The Seasonal Food Guide
Features:
● Comprehensive data on more than 140 types of fruits, veggies, legumes, nuts and herbs.
● Search what’s in season at any time of year in each of the 50 states.
● Find out when your favorite produce is at peak freshness and tastes the best.
● Easily set shopping reminders so you’ll never forget to pick up your favorite seasonal foods at your next trip to the market.
● Never miss a seasonal food again! You can seamlessly set reminders for when your favorite foods are in season.
● Includes links to incredible recipes, fun facts and information about the environmental impact of growing each type of produce.
● Data sources: the Natural Resources Defense Council, USDA, state agriculture extension offices and state departments of agriculture.
● Seasonality data accurate to half-month increments.
● A free, food literacy resource developed by a nonprofit.
What is seasonal food?
Seasonal food is produce that is purchased and consumed around the time that it is harvested.
Why is it important to eat food that’s in season?
Studies indicate that seasonal food can be fresher, tastier and more nutritious than food consumed out of season. Seasonal fruits and vegetables produced on local farms are often fresher, as they do not require long distances for transport. Also, unlike out of season produce which is harvested early in order to be shipped and distributed to your local retail store, crops picked at their peak ripeness are full of flavor. Studies also show that fruits and vegetables may contain more nutrients when allowed to ripen naturally on their parent plant.
Why is eating local food important?
● Purchasing local food benefits the environment and helps support local farms in your community. A recent USDA study also found that direct-to-consumer producers were less likely to apply pesticides and herbicides to control weeds and insects than conventional producers (with the exception of chemicals to control insects and weeds in fruit, nut and berry crops).
● By purchasing local food, you’re supporting your community! The money you spend on products from local farmers and growers stays in the community and is reinvested with other local businesses, which generates jobs and subsequently stimulates local economies.
● Local growers can tell you how your food was grown. When you buy directly from farmers, you have the opportunity to ask what practices they use to raise and harvest the crops, enhancing consumer transparency around the steps it takes to get our food from farm to table.
Developer Information:
The Seasonal Food Guide is a project of GRACE Communications Foundation, a nonprofit organization that develops innovative strategies to increase public awareness of the critical environmental and public health issues created by our current industrial food system, and to advocate for more sustainable alternatives.
If you have any questions about the Seasonal Food Guide or would like to make a suggestion, please contact [email protected].
Category : Food & Drink
Reviews (30)
The app has large pictures of each item in season and you have to scroll continuously and go through the full listing. I wish there was a text listing instead as other reviewers have also mentioned. Pretty cumbersome.
Learning to eat seasonally? This has a straight forward list of what is in season in your state at the current (and future) time of year. Don't recognize a fruit or vegetable, no problem, click on it and you can learn the history of the plant, the history of how it is used in food, sustainability and any concerns with industry surrounding the production. I'm very happy with this app!
Good for local seasonal foods, but the data often doesn't match their website and the data is sometimes incorrect. Example: they claim olives are not grown in Florida, Texas, or Arizona when they are and by several commercial growers.
It's so easy to use. I like the Layout and the information about each food. There is a lot more produce in season than I thought I really hope the information is accurate.
I use this every time I make a grocery list. I had been trying to be kinder to the enviornment and think locally and now it is much easier. This app changed the way I shop.
I like the suggestions and length of season reminder. It helps to keep the table switched up to keep me cooking rather than eating out!
for some reason it keeps saying I live in Tennessee when I am in NC nowhere near the border. mostly it is great i love seasonal foods. it would be above and beyond perfect if it included cattle, fish, and fowl.
This has made picking meals simpler by educating me on what is good for the season and what may be smart to by at the markets.
This App is Awesome. Gives all necessary info on food by states, months, & seasons. Really worth reading and having. To the inventor, thanks a million.
I really love this app! It's full of very helpful info. Thanks for enlarging the learn & cook page...greatly appreciate that!
This app has everything I need and nothing I don't. Easy to use, pretty interface and good information.
I just needed something some simple that would tell me the produce that is in season in my region. This was right on point!
Helpful! I especially appreciate the links to info on using and preparing the specific produce items.
I love that I can find in season produce quickly and each page comes with recipes.
I love this app!!! Its filled with great information and even recepies to be a healthier me!!
Always helpful. Good tips and recipes. I never shop without it!
Cool but please add "where it's grown" to the info on each fruit and vegetable.
Great guide for what is in season and when! Also love that recipes are provided
I've never given a 5 star to an App but this one has made shopping so much easier!
Fun app to find out what I can get at the store for pickling and canning fresh food
Very helpful in finding when i should be looking for sales at stores on seasonal fruits and veggies and when i might find them at farmers market
Awesome food guide for beginners and those that are just curious
love that it also lets you look up how to use and cook it too
I love this app but their should be categories for friut veggies and thier should be one for meat like wild game
Great for predicting what's gonna be at my local farmers market! So helpful and informative :)
Awesome information but just not practical enough to scroll page after page after page after page after page after page....
All the fruits and vegetables you could ever want to know and information on how to prepare them
I use this to do my shopping each week and use it in conjunction with Full Circle, an organic food delivery service that sells the produce of local farmers.
very informative and convenient
I really love this app simply because it helps me stay seasonal which has really reduced my grocery list. Plus it forces my family to try new foods. My partner anyway. My son is 7 months old and loves everything from apples to kale to zucchini and sweet potatoes. Even leeks and a variety of herbs. I always check this app right before shopping.