Tom Burfield

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With only a two-week gap between Easter and Cinco de Mayo this year, mango grower-shippers may be scrambling to keep fruit in the pipeline.
California’s strawberry crop seemed to be gradually returning to normal volume this spring after a rainy winter that delayed picking early in the season.
The domestic blueberry season was kicking off in mid-April with harvesting already underway in Georgia, said Victoria De Bruin, marketing manager for the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council.
Pepper lovers have something to look forward to for the next several months as grower-shippers report plentiful supplies of good-quality product.
Bulk bins of pomegranates have been a popular offering from Simonian Fruit Co., Fowler, Calif., for quite a while, said Jeff Simonian, sales manager. But this year the company is adding more options.
Pomegranate volume is expected to be down, but this year Trinity Fruit Co. Inc. sales are expected to increase.
Banana supplies should be steady, and sales look favorable for the next several months, grower-shippers say.
The percentage increase of organic produce sales might be slowing, but organic grower-shippers say actual volume continues to grow.
Browse organic industry business updates for companies like Boskovich, Sage Fruit, Chelan Fresh and Lakeside Organic Gardens.
It’s been 30 years since Tom Mathison transitioned his first conventionally grown apples to organic.