Just because it’s winter doesn’t mean you have to return to eating 100,000-mile foods. As the demand for local and seasonal food grows, farmers’ markets across the country are staying open well into in the fall and even right through the coldest, darkest days of winter. And don’t think that eating locally raised produce means a steady diet of roots, tubers, apples and cabbage. Growers are responding to customer demand investing in new ways of farming that extend the growing season, such as cold frames, hoop houses and of course, hot houses.

We’ve gone shopping for the best selection from coast to coast so you can keep delicate local greens and beefy Canadian tomatoes on the menu this winter.
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