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Farmers’ Markets, Fisheries, and Fresh Stuffs

June 12, 2008 by gloryn

For an overview of what’s grown in season in your region go here:

http://www.epicurious.com/articlesguides/seasonalcooking/farmtotable/seasonalingredientmap

It gives a good overview of what should be growing in a farmer’s market near you, but it is very barebones and lacking in a lot of ingredients. Take this only as a brief reference- not as word of what farms are currently carrying.

For a detailed view of what is in season by specific foods go here:

http://www.farmersmarketonline.com/Inseason.htm

It has detailed information about where each specific fruit is shipped from month by month that the fruit is in season.

For a brief idea of what fish are in season go here:

http://www.harvestfields.ca/harvest/cookbooks/cook/02.htm

No information of where the fish come from, but it does give an overview of when you can get which type of fish.

For an extremely detailed map of where each farmer’s market is go here:

http://www.localharvest.org/organic-farms/

it has detailed information of which farmer’s market is where, when they’re open, contact information to reach the head of each farmer’s market, and a general idea of what will be available. Also has information of where farms are in the local region- just change the search settings from farmer’s market to farms. The site also allows you to buy whatever types of food you want within a certain zipcode or mile radius if you want: http://www.localharvest.org/store/

For a better and more detailed list than Epicurious, about what is growing in your region in the period of 2 weeks (as opposed to every month), go here:

http://www.nrdc.org/health/foodmiles/default.asp

it has much more details about what should be available. It has recipes to connect you to what’s in season, and suggestions for produce in surrounding states if you can’t find something that you’re looking for nearby that’s in season.

Frequent Flyers: Here’s a hotlist of commonly air-freighted foods and their country of origin.