Cooler Georgia weather is good for keeping the sweetness in local greens. Look for good prices on strawberries. Florida-Georgia produce should be coming down in price. Look for some companies to start shipping produce in compostable packaging, made from bamboo, sugar cane fiber and starch.

BEST BUYS
Vidalia onions and locally grown sweet onions
Georgia green cabbage
Sugar snap peas
Yellow straight-neck squash
Avocados
Mexican, Florida cucumbers
Locally grown lettuces and greens (collards, kale, turnips, mustard)
Cantaloupe
Pineapple
• Selection tip: Look for green "baby" Vidalia and other sweet onions at local farmers markets.

LOOKING GOOD
Eggplant
Blackberries
Cherries
Blueberries
Sweet corn

PRICES GOING UP
Asparagus
Large artichokes
Florida green beans
Beets
Celery
Boston lettuce
Curly parsley
Florida bell peppers
Jalapeno peppers
New crop russet potatoes
Honeydew melon
Tommy Atkins mangoes
Oranges
• Price tip: Lemons are expensive.

IFFY
Florida vine-ripe tomatoes
Mexican bulk-bagged carrots
• Storage tip: Expect to see shorter shelf life for produce coming from the West Coast. Some truckers are not shipping east, and trains are taking longer to get here.

SEAFOOD
Looking good now are fresh white shrimp from the Carolinas, soft-shell crab, and the first of the Columbia River King salmon.