Quality: Fruit quality is good, with excellent firmness and flavor. Minor issues with light color and shape. Decay continues to linger in the fields but is largely kept out of the pack as crews work methodically.
Volume: Volume is stabilizing.
Pack Counts: Conventional fall crop 18-24. Organic fall crop, 18-24.
Quality: Fruit quality is good with some green tips due to colder weather.
Volume: Production is steadily increasing week-over-week.
Pack Counts: 22-28.
Quality: Fruit quality is fair with issues of bruising, white shoulders and soft skin.
Volume: Production is steadily increasing, and we are expecting volume to increase through January.
Pack Counts: 16-28 for California Giant label; 28-32 for Berry Sweet packs.
Quality: Conventional and organic quality is good with minor occurrences of shrivel and leaky fruit.
Volume: Volume is steady but has begun its downtrend after passing its first peak.
Quality: Conventional quality is great with minor occurrences of shrivel and leaky fruit.
Volume: Production is slowing down rapidly. The last few shipments from this week’s harvest arrive sometime between now and the beginning of January.
Quality: Quality is good with nice size, shape, bloom, firmness, color, and flavor.
Volume: Peak volume begins towards the middle of January.
Region Update: Production is anticipated to begin for organic blues in Oxnard in January.
Quality: Overall, fruit is looking good with a strong red color, sizes and firmness.
Volume: Volume for raspberries is steady.
Quality: Quality is good.
Volume: Volume for blackberries is steady for the rest of the year.
October 8 – 10th
Seattle, WA
“I’ve never written to a producer of any food, but I am compelled to let you know that your strawberries are consistently the best we’ve ever had. We’ve eaten so many that I’m surprised we haven’t grown stems. Thank you for making us believe again that fruit can be grown, packaged, and shipped and remain delicious.”