The techy version of Jessica Prentice’s Local Foods Wheel, What’s Fresh “will help you to eat the freshest foods by allowing you to know anytime, anywhere what fruits and vegetables are currently in season in your area. This knowledge is valuable to make selections that are beneficial for both your health and for the environment, whether you are at home or at the market. The transport of fruits and vegetables not only diminishes the taste and the nutritiousness of food, but the fuel used to transport food causes harm to the environment through the destruction of natural resources as well as through emissions.”

A vital piece of the food movement is a return to local, seasonal foods. It’s only in the last 50 years or so that all types of produce are available year-round, a reality that has been so deeply entrenched into our food system that many of us don’t think twice about being able to buy peaches in the winter and oranges in the summer.