Latest News From Mid-Atlantic Produce

Each Mid-Atlantic state has a slogan and hashtag for its produce — a promotional technique more valuable than ever with more eyeballs online and on phones during the recent isolating year.

A cold spell early in the growing season has delayed some Mid-Atlantic harvests, but not for long. Overall, the region’s summer crop is looking good.

Summer harvests are later than usual after a cold, wet spring delayed some plantings in the mid-Atlantic states of Delaware, Maryland and Virginia.

In early June, Rafe Parker of Parker Farms in Oak Grove, Va., found himself in the middle of his broccoli field, spraying for worms.

The 2018 watermelon season in Delaware, Maryland and the Eastern Shore of Virginia may see reduced volume and possible supply gaps this summer.

Delaware Grown, a new branding initiative from the Delaware Department of Agriculture, seeks to make its mark alongside Jersey Fresh and other state branding efforts.

Heavy spring rains pushed back harvest dates for vegetable crops in the Del-Mar-Va growing region this year.

Business updates on companies featured in The Packer's Mid-Atlantic Produce section