The Produce Report   Melons: Cantaloupes are leading the pack with good straw color and excellent flavor. Look for cheaper prices by the weekend. Seedless watermelon quality has improved greatly. Color is better and the melons are eating great. Vegetables: Green & red bell volume is picking up throughout northern California and prices are reflecting. Yellow [...]

The Specialties Report Specialty Items- All baby squash and specialty beans are good choices as they are plentiful and good quality. We offer 2 new items from Tanimura & Antle, baby romaine hearts and their new heirloom artisan lettuces. Heirloom tomatoes have increased recently but CA is started and we should see relief soon. Seasonal [...]

The Produce Report Melons: Larger sized cantaloupes are very active. Seedless watermelons are showing more white shoulders and a drop in sugars. Vegetables: Bakersfield is starting on green and red bells so prices will be coming down soon. Yellow bells are still limited but should follow the reds soon enough. Eggplant production is finally picking [...]

The Specialties Report Specialty Items- All baby squash and specialty beans are good choices as they are plentiful and good quality. We offer 2 new items from Tanimura & Antle, baby romaine hearts and their new heirloom artisan lettuces.  Heirloom tomatoes are priced to move. Seasonal Items- Red sweet corn is back with a dazzling [...]

The Produce Report Melons: Larger sized cantaloupes and honeydews are both higher this week. Seedless watermelons are showing more white shoulders and a drop in sugars. Vegetables: Coachella has all but finished on green, red and yellow bells and Bakersfield has not begun yet. We are seeing some green bells from Fresno which is keeping [...]

The Specialties Report Specialty Items- All baby squash and specialty beans are good choices as they are plentiful and good quality. Seasonal Items- Red sweet corn is back with a dazzling appearance and good flavor, get it while it is in season. Cherries are finally getting more reasonable especially the 11 row size. Black and [...]

The Produce Report June 20-25 Avocados: The market is going even higher by next week as supplies are quite limited. Remember the water/drought crisis that limited the farmers ability to water their trees? That lead to more than 30% of the avocado trees in southern CA being cut down. The result of that is simply [...]

The Specialties Report June 20 – 25 Specialty Items- Baby zucchini and baby sunburst are the best of the baby items, also try baby green cauliflower to intensify your plate. We offer 2 new items from Tanimura & Antle, baby romaine hearts and their new heirloom artisan lettuces. Ask about samples and see their website [...]