My Weekly Menu Planner » food in season http://myweeklymenuplanner.com Saving time and money with meal planning... Sat, 14 May 2011 22:28:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 What Food is in Season (Winter)? http://myweeklymenuplanner.com/2009/01/what-food-is-in-season-winter/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-food-is-in-season-winter http://myweeklymenuplanner.com/2009/01/what-food-is-in-season-winter/#comments Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:38:15 +0000 Krissi http://myweeklymenuplanner.com/?p=64 This post provide courtesy of: My Weekly Menu Planner where you can find meal planning tips, recipes and more.

What Food is in Season (Winter)?

]]> What’s a person to do when faced with the dizzying array of “fresh” fruits and vegetables in the modern grocery store? Strawberries are now available in the middle of winter, but they also usually taste like cardboard at that time of the year! I’ve had to think through my buying habits very carefully in the last few years, since I spend most of my time and money in the produce aisle :-)

I love to buy organic if possible, especially if it’s an item with thin skin, or an item that I know from previous experience is far superior in taste to the non-organic varieties (like oranges). But organic is not the be-all and end-all of making choices. Some organic growers are huge agribusinesses that are only one step better than non-organic growers. They may not be spraying, but they are just as likely to be depleting the soil and shipping produce long distances.

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