Good Morning! Asparagus – After a tough couple of months of short supplies, both Peru and Mexico are cranking up and should have good supplies going into the holiday season. Pricing is coming down. Broccoli – Is going strong locally and quality and pricing are excellent. Broccoli likes chilly weather. Cabbage – Is coming from Eastern NC as well as the mountains now and quality and pricing are great. Celery – You can count on celery to always go up every year as we get closer to Thanksgiving. People who haven’t bought a stalk of celery since last Thanksgiving suddenly need it for several Thanksgiving recipes, creating a yearly shortage in the market. Cucumbers, Peppers, and Squash – The hard frost this week wrapped up many growing areas all of the way down through Georgia. Florida is starting some items and should be able to pickup the ball and run with it from here on. Mexican harvests are well underway too. Greens – Cooler weather here in NC is really helping the quality of our local greens shippers, and also getting more people in the mood to eat collards and kale. Holiday greens are in the ground, with no planting skips so we should have plenty for Thanksgiving. Lettuce – Supplies are extremely limited across the industry in romaine and all lettuces. The market remains at unprecedented levels and continues to escalate. The previous weather issues and the quality problems associated with them have drastically impacted all yields and weights. Good quality is coming, but it’s still a couple of weeks away. Melons – The west coast domestic season has wrapped up due to the heavy rains and hot weather. New melons from new fields have been much better. Strawberries – Became super scarce last week and will probably get worse over the next couple of weeks. Our local farmer has had a few and we’ll use as many as he can grow. But berries from California and Florida are fetching top dollar. Driscoll is prewarning everyone of expected shortages over the next two weeks. Q: Where do cats go swimming? A: The kitty pool.