they had a little sign up about it this weekend. i can't remember what the explanation was, but it did make me think "so *that's* why there haven't been any lemons..."

Who cares? Every other store on the hill has lemons. I've been eating gobs of them all summer.

You think that is frustrating? I live in Arizona and the Whole Foods here is frequently out of lemons and/or limes. There are lime trees in my neighborhood dropping fruit to the ground but the Whole Foods can't figure out how to get any of them in the store, despite all of the signs imploring me to "Eat Locally".

I guess I should just steal from the neighbors.

Man, they must be handing out writing gigs to everyone these days. Is that all you have to talk about???? Lame...

http://www.wedge.coop/produce/produce-lemon-shortage.html

I'm not sure about Madison Market in particular but in general CA and AZ crops were devastated by freezes this season. Imported citrus that is available is from South America mostly and it's fumigated and thus not organic.
Unfumigated Mexican lemons are available, some organic, but they are too green for the american consumer, though they taste just fine.

news value - nothing

beverage value - less, as they have been just fine at my shopping spots

conclusion - slow new day, not very focused

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

by contrast, testicle are a flame, wow, love those testicle pix and stories

kinaidos has the clue here: after the disastrous weather ruined the citrus crops, Madison Market was unable to find lemons that met their quality standards. (I believe those aren't the "mmm, these are pretty and taste good" standards, but the "ethically grown, organic" standards.)

I'm torn between wishing that they'd have carried other lemons with a warning, and the notion that in doing so it would have allowed me to fool myself about the goodness of those particular lemons. By having to go to QFC and purchase them, it's easy to keep in mind that they're suboptimal.

@ 3, while I enjoy shopping at Whole Foods I find their whole "eat locally" slogan laughable given that half the produce section is stocked with southern hemisphere goods at any given time of the year.

Time for a Lemon Party

Organic lemons get moldy way too quickly.

The co-op near my place is frequently out of produce, no biggy, really. I'd love to see them stock important lemons with a sign "these probably suck, but in case you need them."

Ha ha ha, "imported", it should read.

Thanks for bringing to our attention what happens when there is a freeze or other impact on crops. There's news about it and then a few months later nobody can remember wtf. It shows how jaded we are about price fixing and we just assume it's some kind of excuse - maybe it is, maybe it isn't. lemons? oil?

Inidentally...I read this last night.

Then just this morning I saw a woman walking out of M Street Market (is this also what you call Madison Market?) with a huge bag of lemons!

I was sorta like, ZOINKS! I didn't know people actually bought those.

*incidentally, of course

For a foodie like me Lemons are liquid sunshine. For a taste of Israel for your Shabbat table try Lemon Olive Roast Chicken with organic lemons from Madison market. This chicken is especially popular in Moroccan Jewish homes!