antonio, Texas
November, 2008: FTPF's "Fruit Tree 101" program plants 25 fruit trees and 5 fruiting shrubs with environmental lessons for 70 students.
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Lowell Elementary School in Teaneck, NJ
November, 2008: FTPF's "Fruit Tree 101" program plants 20 fruit trees and 5 fruiting shrubs with environmental lessons for 40 students.
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Whittier Elementary School in Teaneck, NJ
November, 2008: FTPF's "Fruit Tree 101" program plants 23 fruit trees and 2 fruiting shrubs with environmental lessons for 100 students.
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Fruit Tree Workshop & Giveaway in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
November, 2008: FTPF partnered with the Fort Lauderdale Parks & Recreation Department, in a program made possible by Absolut, to implement a a free fruit tree give-away at three city parks and delivered a unique interactive workshop to teach fruit tree enthusiasts about proper planting and care. The program resulted in 671 fruit trees—including mangos, avocados, carambolas, grapefruits, oranges, and tangelos—being distributed to city residents. The effort trained nearly 100 workshop participants on how to plant trees and help restore an area that has lost countless trees in recent years due to hurricane damage—while fighting global warming and providing healthy nutrition at the same time.
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Tennyson High School in Hayward, California
October, 2008: FTPF's "Fruit Tree 101" program plants 33 fruit trees with environmental lessons for 50 students.
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Sempervirens Outdoor School in Boulder Creek, California
October, 2008: FTPF's "Fruit Tree 101" program plants 31 fruit trees with environmental lessons for 45 students.
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Farm Sanctuary in Orland, California
October, 2008: FTPF's "Orchards for Animals" program plants 50 fruit trees and provides workshop for 25 volunteers at this renowned safe haven for farmed animals. The trees will provide essential nutrition, shade, enrichment, and foraging opportunities for rescued animals.
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Moencopi Day School in Tuba City, Arizona (Hopi Reservation)
September, 2008: FTPF's "Fruit Tree 101" program plants 64 fruit trees with environmental lessons for 60 students.
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First Mesa Elementary in First Mesa, Arizona (Hopi Reservation)
September, 2008: FTPF's "Fruit Tree 101" program plants 49 fruit trees with environmental lessons for 60 students.
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Early Childhood Learning Center in Columbus, OH
September, 2008: FTPF's "Fruit Tree 101" program plants 16 fruit trees and 31 fruiting shrubs on campus with environmental lessons for 15 special needs students.
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Brookside Elementary in Columbus, OH
September, 2008: FTPF's "Fruit Tree 101" program plants 30 fruit trees and 30 fruiting shrubs on campus with environmental lessons for 50 students.
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Wenonah High School in Birmingham, Alabama
July, 2008: FTPF's "Fruit Tree 101" program plants 30 fruit trees and 10 fruiting shrubs on campus with environmental lessons for 80 students.
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Monaview Elementary School in Greenville, South Carolina
June, 2008: FTPF's "Fruit Tree 101" program plants 30 fruit trees and 10 fruiting shrubs on campus and delivers environmental lessons for 25 students and horticultural training for 20 volunteers.
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Perspectives-Calumet Charter School in Chicago, Illinois
June, 2008: FTPF's "Fruit Tree 101" program plants 31 fruit trees and 7 fruiting shrubs on campus and delivers environmental lessons for high school students and horticultural training for 35 volunteers.
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Interamerican Magnet School in Chicago, Illinois
June, 2008: FTPF's "Fruit Tree 101" program plants 30 fruit trees and 10 fruiting shrubs on campus and delivers environmental lessons for 45 students and horticultural training for 30 volunteers.
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Steven K. Hayt Elementary School in Chicago, Illinois
June, 2008: FTPF's "Fruit Tree 101" program plants 15 fruit trees and 15 fruiting shrubs on campus and delivers environmental lessons for 40 students and horticultural training for 12 volunteers.
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Waikiki Elementary School in Honolulu, Hawaii
April, 2008: FTPF's "Fruit Tree 101" program plants 60 fruit trees on campus with environmental lessons for 45 students.
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Waialua Elementary School in Waialua, Hawaii
March, 2008: FTPF's "Fruit Tree 101" program plants 33 fruit trees on campus with environmental lessons for 25 students.
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Environmental Charter High School in Lawndale, California
March, 2008: FTPF's "Fruit Tree 101" program plants 60 fruit trees and shrubs on campus with environmental lessons for 150 students.
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Ziwani Primary School in Tana Delta, Kenya
February, 2008: Description: FTPF's "Fruit Tree 101" program plants 80 fruit trees and shrubs on campus, including mangoes, soursops, jackfruits, and rolineas, with environmental lessons for 300 students.
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Albert Einstein Academies in San Diego, California
December, 2007: FTPF's "Fruit Tree 101" program plants 40 fruit trees and shrubs on campus, including an entire citrus grove, with environmental lessons for students.
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Midvale Elementary School in Madison, Wisconsin
October, 2007: FTPF's "Fruit Tree 101" program plants 70 fruit trees and shrubs on campus, with environmental lessons for 125 students.
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Learning Garden Laboratory in Portland, Oregon
May-November, 2007: FTPF's "Fruit Tree 101" program plants 124 fruit trees and shrubs on this campus which serves 10 Portland area public schools with educational opportunities and harvest for school lunches. Plants included almonds, filberts, figs, cherries, apples, Asian pears, persimmons, olives, aronia, seaberries, serviceberries, and honeyberries.
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Tryon Life Community Farm in Portland, Oregon
May, 2007: FTPF's "Fruit Relief" program creates community orchard as a resource for improved nutrition as part of the annual Village Building Convergence program in Portland.
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San Ysidro High School in San Diego, California
March, 2007: FTPF's "Fruit Tree 101" program plants an orchard for students at this school, just miles from the Mexican border.
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Palmer Way Elementary School in National City, California
September, 2006: FTPF's "Fruit Tree 101" program plants orchard for improved nutrition and educational opportunities for students. An official with the school district wrote: “We expect the FTPF orchards planted at each school to last for decades, giving our students the opportunity to receive environmental education that would not otherwise be available to them.”
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Ira Harbison Elementary School in National City, California
September, 2006: FTPF's "Fruit Tree 101" program plants orchard for improved nutrition and educational opportunities for students. An official with the school district wrote: “We expect the FTPF orchards planted at each school to last for decades, giving our students the opportunity to receive environmental education that would not otherwise be available to them.”
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Elizabeth T. Hughbanks Elementary School in Rialto, California
July, 2006: FTPF's "Fruit Tree 101" program plants orchard for improved nutrition and educational opportunities for students.
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Dr. John H. Milor High School in Rialto, California
July, 2006: FTPF's "Fruit Tree 101" program plants orchard for improved nutrition and educational opportunities for students.
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Manzanita Band of the Kumeyaay Nation in Boulevard, California
July, 2006: FTPF's "Reservation Preservation" program planted 40 mature fruit trees in a community fruit tree orchard for improved tribal nutrition.
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Tree of Life in Patagonia, Arizona
July, 2006: FTPF's "Roots of Recovery" program donated 72 fruit trees to this world-renowned nonprofit healing center that has helped many recover from debilitating illnesses through diet and lifestyle choices. The center will use excess harvest to donate to local food banks.
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Shakti Rising in San Diego, California
March, 2006: FTPF's "Roots of Recovery" program donated a small orchard to this innovative drug rehab center.
Mesa Grande Band of Mission Indians in Santa Ysabel, California
March, 2006: FTPF's "Reservation Preservation" program planted 40 mature fruit trees in a community fruit tree orchard for improved tribal nutrition. After planting the trees, birds immediately perched on their branches and neighborhood children began exploring their new orchard. The tribal chief wrote to us that they would “appreciate [our] efforts for years to come!”
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Hurricane Katrina Food Relief in New Orleans and Texas
September, 2005: After the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, FTPF donated two large truckloads of fresh produce to help those serving free meals to natural disaster victims.
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Manna Home for Drug Recovery in Santa Rosa, California
August, 2005: FTPF's "Roots of Recovery" program planted an orchard at this drug rehab center for women to use for improved nutrition in their programs.
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The Rose Homeless Shelter in Santa Rosa, California
August, 2005: FTPF's "Fruit Relief" program planted an orchard at this homeless shelter for women and children for residents to use for improved nutrition. Excess harvest from the trees will be donated to a local food bank.
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Costa Rica Tree Planting and Erosion Prevention Workshops
Summer, 2004: FTPF held erosion prevention workshops in Costa Rica to help locals improve environmental sustainability. In the process, FTPF planted more than 1000 trees, medicinal herbs, and companion plants.
Brazil Tree Planting and Sustainability Workshops
April, 2004: FTPF horticulturist, Dennis Sharmahd, teaches sustainability principles in Brazil and plants groves of fruit trees.
Western U.S. Mass Tree Plantings
2002 - 2004: FTPF planted more than 2000 trees in Hawaii and Southern California to improve environmental conditions.
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