The Southeast Marketing Center provides marketing services to growers, packer/shippers, buyers, and commodity associations in the southeast region of North Carolina. This region includes some of our state's major fruit and vegetable production areas. Blueberries are grown and shipped throughout the eastern US and Canada from late May though June. A variety of summer vegetables are produced including peppers, cucumbers, squash, corn, and watermelons and are also shipped throughout the eastern U.S. during June - September. Marketing assistance from this office includes locating buyers and suppliers, developing new markets, creating publicity for direct marketed crops, and conducting marketing promotions to increase demand for these crops.