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Why Eating in Season is Important
Eating seasonally has a lot of important benefits. First and foremost, fruits and vegetables that are in season taste better. They’ve been naturally brought to ripeness. Produce that isn’t in season usually gets to the grocery stores longer after harvest than in-season produce, so it’s been refrigerated longer, which reduces flavor. Take the time to make juice from fresh berries and you won’t buy from the grocery again!
Eating in season also saves money on produce. Farmers have a larger supply of the in-season produce, and so are able to offer lower prices. Eating seasonally and shopping locally go hand-in-hand. More produce is locally-sourced when it is in season in the area. Out-of-season fruits and vegetables tend to be sourced from farther away, which adds transportation and packaging costs to the price. Eating more locally-sourced food also lessens the negative environmental impact on the planet, because there’s less disposable products and fuel for transportation used.
Choosing fresh produce that is in season can even increase the food’s nutritional value. The longer produce sits in semi-truck trailers and shipping boxes when it’s sourced from far away, the less nutrition it has. Of course, it is still nutritious, but vitamins and antioxidants decline over time. Eating fruits and veggies as close to the time of their harvest as possible is how to get the most health benefits in your produce. You can also have more confidence in your local, in season produce to be free of chemicals than produce grown and harvested overseas.
Preserving food, whether you are canning, pickling, freezing or drying, is always better when you start with the freshest, in-season foods. And when you do it yourself, you know there are no artificial ingredients.
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