Building in public

Your neighbor's tree is overflowing.
Go pick it.

PickRipe is the marketplace where backyard fruit tree owners post what's ripe, and neighbors make offers to come pick it. Fresh produce, zero waste, stronger communities.

46%

of US fruit goes to waste

60M

tons of produce wasted/year

365

days of growing in LA

Millions of fruit trees. Nobody picking them.

Every year, backyards across America produce more fruit than homeowners can eat. It falls, rots, and attracts pests. Meanwhile, their neighbors are buying the same fruit at the grocery store for $6/lb.

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Tree owners are overwhelmed

More fruit than they can eat, pick, or give away. Trees need regular harvesting to stay healthy.

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Fresh produce keeps getting pricier

Grocery store fruit travels 1,500+ miles. Your neighbor's tree is 500 feet away.

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Food waste is an environmental crisis

Wasted food is the #1 material in US landfills. Most of it is fruit and vegetables.

How it works

Three steps to fresh fruit

01

Snap a photo of what's ripe

Tree owners upload a quick photo showing their fruit. Peaches looking golden? Avocados weighing down the branch? Post it.

Tree Owner
02

Browse and make an offer

Pickers scroll a visual feed of ripe fruit nearby. See something you want? Make an offer, or claim it if it's free.

Picker
03

Pick, enjoy, repeat

Coordinate the pickup, harvest the fruit, and both sides win. Owners get healthy trees, pickers get fresh food.

Everyone

Everyone wins

For tree owners

Regular picking keeps trees healthier and producing more fruit season after season

No more rotting fruit attracting pests in your yard

Earn a little something for what would otherwise go to waste

Meet your neighbors and build real community connections

For pickers

Fresh, local fruit picked at peak ripeness, not shipped from 1,500 miles away

Way cheaper than the grocery store, sometimes free

Know exactly where your food comes from and who grew it

Discover varieties you never knew existed in your neighborhood

The freshest fruit in your city is growing in someone's backyard right now.

PickRipe is turning wasted harvests into neighborhood treasure. Starting in Burbank, growing everywhere fruit falls.

Coming soon