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Top commodities for Santa Maria, Calif.-based Babé Farms include baby bok choy, root vegetables (baby beets, baby carrots, specialty radishes), blond frisée, baby head lettuce, kohlrabi, and organic kale.
With a California spring vegetable lineup of artichokes, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, celery, iceberg and romaine among its top commodities, Ocean Mist Farms looks for stable volumes in 2021.
California strawberries grown hydroponically on tabletops and sold under the Ocean Spray brand are a new market opportunity for The Oppenheimer Group.
With fruit from Oxnard, Santa Maria and Salinas-Watsonville, Naturipe Farms expects promotable supplies starting in early April and continuing through the summer.
Strawberries are one of the many delicious fruits that come from California (among other places.) Sink your teeth into these California strawberry business updates.
The Packer is seeking insight and input from suppliers of California cherries for upcoming editorial coverage in the April 12 California cherry section.
Fallbrook, Calif.-based Del Rey Avocado will have good late-season volume of California avocados from its Morro Bay program, which has been part of Del Rey’s program for about eight years, said Bob Lucy, president.
Shippers say California cherry crop prospects are bright for 2021 and no gap is expected between California and Northwest crops at the end of the deal.
2021 is shaping up to be a big year for California strawberries.
California table grape acreage held steady in 2020 compared with the previous year, according to new statistics from the California Department of Agriculture.