harvest to home market update 11 October, 2011

With the weather taking a wintery turn over the last week, iceberg lettuce have been impacted and caused prices to spike and so the cos lettuce winning out as the better option. Other good options are spinach, beetroot, shallots, cabbage and rhubarb. Checkout the full breakup below:

The Good News:
Avocado (well priced)
Beans - Green and Handpicked (prices eased and good supply)
Beetroot (large better)
Broccoli (prices cheap)
Cabbage (all good)
Chilli (Red and Birdseye easing)
Red, Green and Yellow Capsicum (all cheap)
Cauliflower (good and cheap)
Celeriac (good)
Celery (good and cheap)
Corn (plenty and cheap)
Eggplant (QLD now and prices cheap)
Fennel
Oranges (CHEAP!)
Blood Oranges (plenty about)
Strawberries (great quality and cheap)
Grapefruit
Kiwi fruit (good quality and cheap)
Leek (good quality and plenty about)
Lettuce (prices down)
Mandarins (good quality and cheap)
Mango (plenty about)
Mushrooms (Button are good and flat getting better),
Parsnip (plenty about)
Peas, Snowpeas and Sugarsnap (Australian best and cheap)
Tomato (prices easing)

The Not so Good News:
Chilli (Green scarce)
Cucumber (Telegraph and Lebanese price rising)
Ginger (still high price)
Kumera (limited supply)
Lemons (prices heading up)
Limes (high prices)
Mandarin (quality on the way out)
Melons (prices not great)
Onions (brown up in price)
Butternut Pumpkin (very pricey)

Savour the last of the good mangoes and stay tuned for the melon season as its just around the corner.

Until next week, happy and healthy eating!

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