Category: Produce Update

We mentioned a week ago that hundreds of ocean containers were being taken out of service because they were blowing up after being serviced and having contaminated refrigerant in them.   We...
This week we will be introducing a Hass Orchard Packout in 25# lugs.  These are fruit that doesn’t meet #1 Fancy standard for Hass avocado.  These will likely have some ridging, or be too...
Here’s something that doesn’t happen every day.  Just as mangos are about to ship out of Peru in the next few weeks, and there's a scramble to get as many reefer containers south as possible,...
My favourite apples have always been the English ‘pippin’ varieties, Blenheim, Cox’s and Elstar.  We have to battle with growers every year not to cut these heirlooms down, because they only...
B.C. apple selection continues to grow – we finally have a really wide selection to offer as the harvest continues. There’s still 5 or 6 later “models” waiting, waiting, waiting for good colour...
Thankfully, we missed the bullet on the weekend, with only Princeton hitting the -6C temps forecast for all the growing areas.  Same in the Fraser Valley, where light frosts didn’t hit any of...
We hate looking at those weather forecasts this time of year.  Light frosts are possible in the Fraser Valley in a couple of days, and temperatures for the Similkameen and South Okanagan look...
Expect local apple selection to build with mid-season varieties (Spartan, Golds, Ambrosia, etc.) off the trees and being packed.  There is also some spot-picking on Granny’s starting soon. ...
I was in Peru last week, and was lucky enough to be involved in a rather impromptu get-together with produce importers from the U.S., England, France and Italy.  Our conversation turned quickly...
Dear Ones,Saturday morning I jumped out of bed eager to listen to a Sean Hayes cover of the Talking Heads song "This Must Be the Place" over and over and over again because it was the last song he...
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