This week on Fresh from the Field Fridays, Dan the Produce Man has a whole lineup on the table - starting with rain-damaged Apache apricots and as peaches and nectarines begin filling the stands we’re saying goodbye to one of the season’s favorite citrus items - sweet, easy-peeling Ojai Pixie tangerines.

Dan shares a quick purple artichoke tip, talks about items for his Juice Cleanse, Maradol papayas, white asparagus, how to pick out the freshest greens, and even how to sweeten up your juice naturally without adding fruit. Plus - Sweetest Batch strawberries, gold kiwi from New Zealand, and a whole bunch more.

It’s all right here on Fresh from the Field Fridays from the Produce Industry Network and AgLife Media.

This week on Fresh From the Field Fridays, Dan the Produce Man is joined by Marc Wall and Neil Smith of Sandy Shore Farms in Ontario, Canada.

And right now, one of the big crops coming out of Ontario is asparagus. Marc and Neil talk about the Canadian asparagus season, how they work alongside growers in Michigan and New Jersey, and how imports from Mexico are affecting the market.

They also share why customers in their area are so receptive to local crops, the differences between asparagus varieties, and how those varieties all trace back to one mother plant.

We also get into fresh processing with peppers and onions, food bank donations, reducing plastic, regenerative farming, cover crops, and what it takes to grow quality produce on a community-oriented family farm.

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This week on Fresh From The Field Fridays…

Dan is joined by Chris Zanobini from the California Pear Advisory Board.

We’re digging into what’s really going on with imported pears flooding the market right when California fruit - especially Bartletts - is coming on. What that means for our growers, what you’re seeing at retail, and why it matters more than most people realize.

We also get into how the produce industry - and you as a consumer - can actually be part of the solution.

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This week on Fresh From the Field Fridays with Dan the Produce Man

We’ve got Bei Bei Kabocha squash, baby fava beans, Seascape strawberries, first of the season California Tioga cherries, plus fresh California apricots, peaches, and purple asparagus

It’s all right here - your produce market on the podosphere

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This week on Fresh from the Field Fridays, Dan the Produce Man brings you four outstanding spring items that are sure to get your attention.

First, we head into the tropical fruit world with the exotic and delicious longan.

Then it’s off to Watsonville, California for beautiful red Little Gem lettuce and fresh new crop sugar snap peas.

We also explain the difference between stringless and traditional sugar snap peas.

And while we’re talking peas, we dive into pea greens, tendrils, and shoots, and how to use those tender greens in the kitchen.

Finally, we wrap it up with the granddaddy of them all, Haden mangoes.

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This week on Fresh From the Field Fridays with Dan the Produce Man, we’re talking spring. Four items that are really shining right now.

Savoy or Bloomsdale spinach, fresh harvested English peas, young spring radishes, and new crop California blueberries.

Then we take a trip to the farmers market and catch up with Eric Arias of Castellano Farms out of Dinuba, California. He gives us an update on the upcoming stone fruit season, with fruit expected to hit the market mid-May.

It’s a crop update, and we’ll tell you what, the fruit is on the horizon, and it’s looking good.

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This week, we’re talking Gravenstein apples, a Sonoma County classic that is fading fast.

Up in the Yuba City area, peach orchards - gone!

At the same time, a whole wave of new fruit and berry varieties is coming your way.

And in the bigger picture, restaurants are closing left and right. What is really going on out there?

Plus, seasonal specialties like fiddlehead ferns and baby artichokes.

And a juicy strawberry romance story from Dan’s younger days.

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This week on Fresh from the Field Fridays, Dan the Produce Man dives into what this early spring heat wave here in California could be doing to the cherry crop, those blossoms still hanging on, and how it may impact early stone fruit still on the trees.

Then we head over to the produce table where he has purple snow peas, Padrón peppers, Ojai Pixie tangerines, jumbo heirloom artichokes, and red seedless Muscat grapes. Real springtime gems, good for your soul, good for your health, and flat-out enjoyable.

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