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Established in 1970, we are a not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting and furthering the cultivation and use of tropical and rare fruit in South Florida and throughout the world.


Click Here to Learn how You Can Become A Rare Fruit Council Member Today And Gain Access To Our Members Only Web Site Content Full of Even More Information Including Special Members Only Events. 



NEXT MEETING: Friday, October 11th, 2024 

Our Speaker is Melissa Corichi, "Living Soils & Composting Teas"

Melissa Corichi founded "Let it Rot" in 2015, while attending the Harriet Wilkes Honors College. Melissa is a certified Safe Compost Operator and trained under one of the leading experts in vermiculture, Rhonda Sherman. In 2018 Melissa received her Permaculture Designer Certification. Featured in the Palm Beach Post, Biocycle, on WPTV and the Weather Channel. Melissa, or The Worm Queen, is considered an expert in the field of vermiculture and food waste reduction in application to sustainable farming and gardening.


For more information, please contact Petra Russell, RFC President - President@pbrarefruitcouncil.org 

We hope to see and connect with you soon!

TBA

 2024 Speaker Calendar 

Location: Mounts Botanical Garden Auditorium

Time: 7pm


Friday, January 12th

Speaker: Noel Ramos, "Peru...History, Culture, and Plenty of Fruits!"

Friday, February 9th

Speaker: Ralph Guinta, "Florida Amazon - exploring the botanical overlay between Peruvian  Amazon and South Florida"

Friday, March 8th

Speaker: Amanda Pike, "Homesteading in a Food Forest: Self-Sufficiency & Permaculture"

Friday, April 12th

Speaker: Alex Salaazar, TBA

Friday, May 10th

Speaker: Har Madheem, "Soursop and its close Relatives"

Friday, June 14th

Speaker: Josh Jamison, "Starchy Staples for Florida"

Friday, July 12th

Speaker: Richard Siegel, "Pineapple Growing in the Florida Home Landscape"

Friday, August 9th

Speaker: Michael Adler, "Pruning in Cooperation with Tree Physiology"

Friday, September 13th

ELECTION DAY - MEMBERS ONLY - PANEL DISCUSSION

Friday, October 11th

Speaker: Melissa Corichi, "Living Soils and Composting Teas"

Friday, November 8th

Speaker: TBA

Friday, December 13th

No Speaker, Holiday Party


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Palm Beach Rare Fruit Council

   

         FERTILIZER, GRAFTING SUPPLIES 

are available at our Monthly Meetings

 

Members in need of the Special Rare Fruit Council blend of

"Fruitilizer" may contact Conner Murphy at 

Incredible Edibles

(561)313-4324


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