Harvest Fruit and Fight Hunger in East Los Angeles!

Do you like fighting hunger & food waste in your own community, making your own volunteer schedule, and working outside? You may love being a Harvest Leader! Harvest Leaders are trained volunteers who harvest fruit all across Southern California.

Why:
​We often have more fruit-filled properties than we are able to harvest. Without more Harvest Leaders, that fruit will go to waste! A Harvest Leader and a few other volunteers will harvest hundreds of pounds of food to donate at an average harvest event.

What's Expected:
Harvest Leaders can choose to harvest fruit trees in any of the following ways: (1) by themselves; (2) with family and/or friends; or (3) by leading harvest events that are open to volunteers from the public (which Food Forward recruits for you).

What's Required:

• Must be at least 16 years old to train as a Harvest Leader
• Comfortable lifting boxes weighing 20 pounds
• Reliable access to a vehicle to transport harvesting equipment and deliver the produce to a local hunger relief agency.
• Food Forward provides liability insurance for the event.

When:
Extremely flexible! You can let us know what days and times you prefer to volunteer, but we ask Harvest Leaders to commit to volunteering at 6 harvest events over the course of a year or less. Of course, if you’d like to volunteer more, we’d be thrilled. Harvest events take 2-3 hours in total, including setting up before and wrapping up after.

Where:
We harvest fruit (and some veggies too) all across Los Angeles and Ventura Counties, although we need Harvest Leaders in East Los Angeles specifically.

How:
We'll have you check out a harvest with a trained Harvest Leader. If you love it, we'll get you through the rest of our training and paperwork process! A background check (free to you) is required.

After clicking "Express Interest", keep an eye out for an email from our Volunteer Team! We will work together to find a date for you to check out a harvest. Thank you!

Please note, that this opportunity is managed by our partner, Food Forward. To sign up, please select the Express Interest button below. 

All volunteers participating in this volunteer opportunity are expected to adhere to the health and safety guidelines outlined here: https://www.laworks.com/health-and-safety

By clicking "Express Interest" I certify I have read and agree to the Volunteer Terms and Conditions