Dive Brief:

• Growers have begun the harvest of this year's California table grapes crop -- some two weeks ahead of schedule. 
• The fruit benefited this year from a cool, dry winter in the high desert areas where much of it is grown. That's pushed the vines to produce more fruit and to finish the growth cycle sooner. 
• The harvest begins as the grape import season from Chile reaches its conclusion. That should mean a constant supply of fruit to wholesalers and retailers through the summer. 

Dive Insight:

Any good news in Californian agriculture is more than welcomed, as a drought has played havoc on most crops in the state. Table grapes, however, are a bit different. The so-called desert grapes prosper in places that other fruits cannot. They're the first to be harvested each year, and this year they're looking plumper than usual. The rest of California's grape crop also appears to be coming along nicely. 

Grapes, it appears, are one fruit that should be plentiful and reasonably priced in 2014.