Harvest Options Index:
Do-it-Yourself options for donating, including the Fruit Fridge Drop Off
Pick your own fruit and share it on Freeya! Portland’s Free Marketplace.
DIY Harvests
Do you have a fruit tree that you can harvest yourself, and you're looking for information on how to harvest and where to donate the fruit? Check out our DIY Harvesting Kit to learn more.
Do you have a fruit tree and would like your neighbors to come help themselves to the fruit? You can post on our Share in Harvest FB Group and other community sites!
Looking to hone your skills? Consider scheduling a Coaching Session!
Fruit Drop Off
Did you harvest more than you and your friends/family/neighbors/unsuspecting strangers can use? We welcome your high quality fruit donations to our publicly accessible Fruit Fridge!
How it works:
Use our DIY Guide (above) to sort your fruit, so that we can be sure all donations are usable by our partner organizations
Email or text us that you’re swinging some fruit over and roughly how ripe it is - this allows us to get fruit distributed in a timely manner
Drop the fruit off!
Migrate your fruit to standard sized containers if you would like your containers back
Weigh your fruit (scale provided)
Fill out this quick form so we can get you a donation receipt and track where fruit comes from in case we need to track it back for any reason)
We’ll get your fruit to partner organizations based on their distribution days and cultural needs/wants, ensuring it is used and loved
We’ll send you a donation receipt for your taxes