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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!
Tana Delta Fruit Relief, Kenya
Spring, 2007 - Present: FTPF's "Fruit Relief" program launches an ongoing, life-saving effort to distribute fruit trees directly to needy families in coastal Kenya. In 2007, the program successfully donated and planted over 2000 fruit trees in the Tana Delta region, including at numerous schools.
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Vrindavan Fruit Relief, India
August, 2006 - Present: FTPF's "Fruit Relief" program implements an ongoing, 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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Havasupai Tribe Community Orchard in Supai, Arizona
April, 2007 - May, 2008: FTPF's "Reservation Preservation" program donated over 1000 fruit trees and shrubs to Native American households and created multiple community orchards for the Havasupai tribe. 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 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. When this project is complete, we will have 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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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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