Just do it!

 ​“Harvest isn’t just the act of picking a vegetable from the vine; it is a season for collecting the crops and celebrating the plentiful gifts our garden has brought us.”
 
Local Food is about getting the freshest and best-tasting food.  It’s also about connecting to and strengthening your community. So, get out there and pick some apples at the nearest orchard, buy some farm fresh eggs, pick up some veggies from a road side stand, buy a side of meat and try a new recipe.  Ask questions!  Try something different!  Just stop on your way home from work and purchase from a local farmer.  It is better for you and for the local economy.  I cram my lunch box with produce and hard boiled eggs each day and sometimes get stares at work when eating a whole cucumber as if it were a banana.  I have resorted to saving it for my ‘on the drive home snack’ along with my nuts that are banned from the school.  It is normal to me to do this and I often forget that eating a whole tomato or cucumber or carrot from the garden may look odd to others! 
 
Take a look at local listings or go to www.ontariofarmfresh.com and find a farm near you.  Just do it!