Harvesting Wisdom: Crush Summer Sales with Great Grapes
Organic grapes are a staple for retailers nearly year-round, and an item shoppers look for on their weekly visits. Understanding seasonality in this important commodity is key to maximizing sales.
Berry Smart: Balancing Margins & Seasonal Insight to Grow Sales
Berries can and should be the number one category in driving sales, but they can also jeopardize margin performance if you’re not strategic with merchandising, inventory management, and promotions.
Northwest Open Pint Blueberries Are On
Blueberries are one of the flavors of summer, and at Mckay Creek Farm in North Plains, Oregon, the season is just getting underway.
Grape Toolkit
From organic seedless table grapes and candy seedless specialty varieties to Northwest-grown options and Ladybug Brand recyclable grape totes, there’s a lot to know and love about this tasty category.
Meet OGC Mission Fund Recipient: Growing Gardens
Growing Gardens works to improve our food system, community health and wellness, and soil health using gardening as their tool.
“All our work and education are based in organic growing practices, because the health and wellness of the soil directly impact your health and wellness,” shared Growing Garden’s Executive Director Jason Skipton. “This delicate dynamic between how you treat your soil and your plants is a reflection on how your body will be treated and react in return.”
Chase This Season’s Juiciest Fruit
OGC Stone Fruit Buyer Brian Keogh spends months talking to growers, evaluating varieties and sourcing the season's best fruit. Head over to OGC’s blog and watch “BK” slice and bite into the varieties turning heads, staining shirts and reminding us why summer tastes so good.
Harvesting Wisdom: Jeff Fairchild’s Summer Produce Playbook
With 40 years in produce sourcing and merchandising, and a key influencer of the retail farm-to-table movement in the Northwest, OGC’s Jeff Fairchild is a true expert. His trusted connections with farmers and deep understanding of the supply chain, shopper behavior and effective display, pricing and promotional strategies are invaluable.
Harvesting Wisdom: Unlock the Magic of Melons
Organic melons kick off their season in April/May from Mexico with a limited selection. As harvest moves north to California, two primary regions contribute: the desert offers fruit in June/July, while the Central Valley starts in early June and extends through the fall. The Northwest season begins in mid-July, peaks in early August, and concludes as the weather cools in early September. OGC wraps up the season with a limited offering from Mexico in October and November.
Bring On the Bold Flavor of Asian Greens
Download point of purchase shelf signage so shoppers have also the info they need about these great greens.
Juicy Rewards: Cultivate Loyalty with Stone Fruit
The stone fruit category presents exciting opportunities for your department to stand out by delivering amazing quality and flavor. Sweet success is as simple as selecting the best-eating fruit, understanding seasonality, merchandising appropriately and leveraging the expertise of OGC and our organic grower partners.
Meet OGC Mission Fund Grant Recipient: West Seattle Food Bank
West Seattle Food Bank (WSFB) was started by a group of neighbors who rallied together to support their community. Now, over 40 years later, WSFB provides wraparound support including food, clothing and emergency rental and utility assistance.
Get Ready for Grilling
Make way for the melon bin and get the briquettes front and center: Memorial Day Weekend will be here before you know it, marking the unofficial start of summer and kicking off the season’s grilling holidays. Shoppers will be looking for the classic barbecue fare, organic Northwest grown goods to add some regional flair and anything to eat on or around a hot dog. Don’t wait to stock up on the flavors of the season:
Melon Toolkit
Use this collection of resources to educate, entice and delight staff and shoppers, keeping melon sales strong past Labor Day!
Stone Fruit Toolkit
Ring the bell and sound the alarm – stone fruit harvest is starting in California with the first organic apricots hitting OGC’s docks this week and red cherries following closely behind. By June, the first nectarines and peaches will arrive and finally plums and pluots.
To help guide you through this delicious season, we’ve put together a Stone Fruit Toolkit full of resources.
Melon Minute Video Series
With grower partners from Mexico, up through California and the Northwest, OGC will keep your shoppers in a melon state of mind all season.
Meet OGC Mission Fund Grant Recipient: Corvallis Environmental Center
It’s Earth Month, so we’re featuring Corvallis Environmental Center (CEC). They’re on a mission to educate, engage and inspire people to create healthy, sustainable communities through food and agriculture education and nature and play-based learning.
Stock Up on Mother’s Day Essentials
Mother’s Day is just over a week away, and shoppers are starting to scheme an elaborate brunch or special breakfast in bed. Make sure all the moms in your neck of the woods are spoiled by packing your department full of festive favorites.
Gem Avocado Toolkit
There’s a lot to love about this “gem” of an avocado. California born and bred, it's large, nutty and delicious. Plus, it's great for growers and the planet too—since the trees are smaller, they require less labor, land and water to grow.
Earth Week 2026
We’re out in the field with Dr. Shannon Cappellazzi of Oregon State University, getting hands-on with a fresh pull of organic cover crop and soil.