Latest News From Celery

The Salinas, Calif.-based producer is adding a bite-sized celery, cut into 1.5-inch pieces, to its fresh vegetable offerings this fall.

Thirty-seven percent of consumers polled in The Packer's Fresh Trends 2023 survey said they purchased fresh celery in the past year.

Because of increased growing costs at its Oxnard, Calif., headquarters, Boskovich Farms Inc. now is producing its fall-winter organic vegetable crop in Baja California, Mexico.

Alsum Farms & Produce grower partner, Trembling Prairie Farms Inc. will be harvesting new crop Wisconsin celery starting next week with the season expected to go through the first week of October.

Guadalupe, Calif.-based Beachside Produce LLC is bringing full production of Brussels sprouts, celery and broccoli to the market for the holiday season.

Monterey County’s top four most valuable crops remained unchanged from 2018 to 2019, led by leaf lettuce, which saw an increase of almost 15%, boosted by better pricing for romaine.

A lingering cold and rainy season had grower-shippers in Michigan waiting a little longer than normal this year to get their summer deals going.

Whether you’re looking for organic Brussels sprouts, romaine hearts, tomatoes or just about any other vegetable this summer, supplies should be ample. 

Duda Farm Fresh Foods, Oviedo, Fla., connected with consumers in March — National Celery Month — to promote the vegetable as the “It-gredient.”

Good weather this winter should result in plentiful supplies of top-notch spring produce from California’s grower-shippers.

Celery was the leading fresh commodity for retail sales growth in 2019, and it wasn’t even close.

Oviedo, Fla.-based Duda Farm Fresh Foods is in the midst of its biggest annual promotion of Dandy celery.

Ovieo, Fla.-based Duda Farm Fresh Foods has expanded its Oxnard, Calif., facility.

Duda Farm Fresh Foods, Oviedo, Fla., is expanding its Oxnard, Calif., cooling and fresh-cut facility, allowing the company to double fresh-cut celery production.

Trembling Prairie Farms Inc., Markesan, Wis., is harvesting celery through the first week of October.

Is the celery market finally ready to settle down?

Celery isn’t the only high-priced, high-demand produce item on retail supermarket shelves, but the commodity’s enduring run of high f.o.b. prices is truly remarkable.

Celery’s high prices, high demand and low supply show no sign of changing soon.

Organic vegetables are hot commodities in supermarket produce departments, and celery, in particular, seems to be a current trendsetter. 

The urban legend of the Sports Illustrated cover jinx goes something to the effect that people or teams on the cover of the magazine subsequently experience bad luck. 

Fed by a consumer juicing craze, prices for fresh celery have soared to historic highs close to $70 per carton and could remain strong for weeks — perhaps months. 

Fueled by consumer demand for fresh celery juice, prices for celery soared to more than $60 a carton in early April.

MONTREAL — Editor-in-chief Tom Karst and retail editor Ashley Nickle review some topics of interest on the show floor at the Canadian Produce Marketing Association show, from celery to sustainable packaging.

Celery is a rising star among organic produce as consumer appetites increase for the product segment.

A winter of rain, occasional hail and cold temperatures across California will likely throw wrenches into this year’s spring vegetable supplies, growers say.

The Florida spring produce season will get underway in time, thanks to a largely uninterrupted spate of favorable growing conditions, suppliers say.

West Coast celery shipping point prices continue to hold strong at historically high levels, and the market may not back down for several weeks.

U.S. grocery aisles can soon display darker-green celery hybrids sourced from Tozer Seeds America LLC, Santa Maria, Calif.

Check out these images of celery shipments, f.o.b. prices and retail prices from November.

Copy editor and designer Amelia Freidline and retail editor Ashley Nickle discuss purchase statistics for celery and why millennials report buying the vegetable less than other generations.

Fruit and vegetable grower-shippers are asking consumers to get healthy by skinny dipping — dunking fruits and vegetables into healthy dips — this summer.

Tozer Seeds America, Santa Maria, Calif., is releasing two new celery varieties, Hudson and Rivalry.

Duda Farm Fresh Foods, Oviedo, Fla., has added six new celery variety patents, focusing on sweeter and crisper stalks with less strings.

Salinas, Calif.-based Tanimura & Antle has added three products to its organics line.

Big Thanksgiving demand is adding to what is already a fast-moving season for potatoes and onions.

Ninety years is a long time for a company to sustain itself, but this year, Oviedo, Fla.-based Duda is celebrating its ability to do just that.