With summer in full swing, people love to travel, go camping, grill and watch our national pastime — baseball.

Many of us have a national pastime in the produce industry. We’re up early, first on the market and first in the stores. Like ball players, produce people eat, sleep, walk and talk produce.

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture for unlawfully terminating Pennsylvania’s Local Food Purchasing Assistance Program agreement — a $13 million commitment that directly supports 189 Pennsylvania farms and supplies 14 food banks with fresh, locally grown food.

Cambridge Farms has close ties to eastern potato growers from Elizabeth City, NC, leading into the DelMarVa Peninsula’s Eastern Shore crop, finishing the with Dover, DE, reds, yellows and whites.

At a time when two-thirds of Americans are very concerned about the cost of groceries, ALDI is dropping prices across its aisles. With summer under way, the grocer is slashing prices on nearly 25 percent of its selection across all 2,400-plus stores, from organic produce to fresh meat for grilling, pantry staples and summer favorites.

Dublin Farms, Horntown, VA, is firmly rooted to its past, tracing its origin to a 300-acre family farm that has grown potatoes every season since 1886.

With harvest around the corner, Superfresh Growers is optimistic about a strong, promotable season for its blueberry program, backed by favorable growing conditions and an evolving consumer landscape that’s driving fresh demand.