October 1, 2015

October 1, 2015

  Market Notes   October 1, 2015   ORGANIC NAVEL ORANGE HARVEST BEGINS        The first of the season organic navel oranges will begin today.  Harvest is in the Bakersfield area of California and it is one of the earliest seasons they have ever seen.  California State...
October 1, 2015

September 24, 2015

  Market Notes   September 24, 2015   COLORADO FINGERLING POTATO HARVEST BEGINS        The digging is just about complete. Harvest of Fingerlings has been ongoing since late August and the first cured potatoes are ready to be run and packed.  As we reported earlier, ...
October 1, 2015

September 17, 2015

  Market Notes   September 17, 2015   THE HEAT IS GONE ,YEAH…THE FALL IS HERE!        There are a few remaining issues from the heat wave over the past four weeks.  Chives and chervil are tight, bugs hit the baby beets up north and heat hit the baby beets down south...
October 1, 2015

September 10, 2015

  Market Notes   September 10, 2015 CALIFORNIA BURPS THEN BREATHES FIRE        Like a tennis player who is fighting to hold on in a fifth set tiebreaker (how timely is that?), summer is desperately trying to hold on and the fight she presents is compelling. The east...
October 1, 2015

September 3, 2015

  Market Notes   September 3, 2015 CALIFORNIA HEATWAVE COLLAPSES        It is finally getting better.  Warm days and cool nights have returned. There are still some issues but for the most part things are growing as they should.  Here’s what we know.  Spring mix has...
October 1, 2015

August 27, 2015

  Market Notes   August 27, 2015 CALIFORNIA HEATWAVE HOLDS ON Not only is the heat refusing to leave, other areas that provide us with specialty baby veggies are now being hard hit as well. Let’s start up north. The Salinas Valley and King City growing areas remained...