Community Fruit Rescue

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Community Fruit Rescue Harvesting and distributing the abundant, overlooked fruit that grows in Boulder Colorado

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To get involved, whether as a volunteer fruit picker or a fruit tree owner, visit http://fruitrescue.org/join.
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Hundreds of thousands of pounds of fruit grows nearly effortlessly in cities throughout the world. In Boulder, Colorado, apples, pears, peaches and plums fall in piles on the ground, creating a mess for homeowners and a dangerous attraction for bears. Meanwhile, low-income populations struggle to find healthy and affordable food, while those better off drive to supermarkets to buy food from across the globe, often produced and transported at great environmental and social cost. We think it makes more sense to lead our community to the amazing food that already grows all around us, to gather with neighbors to harvest the collective bounty, and to ensure that it is shared with all in our community, especially those who are struggling to find fresh, healthy food. That’s why we organize neighborhood harvest events, where public and private trees bearing large amounts of fruit are harvested by neighbors and friends and their children in the course of a fun afternoon, providing fruit to take home by all the participants with plenty of extra to share with food banks, soup kitchens, and shelters.

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Community Fruit Rescue is a project of Falling Fruit (http://fallingfruit.org), Boulder Food Rescue (http://boulderfoodrescue.org), 350 Boulder (http://350colorado.org/boulder-county/), Boulder Bear Coalition (http://boulderbearcoalition.org), and the Boulder Edible Landscaping Working Group.

We had a wonderful time at our family c***r pressing day with Escuela Bilingüe Pioneer in Lafayette last month! More tha...
10/09/2026

We had a wonderful time at our family c***r pressing day with Escuela Bilingüe Pioneer in Lafayette last month! More than a dozen families came out to try our brand-new c***r press, and together we pressed roughly 100 pounds of apples into fresh, delicious c***r.

The kids got hands-on experience with the whole process - from learning where the apples came from and how to select and prepare them for pressing, to tasting the differences between apple varieties and, of course, enjoying the fruits (or rather, juice!) of their labor.

By the end of the morning, everyone walked away with big smiles, tired arms, and a new appreciation for just how much work (and fun!) can go into making a glass of fresh c***r. A big thank you to all the families who joined us and helped make the day such a sweet success!

Thanks to these wonderful volunteers, we were able to harvest 80 lbs of these beautiful green apples in North Boulder re...
10/02/2026

Thanks to these wonderful volunteers, we were able to harvest 80 lbs of these beautiful green apples in North Boulder recently! 🍏

🍎🐻 These bear cubs need apples!We know... we’ve spent a lot of time this season talking about why we shouldn’t feed bear...
10/01/2026

🍎🐻 These bear cubs need apples!

We know... we’ve spent a lot of time this season talking about why we shouldn’t feed bears in our communities. This is different: some of the fruit from upcoming CFR harvests will be donated to a bear cub rehabilitator located in Colorado’s Western Slope, where orphaned and injured cubs are cared for until they can be released back into the wild. And apples are on the menu!

The catch? We need more fruit trees to harvest for both bears AND people! If you still have apples (or other suitable fruit) on your trees, or know someone who does, we’d love to hear from you.

Help us turn that extra fruit into a winter food source for these little cubs - request a harvest with CFR:
fruitrescue.org/tree-stewards

A huge thank you to everyone who came out to Benevolence Orchard & Gardens on Sunday for our 2nd Annual AppleFest! We sp...
09/30/2026

A huge thank you to everyone who came out to Benevolence Orchard & Gardens on Sunday for our 2nd Annual AppleFest! We spent the afternoon celebrating this harvest season with c***r pressing, apple-themed activities for all ages, live music, delicious food and drink, and so much community joy ❤️🎶 It’s been a low fruit year across the region, which makes what our community has accomplished together all the more meaningful.

Over 50 lbs of pears rescued at this recent harvest in South Boulder 🍐 A special thanks to all the wonderful helping han...
09/29/2026

Over 50 lbs of pears rescued at this recent harvest in South Boulder 🍐 A special thanks to all the wonderful helping hands that made this possible!

We had some onlookers across the street from one of our fruit harvests in West Boulder yesterday! This mom and her cub h...
09/25/2026

We had some onlookers across the street from one of our fruit harvests in West Boulder yesterday! This mom and her cub have been hanging around in the area. You can help protect them by requesting a harvest with Community Fruit Rescue, storing trash and compost in bear-resistant containers (and latch them shut!), remove ALL bird feeders until November, and secure beehives, chickens, and small livestock with electric fencing.

Got fruit? Request a harvest by visiting fruitrescue.org/tree-stewards and shoot us an email letting us know if you also have bear activity: [email protected]

CFR volunteers had a great time harvesting over 100lbs of apples at this site in North Boulder today! 🍏💚 This Tree Stewa...
09/24/2026

CFR volunteers had a great time harvesting over 100lbs of apples at this site in North Boulder today! 🍏💚 This Tree Steward was experiencing ongoing bear activity, so removing the attractant of fresh fruit will help to prevent them from returning. Remember: bears that spend more time in urban areas have higher mortality rates. Harvesting fruit & securing bear attractants protects bears AND people! 🐻

🍏👨🏻‍🍳 Join CFR and Chef Trae Durica to turn this season’s abundance into homemade applesauce!Canning Made Easy: Applesau...
09/17/2026

🍏👨🏻‍🍳 Join CFR and Chef Trae Durica to turn this season’s abundance into homemade applesauce!

Canning Made Easy: Applesauce Edition
⏰ Sunday, September 20th from 1-4pm

We’ll cover:
How to prep, cook, & season applesauce for preserving
Safe & simple hot water bath canning
Plus, take home your own jar of applesauce + the skills to preserve other fruits too!

📍St. Aiden’s Episcopal Church: 2425 Colorado Ave in Boulder

Be sure to secure your spot today to learn new skills and create some yummy treats! fruitrescue.org/canning-made-easy-2026

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