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We’re a grassroots organization on a mission to strengthen Vancouver’s food security by harvesting backyard fruit trees and delivering it to organizations serving members in our community who typically have reduced access to fresh produce.

04/14/2026

Spring is here and we did some memory card organizing!! 🐛🌱🐌 Looking back on 2025 fruit season and looking forward to the upcoming season! If you’re interested in learning more and/ or joining in on the harvest this year don’t hesitate to email or DM with any questions !!! Enjoy the blossoms out there!

02/10/2026

We’ve been hibernating a lil and scheming for the 2026 fruit season 🍎 We’ve got a few winter happening this month, here’s a little update:

* Support VFTP by trying one of .cafe delicious hot chocolate specials for 2026 Hot Chocolate Festival . Happening till this Saturday February 14th 💚 treat someone you love & support fruit gleaners in the city!

* Come say hi to VFTP team members at one of two Heritage Week events this month!

* We are recruiting board members for our next AGM, happening March 11th! If you’ve been interested in getting involved with VFTP this is a great opportunity to support community building & food security

11/21/2025

Deep into Fall after a few weeks of relaxing, staying cosy, hiding from the rain we picked up our gear for a few persimmon harvests! Yay! We’re so proud of the 2025 fruit season, thanks to all of our volunteers & supporters we’ve managed to harvest 12,767 lbs of fruit and run 114 picks ⭐️🐛 this includes apples, crab apples, pears, Asian pears, quinces, persimmons, cherries, plums and grapes !

Stay tuned for updates regarding our Season Wrap Up event which will be happening the first week of December. We’ll be celebrating the urban orchard and looking back on an awesome harvest season ⭐️🎶

10/15/2025

VFTP building a Asian pear specific recipe zine & looking for your input 🎶

This season we harvested and distributed over 1,100 lbs of Asian/nashi pears 😮. To celebrate the urban bounty, build awareness and encourage people to try something new, we’re looking to put together a community recipe zine that will be freely accesible online! If you are interested in submitting a recipe please see the link in our bio to access the google form for recipe proposals. Please do not submit the actual recipe at this stage. Honorariums available for successful recipe applicant’s 💙

Form will be open till Friday November 7th.
If you have any questions you can email : [email protected]

If you are looking for some ideas in the kitchen before the zine launch, this poster includes tags to chefs with relevant recipes :)

10/08/2025

🍒🌳 VIFF Fruit Tree Cinephile Selects 🌳🍒

We’re still out here harvesting & sharing fruit but ready to enjoy some cozy dark evenings this week!

Living the Land (viewings Oct 10+12)

« Huo Meng’s film folds a grand historical reckoning into the story of one rural Chinese family. It’s 1991, and changes are coming…. A new wave of modernization will hit their farming community- and hardships abound. »

Seeds (viewings Oct 8+9)

« Filmed over 9 years, Seeds is a patient, poetic portrait of three generations of Black farmers in the American South. Director Brittany Shayne’s documentary captures daily rituals and deep rooted struggles, from harvesting and caretaking to systemic barriers and land loss »
Silent Friend (viewings Oct 9+11)

« On the grounds of a medieval German university town looms an imposing Ginkgo Bilbao, a tree who’s longevity stands in contrast to three intimate human scaled stories.. a moving meditation on how we connect to the natural world & each other »

Hemela (viewings Oct 8)

« A tender portrait of its subject, who left Iran as a young women and built a vibrant life in Montreal. beloved for her food, humour and radiant presence, Hemela embodies resilience and cultural memory »

Agatha’s Alma’s (viewing Oct 9)

« Single but never lonely, Agatha Bock has fashioned herself a self sufficient lifestyle on her 54 acre Manitoba farm. her tools are held together with duct tape, her green thumb plastered in a cast, but neither advanced age nor doctors order will hold her back from the satisfaction of tending to her crops… Amalie Atkins debut feature documentary draws an endearing portrait of simple sustainable living »

09/22/2025

Quinces & Asian pears from last week!! We have officially picked fruit from more than 100 trees this season & harvested and redistributed over 10,800 lbs of fruit 🎶🌞🍏 thanks everyone who’s come joined the harvest, received & shared fruit & generally supported VFTP throughout the season.

Happy Fall to all of you! We’ve still got some sun & harvests left before officially wrapping up… stay tuned 👀

09/11/2025

Well, days are getting shorter, nights are feeling cooler but we’re still busy out in the backyards harvesting delicious summer fruit! Pears, plums , apples and grapes the last few weeks all harvested and redistributed by VFTPs crew of volunteers 💚All our fruit is donated to community partners for free!

We hope to grow awareness and care for the bounty of local fruit trees, celebrate abundance & sharing . If you are interested in supporting the project wether through helping with harvests, outreach or supporting us financially all links can be found in our bio 🔗

We’re proud to have done 96 picks this season and harvested and redistributed over 9,400 lbs of fresh, local fruit to various community partners & community orgs 🎶🦾 thank you for tuning in 🦾🎶

08/24/2025

💌Lil Seasonal Update💌 We can’t believe we’re nearing the end of August! Fruit season has been in full swing & we’ve been busy harvesting. Today we’ll be running our 74th pick of the season, and have harvested & redistributed over 7,000 lbs of fruit !! Thanks to everyone always for the support and to all our community partners doing awesome distribution and food security work

08/09/2025

Hi!! Here at VFTP we are swimming in apples this season, harvesting up to 400 lbs of apples per tree 😯😯 Our current community partners are struggling to keep up. We’re looking for some mutual aid networks, community groups , cooking clubs & more that might be interested in Apple donations in upcoming weeks. Apple jam and pies for all !! Help us rescue these apples from waste & redistribute the fruit

08/08/2025

Photo round up from the past few weeks! ⸜( *ˊᵕˋ* )⸝

We’ve been harvesting & redistributing backyard apples, crab apples, figs, pears & plums!

Today marks our 50th pick of the season, and 4,000lbs of fruit redistributed to different neighbourhood houses, community centres & more!

Volunteer & tree sign ups as well as donation links are all in bio. 💌

Address

1661 Napier Street
Vancouver, BC
V5L4X4

Website

http://vancouverfruittree.com/

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