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Customers reaching for large bins of cherries at the farmers' market

Cherry season is finally here but don’t blink, or you’ll miss it. If you’ve noticed cherries popping up at the market and thought, “wait… isn’t it early?” you’re not wrong. This year’s early heat has brought on an early season. As Matt Jones of Honest Acre in Stockton explains, “the heat did affect it. A lot of blossoms fell off early.” Mike Billigmeier of B&B Ranch in Linden echoes that: “We had a March with record-high temperatures, so that just kind of moved things up.” The heat didn’t just...

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