It’s week three of our collaborative 8-Week Recipe Contest with food52, an online community for home cooks. If you have a great recipe starring fresh cherries, go to the food52 contest page to submit your recipe for a chance to win a $100 gift card from Whole Foods Market.

Summer is here and one of our favorite things about summer is fresh cherries. Well, if you too are a fan of cherries, today may just be the best day ever to enjoy them! We are celebrating the season with a nationwide one-day cherry sale of $1.99 per pound. That’s right, June 18th only, fresh cherries are $1.99 per pound in all stores, all day long! Our team (from field inspectors to buyers to the team members in the stores) is working hard to bring you the tastiest fruit possible. Don’t miss this great opportunity to stock up!

It’s cherry season! A bowl of fresh cherries is one of the best ways to savor summer.

Congratulations to Sarah from Miami for being randomly chosen as the winner of the African CD collection!

Dan Storper is the CEO and Founder of Putumayo World Music.

Our web team developed this cool map of our local growers and vendors and we couldn’t wait to share it with you. Now remember: this is a work in progress! Local partnerships are added all the time and some of our regions and stores aren’t represented yet.

Our 30^th birthday is coming up and we’re giving away 30 trips-for-two to help us celebrate in our birthplace: Austin, Texas!