Lindsay crudele is a james beard award-winning writer based in Boston.

Boston Globe: Raspberries for $18 a pound? $10 for strawberries? Here’s why produce is so expensive in Mass. right now.

Boston Globe: Raspberries for $18 a pound? $10 for strawberries? Here’s why produce is so expensive in Mass. right now.

Raspberries for $18 a pound? $10 for strawberries? Here’s why produce is so expensive in Mass. right now.


It’s not just gas stations where Massachusetts consumers are seeing erratic prices. It’s also in the produce section at Boston-area supermarkets: Some raspberries now cost as much as $18 a pound and blueberries as much as $14 a quart.


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