Local Farms Battle Mother Nature

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Produce Market Report July 28, 2015

GOOD BUYS FOR THE WEEK

Limes: Pricing on limes

Peaches: The best

peaches of the season
are coming out of
California with great
prices and quality

Strawberries: Plenty of
strawberries are coming
from California and they
are looking beautiful.
Unfortunately, the
strawberries are still too
small for stem
strawberries.

Mangos: Gorgeous
mangoes are coming
from Mexico at great
prices. Get them while
you can!.

We have an intense interest in our local farmers at this

time of year, and right now know that they are dealing
with extreme weather. With large amounts of rain and
insane heat, quality and production have decreased.
Quality control is working overtime on both sides to bring
you the best they have to offer.

Peaches

continue to be great. They

are a great alternative to
the currently pricey lemons.

Strawberries

Grapes: Prime season for

Limes

grapes with good sugar

levels and great pricing for
all varieties. Please note
that we do have
champagne grapes in stock
too.!

KEEP IN MIND

GOOD BUYS

Local Cucumbers: Now

coming from Pennsylvania
with better yields and lower
prices.

Mangos

Local Bushel Beans:

Leafy Greens
Cauliflower

KEEP IN MIND

Local Bushel Beans

iceberg, green and red leaf,
romaine and boston lettuce
coming from the west
coast!

Cauliflower: Good prices

continue.

Local Corner
Peaches: Crown Orchards in Charlottesville is enjoying
their peak season for yellow peaches, white peaches,
donut peaches and nectarines. Pure goodness!
Yellow Meat Watermelons: Our friends at Schlagel Farm
and Lois Produce in Maryland are sending cool,
refreshing, melons with a brilliant yellow color.
Beefsteak Tomatoes: Beautiful, big and fresh from
Hanover County near Richmond, VA.
Blackberries: Still beautiful, but the hot and humid
weather from last week has increased prices and
decreased supply.
Blueberries: We still have sweet and refreshing full pints,
but production is winding down in New Jersey.

Cherries: Unusually dry

and hot weather in the

Pacific Northwest has
significantly shortened the
cherry season. We will
have them for only 1-2
Bushel Spinach: The cool more weeks. Rainiers are
winding down as well.
weather in Canada is
producing excellent quality
Lemons: Continued high
bushel spinach at better
prices on high demand.
prices.
Both green beans and wax
beans supplies have
improved and prices have
declined.

Grapes

Local Cucumbers

Leafy Greens: Plenty of

WATCH

Bushel Spinach
Cabbage
Asparagus

Cabbage: New York has

started shipping very nice
green and red cabbage at
good prices.

Tomatoes: None
available on the Eastern
Shore due to extremely hot
weather. All are coming
from Western sources.

Asparagus: Jumbo is the

most active but standard and Zucchini & Yellow

Squash: Most local
large are both growing
suppliers are finished with
steadily in Peru.
no time to re-plant. Yellow
squash is more scarce
than zucchini.

Avocados
Red & Yellow
Peppers
Cantaloupes &
Honeydews
Figs

WATCH

Red & Yellow Peppers:

Central California is

Cherries

currently sending stunning

peppers.

Lemons
Tomatoes
Zucchini & Yellow
squash

Eggplant: Picture perfect

dark purple with a beautiful
texture, but at very high
prices from New Jersey.

Broccoli: Local broccoli

fell victim to the heat and

was decimated. Now
Avocados: Buttery smooth
coming from California of
and at good prices.
whom was not planning for
this volume.
Cantaloupes &

honeydews: Markets are

Eggplant

active due to high demand.

Broccoli

Figs: Organic Black Mission

Cilantro

Figs are now coming from

Maywood Farms.

Cilantro: Very tight

supplies and much higher
prices.

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