BIX Produce Market Advisory

Week of July 1, 2018 Market Opportunities Commodity Quality $$$ Items with Good Quality and Market Value Apples Corn: Asparagus Steady supplies are coming in from Georgia with good quality Avocado and steady prices. Bananas Berries: Strawberries Squash: A couple of our local farmers have started sending us Minnesota grown Berries: Raspberries Zucchini. Yellow squash will be starting this week as well. Berries: Blackberries Berries: Blueberries Brussel Sprouts: Markets have hit their peak as growers are finally starting to harvest Brussel Sprouts Salinas crop. We should be over the worst of the quality issues. We can Broccoli expect to see prices trend downward over the next 2 weeks. Cauliflower Carrots Local Product Availability: Hydro Bibb lettuce, Bushel Boy Tomatoes, Radishes, Red Potatoes, Rhubarb, Kale, Lacinato Kale, Red/Rainbow/Green Celery Chard , Medium and Fancy Zucchini , Medium Carton Cabbage Citrus: Lemons Citrus: Limes Market Alerts Citrus: Oranges Items to Buy with Caution Grapes, Green Lemons: Grapes, Red Supplies are very short and demand is increasing. We are currently in a Lettuce (Head) demand exceed supply situation that looks to continue through the summer and into the fall. Some limited volume of Chilean fruit has come in Romaine/Romaine Hearts on both coasts, but not enough to change the demand curve for domestic (Spring Mix, Spinach, Tender Leaf Arugula, Baby Kale) lemons. Better supplies from Chile are expected to start arriving by mid to : end of July. Their crop is reported to be lighter in volume and larger in size. Melons: Pears: Melons: Washington Anjou variety supplies are very limited. What is left out of Onions Washington is mostly large in size 70/80/90’s. California is due to start with Sunsprite variety the week of July 9th and Bartletts the week of July 16- Peppers 23rd. Red pear supplies are limited out of Washington. There are currently Pears no Bosc pears available until August when there should be some California Potatoes supplies starting. Squash Asparagus: Tomatoes With rain in Mexico and increased demands, markets have taken a jump up over the last week. We still have good supply, but growers are demanding Good Fair Caution higher prices. Expect to see no relief for a few weeks here.

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Week of July 1, 2018

Casaba Santa Claus Melon BIX Item #3170 BIX Item #3210 Pack Size: 5-6 count Pack Size: 5-8 count The creamy pale green/white Typically the brighter the yellow flesh is mildly sweet with hints of the melon rind, the riper and of Asian pear and cucumber. sweeter it is. The Santa Claus Casaba melons are best utilized melon can be used in a variety in raw preparations and will work of fresh preparations and in most well in both sweet and savory recipes where melon is called for. dishes. Sharlyn Melon Green Cactus Pears BIX Item #3200 BIX Item #3678 Pack Size: 6-8 count Pack Size: 30 lbs. Its aromatics are both floral and Their interior flesh is juicywith fruity with tropical notes of hard, edible seeds. When ripe pineapple. Its flavor and aroma the Green Cactus pear will have often improve after harvest, a sweet flavor with hints of pear though the sugar content and watermelon. The flesh of remains the same. Sharlyn the pear can be sliced and used melons are often substituted fresh in fruit and green salads or for Crenshaw melons. as a topping for yogurt or pureed. New at BIX

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