Food solutions company SpartanNash announced the expansion of its Supermercado Nuestra Familia banner, with plans to introduce the Topeka, KS community to the full-service Hispanic grocery experience in November 2025.

Top Brass Produce, a family owned fourth generation premier California table grape grower, kicked off its 2025 harvest right on schedule in early July. With demand steadily rising for domestic grapes, Top Brass is currently shipping a strong lineup of both traditional and high-flavor varieties.

On the red side, Flame, Bebop and Scarlet Royal grapes are leading the charge. For green grape fans, Ivory and Sweet Globe are available and showing excellent quality. Rounding out the offering are the company’s signature high-flavor variety, Candy Snap.

They look perfect on the shelf, glossy, plump and vibrant. But in just a few days, most cherries are destined for the trash, their stems brown, and their skins wrinkled. 

A strong stretch of heat is pushing through California this week, and growers are feeling the pressure. From Salinas to Oxnard and the Central Valley, inland temperatures are climbing past 100°F, with some parts of the Central Valley reaching up to 112°F. Harvest crews have adjusted by starting earlier, but field conditions remain tough across nearly every commodity.

Equitable Food Initiative, the workforce development and certification organization, and Stemilt Growers, a leading grower and packer of apples, pears and cherries, are proud to share A Holistic Approach to Resilience, a new film in which both companies are featured, presented by B Lab Global and produced by BBC StoryWorks Commercial Productions for Once Upon a Farm.

California grape harvest is in full swing with pickers working full days in vineyards, unlike last summer, when high temperatures curtailed work for prolonged stretches.