May 28, 2015

May 28, 2015

  Market Notes   May 28, 2015 rkRAMP OFF As the Euell Gibbons for beginner’s season winds down, fresh Ramps are the first to disappear. Any forages with volume that pickers bring in, wilt before our packers eyes. From too cold to too hot in two weeks. So now we offer...
May 28, 2015

May 21, 2015

  Market Notes   May 21, 2015 SPRING THINGS AND MUSHROOMS The fresh Spring Thing/Mushrooms story is an ever changing landscape this week. Canadian/Eastern Fiddleheads continue to look beautiful and are available fairly readily. Ramps are definitely in the home stretch...
May 28, 2015

May 14, 2015

  Market Notes   May 14, 2015 RAMP DOWN We took a small step backwards this week as a late frost hit the Michigan Upper Peninsula, greatly reducing the amount of fresh ramps available. Fortunately that frost is now gone and new shoots are coming on. This is the good...
May 28, 2015

May 7, 2015

  Market Notes   May 7, 2015 ANDY’S ORCHARDS 2015 We are pleased to provide a pre-season update for the best stone fruit on the planet. At the end of this month Andy’s Orchards will begin packing their first cherries of the season. These groves never produce...
May 28, 2015

April 30, 2015

  Market Notes   April 30, 2015 MASQUERADE SEASON ONE COMPLETE This was our first season offering the Masquerade Potato ™ and we hit all the pitfalls of rolling out a first season crop. We sent seed out instead of samples, did not cure long enough and analyzed results...
May 28, 2015

April 23, 2015

  Market Notes   April 23, 2015 EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN Our records trace this back to the streets of Austria in 2005, but we are sure it goes back further than that. One of our prominent west coast growers is now offering a rare cabbage that is usually available...