Other gleaning projects

Inland Empire Urban Fruit Harvesting (Inland Empire)
http://urbanfruitharvesting.blogspot.com/

Harvest Westchester (
Westchester, CA)
http://harvestwestchester.org

Food Forward (LA/Valley)
http://foodforward.org

Inland Orange Conservancy
 (Mentone - Inland Empire)
http://www.inlandorange.org/IOC-Volunteers.htm

Urban Orchard LA
http://www.urbanorchardla.org/

Backyard Harvest
 (Santa Barbara chapter, home base in Idaho)
www.backyardharvest.org

Village Harvest (Silicon Valley)
www.villageharvest.org

Plant a Row for the Hungry (Michigan)
www.growinghope.net/projects/plantarow.shtml

America's Grow a Row (New Jersey)
http://americasgrowarow.org/

Long Beach organizations

Food Finders: Distributing food to over 230 agencies in Long Beach and Orange County.

Harbor Area Farmers Markets: Five certified farmers' markets. Wednesdays through Sundays, year-round in LA County since 1980. They donate regularly to Food Finders.
http://www.goodveg.org/

beachgreens: Delivery service bringing fresh, local, organic produce to your door every week.

Long Beach Green Guide: Your guide to everything green in LB.

Long Beach Organic: Community gardens in Long Beach and Signal Hill.

Videos

"Urban Fruit Gleaning: Cooking Up a Story" [Portland, OR]:
www.hulu.com/watch/35674/cooking-up-a-story-urban-fruit-gleaning

"Got Fruit?  Sharing What's Spare" 
[Silicon Valley]:
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/27824253#27824253


Healthy food for thought

Improving school lunches: an excellent talk about why America needs to do it:

Food Democracy Now:

Gardening and care of fruit trees

No-ladder harvesting techniques for fruit trees: 

L.A. County Cooperative Extension offers a wealth of gardening info specific to the L.A. area, both online and in classes: