Mid-Atlantic Fruit & Vegetable Convention is still planned for Feb. 2-4 in Hershey, Pa., said William Troxell, publicity and marketing program coordinator.

Now is the time when the labels of the state-grown brands emerge: Delaware Grown, Maryland’s Best, Virginia Grown and Virginia’s Finest.

Some commercial farms in the mid-Atlantic that have lost a lot of foodservice business are selling directly to consumers.

Even a company founded on using food that would otherwise go to waste can improve its sustainability practices — evidenced by the latest efforts of Hungry Harvest.

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.

With immigration restrictions, trade negotiations and retaliatory tariffs, importing labor has been a challenge for mid-Atlantic produce growers who depend on the resource.

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.