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From May's Market News: Tips for Buying Local

Locally grown food has many benefits for your health and for the environment. By making the effort to buy food locally, you are supporting farmers and producers and the local economy. But eating locally can be difficult, so these are some quick tips for buying and eating local.

Know what’s in season: part of eating locally is only being able to buy what is ready so be prepared when you go to buy. Check out www.localbc.org for a general guide of what’s in season when. Or better yet, ask your farmer when they’ll have something in!

Shop direct: know exactly where your food is coming from by shopping at a farmers’ market or joining a CSA (community supported agriculture). All of our vendors sell locally made products and some even offer CSA, so ask around to find exactly what you’re looking for.

Preserve: eating locally can mean having little access to fresh fruits and veggies over the winter. To rectify this, buy extra produce during the harvest season when they’re ripe and can, dry and freeze them to be able to enjoy your favourites over the winter.