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Come Pick With AVFSS

2026 Registration Opens May 1 2026

Thank you for your interest in participating in the Alberni Valley Gleaning Project! We welcome you to register to become a volunteer picker. We welcome all pickers 10+ years old that are able to contribute full effort to the picks that they attend. Please fill out the registration form and view the waiver of liability below. There is a cost of $30 per person or $40 per household per year. If you require alternate arrangements, please reach out to gleaning@avfood.ca 

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As this program relies on seasonal project funding, we may not be able to organize gleaning picks after September 1 2026, thank you for your understanding. We thank you for contributing to food security in the Alberni Valley and

look forward to connecting this gleaning season!

New for 2026

Gleaning fees will now include an annual AVFSS Membership. Members:

  •  are automatically subscribed to our seasonal Grow Local E-Newsletter

  • Have voting rights in our Annual General Meeting

  • Have premier opportunies to participate in a variety of AVFSS programs​

2026 Gleaning Picker Registration Form

What are you interested in harvesting?
AVFSS does the best we can to organize picks when fruit is at its optimum ripeness. Sometimes, due to factors beyond our control fruit may be slightly under or over ripe. Please check the types of fruit you are interested in
Are you willing to transport the equipment trailer when needed?
Is this your first year with The Gleaning Project?
Yes
No
Product

Registration Opens May 1

Registration Opens May 1

Registration Opens May 1

Get in touch!

Email: info@avfood.ca

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The AV Food Security Society operates within the ancestral, unceded and traditional territory of the Hupačasath and Tseshaht First Nations. We seek to increase our understanding of indigenous food systems and respectfully acknowledge the keepers of this land. 

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