Consumers looking for berries to enhance their picnics or barbecues this summer won’t be disappointed.

Whether they’re thumbing through a magazine, checking out their smartphones or tuning in to a traffic report on their car radios, consumers will be learning a lot about California table grapes this summer.

Thanks to year-round availability made possible by imports, table grapes no longer are a seasonal item.

Consumers love organic grapes.

There was a time when California table grape growers could assume that once they selected and planted a specific grape variety, they’d be able to market it for 20 years or so.

This could be a year like no other for California’s table grape industry.

California onion grower-shippers are looking forward to a strong season this summer with plenty of good-quality onions available.

Avocados from Peru already were arriving in the U.S. in May, and shipments should continue until around Labor Day, importers said.

JBJ Distributing Inc./Veg-Land Inc. has increased the organic green bell pepper program from its grower in Hollister, Calif., by 10% to 15%, said Dominic Etcheberria, general manager.

Peter Rabbit Farms’ display-ready bell pepper carton has been gaining popularity.