Donate fruits and vegetables from your garden


tomato plants growing in a gardenHave you ever wondered what to do with your excess backyard fruit? Have you seen fruit going to waste on trees around your neighborhood? Why not donate it to feed the hungry? The Food Bank gladly accepts any picked fruit in good condition. Every month, 70,000 people in Contra Costa and Solano counties rely on the Food Bank.

If you can pick the fruit yourself, bring it to the Food Bank in either location (Concord or Fairfield) or to a local agency or program in your area. The food collected through this program provides fresh fruit to people who would otherwise go without. Donations of fresh fruits and vegetables can be taken directly to warehouses:

  • Food Bank Warehouse in Contra Costa County located at 4010 Nelson Avenue in Concord, California (925) 676-7543.
  • Food Bank Warehouse in Solano County located at 631 Railroad Avenue in Fairfield, California (707) 421-9777.

If you anticipate donating 500 pounds or more and live in Contra Costa County, please call (925) 676-7543 to arrange for volunteers to pick and pack the fruit for you. (Please call at least a week before your fruit is ready to be harvested.)

There is more information on the Food Bank web site at http://www.ccfb.org

 
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