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STRAWBERRIES
Santa Maria
Quality: Both conventional and organic fruit quality is good with nice color and occasional minor bruising.
Volume: High volumes continue as production comes slightly off peak numbers.
Pack Counts: Conventional Spring Crop: 18-22-24 depending on ranch; Organic Spring Crop: 20-22-24 depending on ranch
Watsonville/Salinas
Quality: Quality is excellent.
Volume: Production is beginning to peak and will be steady for the next 5-6 weeks.
Pack Counts: Conventional: 12-15; Organic: 18-20
BLUEBERRIES
Mexico
Quality: Both conventional and organic fruit quality is good.
Volume: Conventional production is decreasing, and organic volumes are steady.
Central Valley, California
Quality: Conventional and organic quality is excellent.
Volume: Peak production is starting.
Georgia
Quality: Quality is good.
Volume: Volume is light as the highbush season finishes and rabbiteye begins.
RASPBERRIES
Mexico
Quality: Quality is very good with some uneven ripening.
Volume: Production is steady.
Watsonville/Salinas
Harvest Status: Light harvests continue with volumes estimated to increase in June.
BLACKBERRIES
Mexico
Quality: Quality is good.
Volume: Production continues to decrease.
Watsonville/Salinas
Harvest Status: Light harvests continue with volumes estimated to increase in June.
Entries are now open for the 2022 California Giant Chef Invitational!
Retail, foodservice, corporate, and restaurant chefs are invited to demonstrate their skills and compete in the 4th Annual California Giant Chef Invitational for the title of California Giant Berry Farms Top Chef!
Chefs are asked to submit a delicious main dish that creatively features fresh berries as a star ingredient. A panel of judges will narrow down the submissions received to a group of Semifinalist Chefs (round 1). The winners of this will advance into the Top Chef Finalists (round 2) showdown on California's Central Coast!
To learn more and enter, visit the California Giant Chef Invitational website.
