Posts by Nissa
The “Birds & The Bees” of Mangoes
My annual holiday mango teaser is here, and as Mexican mango start dates draw nearer, I begin to crawl out of my mango hibernation — just as most of you are settling into yours — to bring weekly reports back into focus as we inch toward the season’s opening. Before I share any current CROP…
Continue ReadingMango Gift Guide
Holiday gift ideas for the mango lover on your list….. As you continue to scroll, browse, and search for gifts as Black Friday and Cyber Monday extend into endlessness, it’s worth slowing down just enough to buy with intention. Giving gifts should be fun, and it doesn’t have to conflict with being thoughtful. In the…
Continue ReadingThe Art & Science of Fall Flavored Fruit
Every season the same pressure shows up from the commodity side of the mango world: push mangoes into Thanksgiving, push them anywhere they’ll fit, push them into any available crack of the holiday table simply because something has to be sold. But what if we sold more by understanding the fruit better? What if more…
Continue ReadingPeruvian Mango Season Begins
I’m (somewhat) sorry I haven’t been as consistent with my Crop Reports lately — Vietnam and everything else pulled me out of my usual rhythm. But I’m back at my desk full-time now and easing into my regular weekly reports as I reconnect with folks in both Peru and the U.S. I’ll also have regular…
Continue ReadingOff-Shore (& California) Starts Now!
Typically, I write crop reports through the lens of organic mangoes. Sometimes the information overlaps with conventional, sometimes it doesn’t—but my goal is always to give the clearest picture of what’s happening in organics by considering the entire category and industry, focusing on the origin of the moment and the market nuances that matter to…
Continue ReadingDried Mango Crop Report
The 2025 Crespo Organic Mexican dried mango season is progressing with strength and precision. We started our drying operations early this year—back in May—with fruit from the southern regions, mostly Ataulfos, along with a small Tommy Atkins trial for processing. Kent drying began in early June, slightly later than expected but consistent with recent seasonal…
Continue ReadingThe Final Countdown, Keitt Season
With the Kent season now winding down, we’re turning a key page in the Mexican organic mango calendar. As noted in Under the Mango Tree’s July 29 report, the final wave of Mexican organic fruit has arrived—and it feels like it’s ending sooner than usual. For Crespo Organic, the last Kents are arriving now—what we’re getting…
Continue ReadingThe Cut That Converts
Every year, as Summer Mango Mania (#MuchosMangoes) hits its final stride, our displays still flush with fruit and peak #MangoJoy, I like to shine light on the ROI of the Crespo Organic Mango program—not just the Summer Mango Mania promotion itself, but the unique approach Crespo takes year after year that continues to maintain momentum…
Continue ReadingCrop Report: Tariffs, Quality, Size
The last Mexican mango wave is here and there are big questions. It’s happening faster than normal—that’s the feeling I can’t shake as we near the final wave of the Mexican organic mango season. Will tariffs come back? Will quality change? Will we see jumbo Keitts? Will the season end early—or won’t it? With many…
Continue ReadingWhat the Blush?
American consumers are often misled into believing that high-quality produce should always look the same, season after season. That couldn’t be further from the truth. Not all mangoes are the same, not all varietals behave the same—and that’s something worth celebrating. Take the Keitts from Sinaloa, for example. These mangoes don’t fit the typical…
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