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Why is Buying Seasonal Produce a Good Choice?

Why is Buying Seasonal Produce a Good Choice?

Update: 2025-10-07
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Should you buy produce "in season"? Why? And what does that even mean? How do you find out what's in season? Find out if seasonal produce is better for you or cheaper in this week's episode.

Sources

  • Seasonal Food Guide - https://www.seasonalfoodguide.org/why-eat-seasonally
  • American Heart Association - https://www.heart.org/en/news/2024/07/12/why-seasonal-eating-can-be-a-healthy-delight
  • Clemson Cooperative Extension Home and Garden Information Center - https://hgic.clemson.edu/the-benefits-of-seasonal-eating-fresh-nutrient-dense-and-budget-friendly/
  • Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
  • Falling Fruit - https://fallingfruit.org/
  • iNaturalist - https://www.inaturalist.org/

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Why is Buying Seasonal Produce a Good Choice?

Why is Buying Seasonal Produce a Good Choice?

Kat Cox & Tiffany Verbeck