Fruit Share Adelaide

Growers and Orchards

We bring a trained volunteer team to your orchard, farm or vineyard, pick your surplus at no cost, and get it to food relief organisations across Adelaide the same week.

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Surplus fruit, picked and put to use

Every season, good fruit stays on the tree because it's outside spec, the price isn't there, or the labour is needed somewhere else. We'll bring a trained volunteer team to pick it, at no cost to you, and get it to food relief organisations across Adelaide while it's still fresh.

We've been running harvests since January 2024, from single backyard trees to full commercial blocks in the Hills, McLaren Vale, Two Wells and Charleston. The running totals are further down this page.

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A Fruit Share Adelaide volunteer picking in a netted commercial apple block

How a commercial harvest works

1

Tell us what you have

Crop, rough volume, when it needs picking, and the largest vehicle that can reach it. 2 minutes on the form below.

2

We plan the pick

We confirm dates with you, size the volunteer team to the block, and bring our own ladders, bins, crates and picking gear.

3

We harvest and load

Our harvest leaders run the day, brief every volunteer on your site rules, and leave the block as we found it.

4

It reaches people that week

The fruit goes straight to community kitchens, food pantries and emergency relief providers across Adelaide, usually within days.

A Fruit Share Adelaide harvest team with full orchard bins of pears

What we bring

  • A trained harvest leader running every pick
  • Teams of up to about 15 pickers, and more with a little notice
  • All our own ladders, buckets, crates and bins
  • Public liability insurance covering our volunteers on your property
  • Flexible timing that works around your picking and spray schedule
  • A written summary after the pick, and more documentation on request

Register your orchard or farm

Tell us what you have and when, and we’ll come back to you about bringing a team out.

Common questions

  • Nothing. We're a volunteer-run registered charity, and the harvest, the labour, the equipment and the transport are all covered by us.

Our Community Impact

44,135kg

Produce saved from waste

469

Harvests completed

517

Volunteers registered

Figures current as at 30 August 2026

Have a crop that needs picking?

Tell us what you've got and when, and we'll come back to you about bringing a team out.

Register your orchard