Apples and Pears, Oh My!

Aug 26, 2014 | Gleaning

This morning I noticed a slight touch of coolness to the air, a hint of summer beginning to fade into autumn. Glean requests for apples and pears are nearly drowning our volunteers in wonderful fruit while plum and grape requests are beginning to pick up. It’s time...

Plum Season

Aug 1, 2013 | Fruit, Plums

Volunteers are needed to help glean area plums this time of year. Mild winters, minimal rainfall during the growing season and low humidity conditions create productive crops. Oregon is a top grower of plums, second only to California in production in the United...

Urban Fruit Gleaning

Jun 4, 2013 | Gleaning, Video

A video from the Portland Fruit Tree Project explaining how volunteers collect fresh fruit that grows on neighborhood trees, and drops it off at local Food Banks for distribution to those in need. The great thing about this program is that in large part, the fruit...

Bread Donations

Feb 4, 2013 | Bread

Every Wednesday, a Eugene Area Gleaner volunteer picks up a donation from the Bread Stop and the Muffin Mill. We cannot predict how much bread or the types that will be donated. It is simply a gift. Sometimes it is there in abundance, sometimes it is not. Types of...

Hazelnuts

Jan 4, 2013 | Hazelnuts, Nuts

The hazelnut is Oregon’s official state nut. Oregon is the only state that has an official state nut. Oregon hazelnuts, still called filberts by most farmers, account for 99 percent of hazelnut production in the United States. Hazelnut orchards and individuals...

Apple Gleans

Oct 1, 2012 | Apples, Fruit

Fall is apple time in Eugene. Many varieties of apples thrive in the Willamette valley including Braeburn, which ripens in early October and stores well. Jonagold and Gala ripen in late September and have a crisp flavor. Fresh picked off the tree, a juicy ripe apple...