It's the weather stupid

Just finished inspecting a shipment of Nappa cabbage from a grower located in northern Quebec.  The cabbage looked beautiful from the outside, but showed at least 30 and in some boxes 85% internal tipburn and decay when the heads were cut lengthwise.  The high heat from last week probably caused most of the damage, but the entire season has been a struggle because of the weather factor.  The nappa grower has a good reputation and is in an ideal area to moderate the temperatures and he still fell victim to the heat.  Our own growers of iceberg and romaine are also skilled and are also facing huge losses because of the heat and lack of moisture.  If this is a taste of things to come, the standards used to grade produce will have to be revised drastically or there will be smaller windows where #1 grade produce will be available.  Many veg growers will either switch to commodity crops or demand higher prices for good produce to offset the larger losses they will suffer on a regular basis from variable weather conditions.  Of course, this is all a government conspiracy.