January 8, 2026

  Market Notes January 8, 2026   BABY GREEN SCENE REMAINS LEAN    Thirty mile per hour wind gusts and near freezing temps in Yuma continue to damage many of the baby greens we depend on. Fields are either being disked for replant or be rejected at the...

 January 1, 2026

                                                                  Market Notes      January 1, 202610)  DISTRIBUTION – Bigger boxes, colder docks. Faster replenishment wins, but small farms will need tighter case-pack, barcoding, and appointment discipline to play....

December 25th, 2026

  Market NotesDecember 25th, 2026 ‘Twas the night before Market Notes, all about the dock,Not a forklift was rolling, not even one knock.The orders were stacked in my inbox with care,In hopes that fulfillment soon would be there.I sat at my laptop, slumped low in my...

November 13th, 2025

  Market NotesNovember 13th, 2025 TRANSITION CONDITION Our baby greens grower moved south last week, and southern distribution began this past Monday. Most other Salinas Valley growers are moving this weekend, so more hell days are a comin’. All this is not a...

December 18th, 2025

  Market NotesNovember 13th, 2025 Twas the night before Market Notes, all about the dock,Not a forklift was rolling, not even one knock.The orders were stacked in my inbox with care,In hopes that fulfillment soon would be there. I sat at my laptop, slumped low in...

October 13th, 2025

  Market NotesOctober 13th, 2025 AS THE STONE FRUIT GOES..THE APPLE GROWS    We will look to South America in about six weeks for the cherries, plums, and other stone fruit that attempt to take the place of the sublime domestic product. Hard squash on...