November 24th, 2021

  Market Notes November 24th, 2021                      THE THANKSGIVING WE NEED       We gather the harvest                                                      Some businesses left us We gather family and friends                                            Some...

November 18th, 2021

  Market Notes November 18th, 2021 THANKSGIVING SCHEDULE      Delivery schedules are complicated this year. Everybody is closed on Thursday 11-25. Culinary’s  inter-planetary and global  offices remain accessible for tracking and dock instructions and all you have to...

November 11th, 2021

  Market Notes November 11th, 2021 FARMER VETERAN COALTION      Farmer Veteran Coalition (FVC) was born out of the produce industry.  On May 6, 2007 a handful of organic farmers gathered at Swanton Berry Farm to discuss helping men and women returning from the wars in...

November 4th, 2021

  Market Notes November 4th, 2021 TRANSITION     The traditional transition for Central and Southern California growers from their home fields to a more southern exposure, primarily Yuma and other warmer climates. As the cooler weather and rains kick in, the central...

October 28th, 2021

  Market Notes October 28th, 2021 HOLIDAY COMMODITIES     A specialty produce company offering commodities in certainly counterintuitive, but in times of covid we have all been challenged to find new avenues for business. We can’t do drive-throughs or home deliveries,...

October 21st, 2021

  Market Notes October 21st, 2021 HOLIDAY WOES – PART ONE – PRODUCT So we have arrived at the very beginning of the first serious food holiday since people were allowed to gather. Availability is going to be shaky. We call this the Shi-itake sham.  Many moons...