Pity poor celery, the last stalk standing when storms clear out the supermarket produce aisle
Jada Yuan, The Washington Post
Feb. 23, 2021
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2of3A farmer weeds her celery field in Salinas, Calif., in July 2020.Washington Post photo by Melina Mara.Show MoreShow Less
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NEW YORK - The produce shelves of the Whole Foods Market in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, looked like the aftermath of a robbery. It was 9 p.m. on the night before the third New York City snowstorm in three weeks, and panic shopping for what would be half a day of mild snowfall was in full effect. Elsewhere in the country - and earlier in the supply chain - a polar vortex was walloping Texas and Louisiana with ice storms and catastrophic power outages. Gone were the kiwis, the organic red mangoes. A lone bunch of bananas hung forlornly from a wall. Turnips? Rooted out. The broccoli tray? Headless. The lettuce aisle? Nothing romaining.