STRAWBERRIES
Oxnard
Quality: Quality is good with nice sheen, firmness, and 90-100% color. Crews are working hard to keep water-damaged and botrytis-impacted fruit out of packs.
Volume: Peak production has started.
Pack Counts: 14-16, 18-20, depending on ranch
Santa Maria
Quality: Conventional and organic quality is good with some occurrences of soft fruit and pin rot due to recent rain. Crews are working hard to keep packs clean.
Volume: Production is quickly increasing with the warm weather.
Pack Counts: Conventional 14-16, 18-20 depending on ranch; Organic 14-18
Watsonville/Salinas
Quality: Quality is good with some spongey, crooked fruit and water-damaged tips from recent wet weather.
Volume: Production is anticipated to increase quickly as weather improves.
Pack Counts: Conventional 9-12; Organic 14-16
BLUEBERRIES
Central Valley
Quality: Quality is good.
Volume: Organic production is increasing as warmer weather helps with ripening. The first conventional picks of the season have started.
Florida/Georgia
Quality: Quality is excellent.
Volume: Volumes are in peak production.
Oxnard
Quality: Organic quality is good with occasional soft fruit.
Volume: Volumes are decreasing as peak production winds down.
Mexico
Quality: Quality is good.
Volume: Production is steady.
RASPBERRIES
Mexico
Quality: Quality is good overall with occasional soft fruit due to hot weather.
Volume: Volumes are steady.
BLACKBERRIES
Mexico
Quality: Quality is good with some red cell and small-sized fruit due to hot, dry, windy weather.
Volume: Volumes are steady.
Meet Us On The Road
Organic Produce Summit (OPS)
July 10th – 11th
Monterey, CA
IFPA Foodservice Conference
July 25th – 26th
Monterey, CA
Booth #617
SEPC Southern Innovations
Sept. 12th – 14th
Nashville, TN
IFPA Global Produce & Floral Show
Oct. 17th – 18th
Atlanta, GA
