“Your neighborhood grocery store may stock local produce, but anything that seems out of place for your area could be out of season and brought to you from a land far away,” says Jo Cessna, a certified nutrition expert at Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital Leishman Center for Culinary Health. “For optimal taste, select locally grown fruits and vegetables if you choose to shop for in-season produce at the grocery store.”

A farmers market is one of the best places to find local produce at the peak of freshness. Now’s the time to make the most of farmers markets, before the winter frost sets in.

For optimal taste, select locally grown fruits and vegetables.