Host a Gleaning Pick
Thanks for your interest in the Alberni Valley Gleaning Project. Your participation helps to increase the availability of fruit for the wider community by sharing a bounty that may not be otherwise be picked. Starting in 2023 there is no charge for Pick Hosts but donations towards program operations are welcome. As this program relies on seasonal project funding we may not be able to organize gleaning picks after September 1 2024, thank you for your understanding.
Registration has now closed for the 2024 season.
AVFSS will be working diligently to fulfill the requests of those that had pre-registered but due to the volunteer basis upon which the program is run and the lack of advance notice from hosts, we cannot take additional registrations.
If you would like to be notified when the 2025 pre-registration for The Gleaning Project opens please click the button below:
Picking Guidelines
What We Will Pick
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Most fruit, vegetable or nut varieties; including apples, berries, cherries, figs, grapes, peaches, pear, plums, quince, nuts. We are also looking to expand into vegetable gleaning!
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We prefer picks with sizeable quantities, contact us for more details
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Ideally, we would like to glean from trees where the majority of the harvest is approximately 15' or less off of the ground
What We Won't Pick
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Fruit or produce that is in an unsafe location
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Fruit that is considerably underripe or over-ripe
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Areas where our ladders are on concrete
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Locations where property owners have not read our volunteer participation form
Other Considerations
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If you are unsure about whether your trees, bushes or vines are a good fit please reach out to our gleaning coordinator.
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We appreciate a minimum of one week advance notice of your fruit ripening so we can do our best to accommodate schedules.
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AVFSS does carry operational liability insurance and we also ask all volunteers to agree to a waiver and participation form.