Where do our fruits and vegetables come from?

My sweet friend, former Bastyr classmate, and colleague, Jen Koorenny, MS RD, kindly sent me the following website in response to my recent post on buying local, seasonal produce.

The Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture  provides a resource that “shows common origins of more than 95 different produce commodities that are shipped into or across the United States each year.” Simply select a commodity from the drop down menu and it will calculate the product’s origin, volume of shipments per year, the leading US state producing that commodity, and the percent of shipments per month. The last indicator gives you a sense of when that commodity is in season.

Try it out…you might be surprised how far your food travels to get to your local grocery store!

Thanks, Jen!