local food

Trying to eat in season and source locally produced food can be tough, especially if you live in a northern clime. Epicurious has this map to help us out. Here in Minnesota, we have asparagus and rhubarb right now, though we can get many things from South Dakota, North Dakota, Iowa, and Wisconsin. We also have local hydroponic growers who supply salad greens year round, and we often have vine-on tomatoes as well. My co-op lists the source of our produce, making it easier to identify local produce. I have also noticed that Whole Foods has started putting signs up to denote products on their shelves that are local. Yesterday at the co-op I bought Wisconsin green garlic and Minnesota tomatoes.

Another great site for farmers' markets, restaurants who use locally produced and/or organic food, CSA's, and farms, among other things is local harvest. I have certainly mentioned it before, but it has come in handy for me more than once.

Outside at our house, I have put in some peas, but I have not gotten around to the corn, beans, and squash. It's been busy, and it was in the 40's again last night. I think I may have had a dream about the corn, though... I have a green corn seed that is so lovely...