In the spring of this year, the FOB price on a carton of 48 size avocados —  the size most often preferred by retailers — fell below $30 for the first time in many years. In mid-August that same carton of avocados had an FOB price above $75.

Yes! Apples offers more than 20 apple varieties that are grown, picked and packed across New York state, including classics like Honeycrisp and Fuji, newcomers like EverCrisp and SweeTango, and New York exclusives like SnapDragon and RubyFrost.

As neighbors in the first-year dorms at the University of Michigan, Annie Slabotsky and Morgan Lerner bonded over banana bread.

“We both loved to bake, a favorite being banana bread, and we felt like there were no good options on campus for tasty and healthy baked goods,” Slabotsky said. She and Lerner are co-founders and chief banana bread officers of GoNanas. The women-owned, vegan, gluten-free, and allergen-friendly banana bread company is at the forefront of the health-conscious comfort trend, with an aim at re-imagining fresh produce departments.

After a slow start because of lingering volume from Mexico, California’s summer grape deal is currently operating on all cylinders heading toward its peak in September and expected solid volume through November and into December.

The Modi apple — a natural cross between Gala and Liberty apple varieties, was developed in the Po Valley of northern Italy, named after the famous painter Modigliani, who was known for bright red colors in his paintings.

JJB Family Farms, which is owned by first-generation immigrants from Holland Jack and Jane Brouwer, grows the Modi only on its Grand Island ranch, an island surrounded by the Sacramento River and Steamboat Slough.