Food at its best is food bought fresh. The freshest food is local. Below is an elementary chart of when local produce becomes available by month within the DMV area. Vegetables not listed here are not grown locally. Other reasons to buy local:
- Fresher, healthier products
- Better tasting food
- Support of your local economy
January – March
- Greens (cooking & salad)
April
- Asparagus
- Beets
- Fresh Flowers
- Greens (cooking & salad)
- Onions
- Turnips
May
- Rhubarb
- Strawberries
- Asparagus
- Beans (snap)
- Beets
- Broccoli
- Cauliflower
- Fresh Flowers
- Greens (cooking & salad)
- Onions
- Peas
- Potatoes
- Spinach
- Turnips
June
- Blueberries
- Cherries
- Raspberries
- Rhubarb
- Strawberries
- Asparagus
- Beans (snap)
- Beets
- Broccoli
- Cauliflower
- Corn (yellow & white)
- Cucumbers
- Eggplant
- Fresh Flowers
- Okra
- Onions
- Peas
- Potatoes
- Summer Squash
- Turnips
July
- Blackberries
- Blueberries
- Cherries
- Fresh Flowers
- Melons
- Peaches
- Plums
- Raspberries
- Beans (snap)
- Beets
- Broccoli
- Cauliflower
- Corn (yellow & white)
- Cucumbers
- Eggplant
- Okra
- Onions
- Peas
- Peppers
- Potatoes
- Summer Squash
- Tomatoes
August
- Apples
- Blackberries
- Blueberries
- Figs
- Grapes
- Melons
- Peaches
- Pears
- Plums
- Raspberries
- Beans (snap)
- Beans (Lima)
- Corn (yellow & white)
- Cucumbers
- Eggplant
- Fresh Flowers
- Okra
- Onions
- Peppers
- Potatoes
- Summer Squash
- Winter Squash
- Tomatoes
September
- Apples
- Grapes
- Melons
- Peaches
- Pears
- Beans (Lima)
- Beets
- Cabbage
- Corn (yellow & white)
- Corn (Indian)
- Cucumbers
- Eggplant
- Fresh Flowers
- Gourds
- Greens (cooking)
- Okra
- Onions
- Peppers
- Potatoes
- Sweet Potatoes
- Pumpkins
- Summer Squash
- Winter Squash
- Tomatoes
- Turnips
October
- Apples
- Melons
- Pears
- Beets
- Broccoli
- Cabbage
- Cauliflower
- Corn (Indian)
- Cucumbers
- Eggplant
- Fresh Flowers
- Gourds
- Greens (cooking)
- Greens (salad)
- Onions
- Sweet Potatoes
- Pumpkins
- Spinach
- Summer Squash
- Winter Squash
- Tomatoes
- Turnips
November
- Apples
- Christmas Trees
- Broccoli
- Cabbage
- Cauliflower
- Fresh Flowers
- Greens (cooking)
- Greens (salad)
- Sweet Potato
- Pumpkins
- Spinach
- Turnips
December
- Sweet Potatoes