Dec 14th, 2009
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My Food Philosophy

Not only do I love great tasting food, I choose to prepare and eat foods that are healthy for my family and the environment. This includes eating fruits and vegetables that are in season and buying meat and poultry that are grown using sustainable and humane practices. My first post on this topic discusses some advantages of buying local produce. If you’re not buying seasonal produce, please keep reading to learn what you are missing.

Eating wild blueberries from the farmers’ market for the first time, I was amazed. Those little berries packed so much flavour, the perfect balance of sweet and tart, how could I have missed out all these years?

Since locally grown fruits and vegetables ripen on the tree or plant, (instead of in a truck or warehouse), they convert more solar energy into tasty sugars, yielding juicy, flavourful produce. Buying produce that is in season will also encourage you to experiment with new foods. Many consumers are still unfamiliar with the variety of winter squashes and root vegetables available throughout a North American winter. They are easy to prepare, taste great, and offer too many vitamins to be ignored.

Most grocery stores carry some locally grown produce, at least from the same continent, so if that is the best you can do for now, give it a try. Buying foods that are in season will save you some money too.

To find a farmers’ market near you check out the links below:

If you have a favourite farmers’ market or other helpful information, please add it in the comments.