Produce for Each Season
Taking time from your busy week to plan your next shopping trip is important. Making a list, checking your budget, and even involving your family in your planning are things you must have already heard many times.
What you may not know, is that you can also plan when buying produce. In North Carolina, fruits and vegetables vary throughout the year by growing conditions and weather. Here, we have compiled a list of which produce is available for every month of the year.
And don’t forget! You can use your FNS/SNAP benefits in North Carolina to purchase produce at your local farmers’ markets and grocery stores.
January
Apples, carrots, collards, herbs, peanuts, spinach, and sweet potatoes.
February
Apples, collards, herbs, peanuts, spinach, and sweet potatoes.
March
Asparagus, collards, herbs, mushroom, peanuts, spinach, and sweet potatoes.
April
Asparagus, broccoli, collards, herbs, lettuce, mushrooms, mustard greens, peanuts, radishes, romaine, snow pea tips, spinach, strawberries, sweet potatoes, and turnips.
May
Beets, blueberries, Bok choy, broccoli, cabbage, collards, green peas, herbs, kale, lettuce, mushrooms, mustard greens, napa, peanuts, radishes, romaine, snow peas, snow pea tips, spinach, strawberries, sweet potatoes, turnips, and zucchini.
June
Beets, blackberries, blueberries, Bok choy, cabbage, carrots, collards, cucumbers, eggplant, green onions, herbs, kale, mushrooms, mustard greens, napa, onions, peaches, peanuts, peppers, plums, potatoes, radishes, raspberries, snap beans, snow peas, squash, strawberries, sweet corn, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, turnips, and zucchini.
July
Blackberries, blueberries, butterbeans, cabbage, cantaloupes, carrots, cherry tomatoes, collards, cucumbers, eggplant, figs, garlic, green onions, herbs, honeydew melons, nectarines, okra, onions, peaches, peanuts, peppers, plums, potatoes, snap beans, sprite melons, squash, sweet corn, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, watermelon, and zucchini.
August
Apples, butterbeans, cabbage, cantaloupes, cherry tomatoes, collards, cucumbers, eggplant, figs, garlic, green onions, herbs, honeydew melons, muscadine grapes, nectarines, okra, peaches, peanuts, pears, peppers, plums, snap beans, sprite melons, squash, sweet corn, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, watermelon, and zucchini.
September
Apples, blackberries, cabbage, cherry tomatoes, collards, cucumbers, figs, green onions, green peas, herbs, Indian corn, muscadine grapes, mushrooms, mustard greens, peaches, peanuts, pears, persimmons, pumpkins, raspberries, snap beans, squash, sweet corn, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, and zucchini.
October
Apples, beets, Bok choy, cabbage, cherry tomatoes, collards, cucumbers, herbs, Indian corn, kale, lettuce, muscadine grapes, mushrooms, mustard greens, napa, peanuts, pears, persimmons, pumpkins, radishes, raspberries, romaine, snow peas, snow pea tips, spinach, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, and turnips.
November
Apples, beets, Bok choy, cabbage, collards, cucumbers, herbs, Indian corn, kale, lettuce, mushrooms, mustard greens, napa, peanuts, pecans, radishes, romaine, snow peas, snow pea tips, spinach, sweet potatoes, and turnips.
December
Apples, beets, Bok choy, cabbage, carrots, collards, herbs, kale, mustard greens, napa, peanuts, pecans, spinach, sweet potatoes, and turnips.
Source: https://files.nc.gov/ncoshr/Wellness_AvailabilityChart.pdf
For questions about the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or to receive SNAP Application Assistance contact the More In My Basket staff:
Visit: morefood.org
English Toll Free: 1-855-240-1451
Spanish Toll Free: 1-888-382-7105
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