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October 2023
Have you ever been talking to friends and asked how to cook a particular vegetable?

September 2023
Starting in early summer, they start to arrive in stores and brighten produce departments everywhere.

August 2023
Every August day we are reminded of summer's glorious weather, long nights and early sunrises.

July 2023
I LOVE camping! Sleeping in a tent, sunrise coffee, walking under a canopy of stars, briskly cold lake or river swimming on a hot day, and of course—if it’s not summer in California—sitting by the campfire at night.

June 2023
Have you noticed the changes in your produce department as we move into summer? Organic stone fruit, melons, cherries, berries, corn and onions? Yep, onions!

May 2023
Peas are a funny vegetable: small, round, tasty—and not without controversy. Oddly enough, it seems that people either love peas or hate them.

April 2023
I was walking by a display in a store in Truckee, CA, while I was up there on business and saw the tropical display holders that Melissa’s provides retailers to help liven up their produce departments.

March 2023
Every year for the past 20 years, I have been creating a produce display on the main stage of Merrill Hall at the Ecological Farming Conference in Pacific Grove, CA, using organic produce from the growers and distributors who attend.

February 2023
I was rummaging through my pantry cupboards the other day and realized I had stocked up on way too many types of dry beans!