Fox2Now Reported Oct. 8, 2026

Volunteers harvest apples for St. Louis food distribution

EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. – One every day is purported to keep the doctor away. At Liberty Apple Orchard just outside Edwardsville, Illinois, there’s enough apples growing to keep a team of physicians at bay.

In fact, it takes a team to pick or glean apples.

“These are beautifully ripe,” Steve Miller, president of Liberty Apple Orchard, said. “We always teach the kids just a little twist and click and it comes right off.”

A group of volunteers from Operation Food Search are among the pickers, searching high and low for healthy varieties that will wind up in kitchens across the St. Louis region.