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FROM THE RETAILERS & MORE - Boards by State...and Country
Do you eat only locally grown produce or in-season produce, or limit the number of miles your produce has travelled to you? You may not want to eat blueberries that are "out of season" or not local to where you live. How do you define "local?" If you live on the East Coast, do you eat apples grown on the West Coast? Would you eat blueberries in January that are grown and shipped from Chile, when it's winter where local or US produce is grown? Learn more about what each state grows, in what region in the state, and when it's grown (seasonal availability). Info on other countries that export produce to US.
north america(includes Mexico and Central America)
california
CALIFORNIA GROWN
Wonderful recipes, classroom activities K-5 students, "meet the farmers" and more. California produces over a third of the US vegetables consumed, and more than two thirds of the US fruits and nuts.
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SOUth america
​THE CHILEAN FRUIT EXPORTERS ASSOC. | FRUITS FROM CHILE
When it's winter and spring in the Northern hemisphere, it's summer and fall in the Southern Hemisphere - hence the availability of "counter-seasonal" fruit. That's why you will find Chilean blueberries, cherries, grapes and peaches (and other stone fruit) at your local supermarket in January. Chile brings the taste of summer to you in the colder months - over 90 million boxes of fruit shipped to the US last year. Because of it's long north-south orientation (the second longest N-S country, only 95KM less than Brazil(, there are many growing areas with various climates - learn about these growing regions on the website, as well as recipes which reflect the fruits exported from Chile.
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​BLUE BO
This compayou grocer's produce buyer!
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more coming soon...
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