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Lately, I've loved going to farmers' markets with my daughter. It helps me get my shopping done, supports local farms, and could keep my baby amazed for hours. The site of a bright red tomato, the smell of pot after pot of basil, an Amish guy's crazy beard—she loves it all. Farmers' markets are hitting their stride, tomatoes and bell peppers are in their prime, and best of all, you can spend the whole day meandering around the tables and never spend more than twenty bucks tops.

A few months ago, we told you about City Supported Agriculture. One of the urban farms we mentioned that was offering CSA was Greensgrow Farms. Whether you join Greensgrow's CSA next year (this year's is full) or simply go to the market, this video should give you more than enough incentive to support Greensgrow and similar endeavors around the city.

Even though there is snow on the ground and a biting chill in the air, we bet you are dreaming about Spring and the bounty that it brings. Now’s the time to think about joining a CSA. “CSA” stands for “Community Supported Agriculture,” in most cases. How it works is that you buy a share of a farm and in return you get fresh, seasonal, local, fruits and veggies every week. By joining a CSA, you are buying food directly from the farmer and essentially cutting out the middle man of the grocery store. It’s a win-win situation: you get the freshest food possible and you support your community by keeping your food dollars local.

Philadelphia has a great local food movement where a locavore can easily find something grown within 150 miles of our city. We’ll get to that in a minute. But first, we should talk about what it means to eat seasonally and locally. The average fruit or veggie travels 1,500 miles before meeting your taste buds, which means it travelled by train, plane, or auto and emitted a lot of carbon to do so. Eating seasonally means choosing a locally-grown apple to nosh on rather than a kiwi that has come all the way from New Zealand.