What's In Season - October

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October ~ Northern California
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Fruit

•apples

•avocados

•citrus: grapefruits, lemons, tangelos, tangerines, valencia oranges
•grapes

•guava

•pineapple

•kiwi

•green passion fruit

•peaches

•pears, asian

•peas, black-eyed

•peppers

•persimmons

•pomegranates

•raspberries

•sapote

•strawberries
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Vegetables
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•asparagus

•basil

•beans, green

•beets

•broccoli

•brussels sprout

•cabbage

•carrots

•cauliflower

•celery

•chard

•cherimoyas

•chili pepper

•collards

•corn

•cucumber

•eggplant

•kale

•kohlrabi

•lettuce

•mushroom

•mustard

•okra

•onion, dry onion

•potatoes

•spinach

•squash, summer

•squash,winter

•tomatillos

•tomatoes

•turnips

•yams

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Why buy local? LOCALLY GROWN FOOD TASTES BETTER!!

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Food grown in your own community was probably picked within the past day or two. It's crisp, sweet and loaded with flavor. Several studies have shown that the average distance food travels from farm to plate is 1,500 miles. In a week-long (or more) delay from harvest to dinner table, sugars turn to starches, plant cells shrink, and produce loses its vitality.

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