Good Morning! Local Produce – Weather has cooperated all spring and we’re seeing plenty of strawberries, blueberries, cabbage, broccoli and greens. We’re expecting to see squash and zucchini get starting this coming week. They’re always the first vegetables to start the NC season and with the spring that we’ve had, quality and harvests should be really nice. Asparagus – Domestic growers are firing off and more are expected to begin this month. We received our first domestic shipment last week and the quality is just beautiful. Broccoli – Has started locally and it’s been really pretty. As long as the weather stays spring-like, we’ll have it in stock. Once it warms up, though, the broccoli season will move north. Blueberries – Started this week locally and they’re starting beautiful. A whole week of rains on them may cause some supply glitches short term, but we’re off to a great beginning. Corn – Is in excellent volume now from Florida and quality has been beautiful. Big, plump and sweet, it’s a great time to promote it for your spring menus. Cucumbers – Are becoming available domestically again after the wintertime imports wrap up. Florida is cranking up their vegetable machine and a lot of items are rolling along now. Lettuce – Iceberg lettuce, romaine, red and green leaf supplies are plentiful with many growers looking to promote. Quality reports are showing great overall quality and good weights. We’re expecting a smooth season. Melons – Central American melon season is winding down, and should finish up in May. Pricing should start easing upward as supplies decrease. West coast shippers should begin about then. Squash – And zucchini scheduled to begin this week locally, but all of the rains this week may cause some quality issues and a delayed start. Strawberries – Remain local and remain beautiful. Quality and volume are great and they’re expecting the trend to continue for another month or so. Tomatoes – Markets took a jump last week with a solid week of rain on the east coast blowing up the fruit that’s on the vine. Farmers have to strip the vines and begin again with that much rain to avoid quality issues, so we’re expecting to see some shortages this coming week. I bought a wooden whistle and it wooden whistle. Then I bought a steel whistle and it still wooden whistle.