Why eat apples and persimmons in December and not apricots and blueberries?
One major reason is that apricots and blueberries might be rather hard to find at your local grocery store right now because they are not in season. Why eat in season? According to World’s Healthiest Foods.com, seasons form a natural backdrop for eating. Imagine a garden in the dead of winter. Now imagine that same garden on a sunny summer day. Conditions are very different during these two seasons of the year. For ecologists, seasons are considered a source of natural diversity. Changes in the earth’s growing conditions from season to season are vital for balancing the earth’s resources. But today it’s so easy for us to forget about seasons when we eat! Modern technology-food processing and worldwide distribution of food make foods available year-round. A food that is in season is better because that is when you get the most flavor and nutritional value and when it is the most affordable. Not only are certain fruits and vegetables hard to find when they are not in season, they are als
