Even the best-intentioned locavore – that is, someone who eats only or mostly food grown, raised, and produced nearby – can run into difficulties over a Philadelphia winter.
Fruits and vegetables grown in the region are climatologically limited, as are the outdoor farmers markets that link consumers with local foods. The pyramids of Pennsylvania and New Jersey produce at supermarkets such as Wegmans and Whole Foods, so prominently featured during other seasons, have dwindled to nothing.
“Winter is a tough time of year,” says Emily Gunther, product manager of the Fair Food Farmstand in Reading Terminal Market. “We always joke that we need to get creative, because the stand looks a lot less exciting when you don’t have tomatoes.”
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