FarmVille & Dreyer's/Edy's Fruit Bars To Plant Real Trees in FarmVille, Virginia!

To celebrate the upcoming promotion between Zynga's FarmVille and Dreyer's/Edy's Fruit Bars, FarmVille players (including FarmVille Freak!) will be planting real fruit trees in the appropriately named real town of FarmVille, Virginia!

FarmVille virtual farmers like yourself will be treated to growing Limited Edition Fruit Bar crops, but a handful of players will be leaving their virtual farms idle long enough to plant a real fruit orchard in FarmVille, Virginia. We think this is a great idea and such a wonderful way to give back to a deserving community. If not reason enough alone, this town (along with FarmVille, North Carolina) has to share their name with the insanely popular FarmVille. Can you imagine telling someone "I live in FarmVille." without having to further explain "not the game, the real town."

FarmVille Freak was lucky enough to be invited to this event and we can't wait to tell you all about it and share our experience. This event was organized in partnership with Zynga and is part of Dreyer's/Edy's Fruit Bars Communities Take Root program.



For more details on this upcoming event, read the press release provided by Dreyer's below:

"FarmVille Fanatics Team Up With Dreyer's/Edy's Fruit Bars to Plant Real Crops"

Players enjoy a taste of reality as they leave the virtual farm to plant a real fruit orchard


OAKLAND, Calif., May 23, 2011 – This summer, the Dreyer's/Edy's Fruit Bars* brand is bringing a taste of real life to the online gaming world. On June 13, 2011, top players from Zynga's wildly popular FarmVille game are packing their shovels and leaving their virtual farms behind as they head to rural Farmville, Virginia to plant an actual fruit orchard for the community.

The new orchard in Farmville, VA commemorates a branded integration between Dreyer's/Edy's Fruit Bars and FarmVille. From June 13 to June 19, 2011, FarmVille players across the country will plant limited edition Dreyer's/Edy's Fruit Bars branded crops within the FarmVille game, earning additional profitability and the opportunity to receive mastery recognition for planting, growing and selling the Fruit Bars crops.

A handful of lucky players have been selected to plant trees in real life, as well. Sharyn Martinez is among the FarmVille enthusiasts traveling to Farmville, VA to plant a fruit orchard with Dreyer's/Edy's Fruit Bars. "Being from Los Angeles, I thought the only way I'd get to plant an orchard was on my beautiful virtual farm! But now, thanks to Dreyer's/Edy's Fruit Bars and Zynga, I am getting ready to dig in and plant fruit trees in the real town of Farmville," says Sharyn.

The planting in Farmville, VA is an example of Dreyer's/Edy's Fruit Bars ongoing commitment to revitalizing one of our most precious resources: fruit trees. In 2010, Fruit Bars introduced Communities Take Root, an annual program dedicated to planting fruit tree orchards in deserving communities nationwide. Throughout the summer, Dreyer's/Edy's Fruit Bars invites people across the United States to cast their vote to help twenty communities blossom, one orchard at a time.

"Dreyer's/Edy's is passionate about helping neighborhoods become greener, healthier and of course, sweeter. We're thrilled to introduce Fruit Bars and the Communities Take Root program to Farmville's passionate community, and to support FarmVille players in bring a thriving fruit orchard to the Farmville, VA community," says Jia Li, Fruit Bars Associate Brand Manager.

To learn more about Dreyer's/Edy's Fruit Bars and Communities Take Root, visit www.CommunitiesTakeRoot.com to read the inspiring nominations and cast your vote. The communities with the most votes will receive a fruit tree orchard, which will be planted in partnership with the Fruit Tree Planting Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to planting fruit trees to support healthy nutrition worldwide.

*Marketed as Dreyer's® Fruit Bars in the Western states and Texas and Edy's® Fruit Bars in the Midwest and East.

About Nestlé Dreyer's Ice Cream

Nestlé Dreyer's Ice Cream Company is part of Nestlé USA, and is owned by Nestlé S.A. of Vevey, Switzerland, the world's largest nutrition, health and wellness company. Nestlé Dreyer's Ice Cream Company manufactures, markets and distributes a full spectrum of ice cream and frozen snacks. The company's premium products are marketed under the Dreyer's brand name throughout the Western states and Texas, and under the Edy's® brand name throughout the remainder of the United States. Brands manufactured or distributed in the United States include Dreyer's/Edy's® Grand, Slow Churned®, Dibs®, MAXX, Fruit Bars, Nestlé Crunch®, Drumstick®, Butterfinger®, Toll House®, Push-Up®, Frosty Paws®, Eskimo Pie®, Skinny Cow™ and Häagen-Dazs®. Internationally, the Dreyer's brand extends to select markets in the Far East and the Edy's brand extends to the Caribbean and South America. For more information on the company, please visit www.dreyersinc.com.

In the U.S., the Häagen-Dazs trademark is licensed to Nestlé by General Mills.

About The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation


The Fruit Tree Planting Foundation (FTPF) is an international nonprofit charity dedicated to planting fruitful trees and plants to alleviate world hunger, combat global warming, strengthen communities, and improve the surrounding air, soil, and water. FTPF programs strategically donate orchards where the harvest will best serve communities for generations, at places such as public schools, city parks, low-income neighborhoods, Native American reservations, and international hunger relief sites. FTPF's unique mission, which has been featured in major publications and broadcasts across the country, benefits the environment, human health, and community involvement—all at once! For more information please visit www.ftpf.org."

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