POPHarvest Program Update 2018-19

ISSUE BRIEFING: Threats to Monarch Butterfly Habitat and Migration and What You Can Do!

This issue briefing comes to us from Aaron Urquidez and Momi Jeschke, two of the four student researchers from Swarthmore, who spent 10 weeks with… Read More

Fruit Thinning & Recipes for Unripe Thinned Plums

This time of year, most common fruit trees need thinning as they tend to overproduce fruit. Many work days that POP participates in this time… Read More

POP TIPS: Spinosad Orchard Sprays

POP encourages all orchard partners and backyard fruit growers to take every step in orchard management prior to pesticide or fungicide application. However, the unfortunate… Read More

POP Field Trip: Truelove Seeds

All summations have a beginning, all effect has astory, all kindness begins with the sown seed.Thought buds toward radiance. The gospel oflight is the crossroads… Read More

POP TIPS: Black Knot on Cherry and Plum Trees

Black Knot identification, symptoms, and life cycle Sometimes, in the springtime, cherry and plum trees may develop subtle, velvety olive-green swellings on their branches or… Read More

Introducing POP’s Bilingual Rainbow Nutrition & Recipe Cards — Available for Download

In surveying our 62 orchard partners through our annual orchard partner survey, we heard that some fruit gets picked before it’s ripe and that some… Read More

Supporting Threatened Pollinator Habitats & Introducing our Swarthmore Student Researcher Team

We here at POP are excited to share that we have been paired with 4 student researchers from Swarthmore College, who will be working with… Read More

2018 School Orchard Program Recap & A Look Ahead to 2019

In 2018, POP’s School Orchard Program continued to expand in offering unique, engaging, and hands-on learning activities for students, centered in 9 of 12 POP… Read More