Question

Importance of eating seasonal food in ancient literature

Answer 1

Walk into your typical supermarket and you can find grapes from Brazil, persimmons from China and papaya from Peru. Although most of our fruits and vegetables come from warm-weather states like California, Florida and Texas, we also get a great deal of produce from Chile, China, Italy, Israel, Egypt, Mexico, New Zealand, Panama, South Africa and Thailand.

Strawberries in winter, rutabaga in spring — cross-country

Eating food out of season makes little sense economically, environmentally or nutritionally. Eating seasonally helps the economy, the environment and your health.