A friend of mine sent me a great link after reading my farmer's market post yesterday. The link is a wonderful resource for finding what is fresh (and local) in your state at various times of the year.
What's Fresh Near You?
Other ways to find local foods:
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I live in Maine and here is the list of local produce right now....
Apples
Beans (dry)*
Beans (snap, wax)
Beet Greens
Beets
Broccoli
Cabbage
Cantaloupe
Carrots
Chinese Cabbage
Cucumbers
Cut Flowers
Eggplant
Herbs (frost hardy)
Herbs (not frost hardy)
Kale/Collards
Leeks
Lettuce/Mixed Greens
Onions (bulb)
Parsley
Peas (edible pod)
Peppers
Potatoes
Radishes
Raspberries
Scallions
Summer squash
Sweet Corn
Swiss Chard
Tomatoes
Watermelon
Wild Blueberries
What a great link! thanks for posting!! I live in VA just outside DC and need to start exploring my local farmers markets!
here's another cool tool for this:
http://www.epicurious.com/articlesguides/seasonalcooking/farmtotable/seasonalingredientmap
I just read about that website in Fitness Magazine! :0) Here's what's fresh right now, where I live:
Apples
Blackberries
Blueberries
Broccoli
Cabbage
Collards
Cucumbers
Eggplant
Flowers, Herbs
Lima Beans
Nectarines
Okra
Onions
Peaches
Pears
Peppers
Potatoes
Raspberries
Snap Beans
Squash
Sweet Corn
Tomatoes
I live in VA, here is what is fresh near me:
Apples
Blackberries
Blueberries
Cantaloupes
Cucumber
Grapes
Green Beans
Nectarines
Peaches
Peppers
Summer squash
Sweet Corn
Tomatoes
Watermelon
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