The Farmers Market Box

Locavores are putting their money where their mouthes are at farmers markets and in CSA programs as well as in restaurants that are featuring local farmers fare on their menus. They are a growing conscious group of people that have are making decisions that are supporting local foodways, farming tradition, indigenous knowledge and agricultural practices , and potentially endangered crop landraces. Their growing movement has even manifested itself into our technological airwaves.
For those who would like an immediate pulse on what is in-season right now and where – a pocket-like guide – there is an amazing iPhone and iPad application called Locavore. It is also available via iTunes. For those without an iPhone or iPad, yet plenty savvy enough for social media, well, there is a Facebook application too!
So what’s so special about the Locavore app? Locavore can tell you what is in season at the exact moment that you open up the application.