As Sonora passes the halfway point of the 2022 grape season, AALPUM, the Sonora table grape producers association, has revised its original estimate downward as a result of several factors.

In March, AALPUM released an estimate of 25 million boxes for the season; however, it now believes the number will be very similar to the total volume to 2021, which was 21.3 million boxes.

New Jersey should see about the same or perhaps just slightly lower volume of blueberries as last year, according to Art Galletta, president of Atlantic Blueberry Co., headquartered in Hammonton, NJ.

The National Mango Board was the featured vendor June 3 at VegU, a popular fruit and vegetable education program held each Friday from May to October at the U.S. Department of Agriculture Farmers Market in Washington, DC.

Visitors to VegU can receive a “VegU-cation” on the featured product, learning how to grow, pick, prepare and store a different fruit or vegetable during short 10-minute classes held in the VegU tent at the market.

The Nunes Co. has moved its organic program from the Salinas Valley to Yerington, NV, which is approximately 70 miles south of Reno, NV.

Recent weather in southern New Jersey has been pretty good for blueberries, according to Thomas Consalo, president of Sonny Boy Produce in Vineland, NJ.

Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. has officially launched its Mini Honeyglow pineapple in North America.