Run a surplus fruit gleaning harvest: Visalia, CA (2026-07-24)

California yards and street trees drop tons of good fruit every season while food banks run short. A gleaning run gathers the surplus by hand, sorts it, and moves it to people, turning waste into nourishment. Site: a public-access fruit tree right-of-way in Visalia, CA. Standard: Gleaning of surplus fruit for donation per food-safety handling basics (clean hands, clean containers, no ground-fall to donation); SDG 2.1 and 12.3 Proof: photos of the harvested surplus + weight or count donated + GPS at the public/own-tree site Method (Surplus fruit gleaning per basic food-safety handling: photograph the fruiting tree, hand-harvest ripe fruit from the ground or a two-step stool, sort out damaged and ground-fall fruit, record weight, photo verify., ~45-150 min): 1. Photo the tree and surplus as found. 2. Hand-harvest ripe fruit, ground level or two-step stool only. 3. Sort: keep sound fruit, set aside damaged and ground-fall. 4. Weigh, photo, and stage sound fruit for donation. Equipment: clean harvest containers, work gloves, two-step stool (max), hand scale + camera + GPS phone Done when: Sound fruit harvested and sorted, ground-fall excluded from the donation lot; Weight or count recorded; Before/after photos + GPS

Where

a public-access fruit tree right-of-way in Visalia, CA

Pay

$80 proposed

This packet is not funded yet, so this figure is a proposed price and not money waiting in escrow. If a buyer funds it, approved proof settles that price onchain. If nobody funds it, approved proof earns provable credit toward the work instead of cash. You see which before you claim, never after.

Proof

photos of the harvested surplus + weight or count donated + GPS at the public/own-tree site

This is exactly what gets it approved. Nothing settles without it.

Level

entry

Open until

2026-10-23

How this work is done

A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it. Typically 45–150 minutes. Method of record: Surplus fruit gleaning per basic food-safety handling: photograph the fruiting tree, hand-harvest ripe fruit from the ground or a two-step stool, sort out damaged and ground-fall fruit, record weight, photo verify.

Bring

• clean harvest containers
• work gloves
• two-step stool (max)
• hand scale + camera + GPS phone

Steps

1. 1. Photo the tree and surplus as found.
2. 2. Hand-harvest ripe fruit, ground level or two-step stool only.
3. 3. Sort: keep sound fruit, set aside damaged and ground-fall.
4. 4. Weigh, photo, and stage sound fruit for donation.

If it does not match the plan

• Fruit is out of two-step reach: leave it, do not use a tall ladder
• Tree is on a site without posted permission: skip it
• Fruit shows rot or pest damage: exclude from donation

What counts as done

• Sound fruit harvested and sorted, ground-fall excluded from the donation lot
• Weight or count recorded
• Before/after photos + GPS

Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.