Local Fall Produce: What is it? Where is it?

Fall is here! Fall flavors will dominate the tastiest dishes this fall. Utilizing seasonal, local produce will ensure the highest quality ingredients and freshest flavors in your food. Look for these fall ingredients to use this month! Sweet corn, apples, asian pears, broccoli and rapini, chicories including endive and radicchio, dates, grapes, pomegranates, sweet potatoes, wild mushrooms, winter squash including pumpkin and butternut. Please note; it is especially important to choose organic when selecting apples, grapes, and pears, as these are some of the highest sprayed fruits in the market.

Support your local farmer’s markets. More than 6000 farmers work to bring us fresh produce in San Diego County. Many of them operate small, family farms, which have a reputation for higher quality, higher-value specialty crops. Buying and eating this produce, rather than industrially farmed produce, supports farmers who care and practice sustainable agriculture, not to mention food that tastes great!

Local Farmers Markets around San Diego:

TUESDAY
Coronado, 2:30-6:00 pm, Old Ferry Landing at First
Escondido- 2:30-6:00 pm, Grand Avenue at Juniper
UCSD/La Jolla- 10-2 (Sept-June) Near UCSD bookstore

WEDNESDAY
Carlsbad, 1-5, Roosevelt Street at Carlsbad Village Dr.
Ocean Beach, 4-7, 4900 block of Newport Ave
Temecula, 9-1, Promenade Mall

THURSDAY
Chula Vista, 3-6, Downtown at Center and 3rd
Horton Square, 11-3, (March-Oct)
North Park, 3-sunset, CVS at University and 32nd
Oceanside, 9-1 at Coast Highway and Pier View Way, 5-9 at
Tremont and Pier View
Tierrasanta, 3-7, De Portola Middle School

FRIDAY
La Mesa, 3-6, 8300 block of Allison Ave
Rancho Bernardo, 9-noon, Bernardo Winery parking lot

SATURDAY
Carlsbad, 9-1, Roosevelt St. at Carlsbad Village Dr.
Del Mar, 1-4, City Hall parking lot at Camino Del Mar
Pacific Beach, 8-noon, Promenade mall
Poway, 8-11:30 Old Poway Park
Scripps Ranch, 9-1, Ellen Browning Scripps Elementary School
Temecula, 8-12:30, Old Town Temecula
Vista, 7:45-11 am, City Hall Parking Lot

SUNDAY
Hillcrest, 9-1, 3960 Normal St.
La Jolla, 9-1, La Jolla Elementary
Leucadia, 10-2, Paul Ecke Elementary
Solana Beach, 2-5, 400 Block of South Cedros
San Diego, 9-1, 3rd Avenue and J

TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

10AM-3PM Chino Farms, on Calzada del Bosque, Rancho Santa Fe