Source: THE PRODUCE NEWS, 7/19/18


There is nothing quite like biting into a plump, sweet New Jersey blueberry. Ditto a South Carolina peach, or a Michigan cherry. But as any farmer knows, the seasons are fleeting with excellent local crops being available for only a few weeks each year, leading to market gluts, wasted product and other issues. Officials at Seal the Seasons have solved these age-old dilemmas by working with small, local family-owned farms to freeze their product when it is in season at the peak of ripeness and then sell it year-round in local home-state supermarkets.

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