Happy Summer! What a beautiful time of year.  The days are longer and the weather is warmer. There are plenty of fun activities, trips, and gatherings that happen in the Summertime.  We encourage you to soak up all of the season by getting outside and bathing yourself with fresh air and nature.  This is the perfect time of the year to work on your garden, visit the Farmer's Market, and rejuvenate your body with fresh seasonal Summer produce. View the benefits of eating seasonally below and utilize some of the resources provided to embark on your quest to vitality. 


Benefits of Eating Local Seasonal Produce 

• Gratitude towards the seasons 
  We are fortunate to live in a state where we are able to experience each season, and the beautiful nurturing foods that come along with each of them. Eating in season allows us to embrace and look forward to the transitions in the weather, events, and local food availability. 
• Less of a carbon footprint 
  When food is grown out of your state or even country, it's either grown in a hothouse or shipped in from other parts of the world. Eating local means you are supporting small and midsize local farmers.  This helps with cutting down on pollution from shipping and trucking food, and it reduces our carbon footprint.
• Variety in nutrients  
  There is a wide array of unique crops that are harvested with each season.  Each individual food provides different vitamins and minerals to fuel your body. 
• The flavor is at it's peak 
  Produce that has been allowed to fully ripen in the sun tastes amazing. Freshly picked produce has optimal flavor and is crispy, fragrant, juicy and colorful.
• Optimal antioxidants 
  Plants get their nourishment from the sun and soil. Seasonally fresh produce is picked when it's ripe and fully developed to it's peak. The plant has had more sun exposure, which means it will have higher levels of antioxidants and assist in your health even more. 

Resources: 

• List of Colorado seasonal foods 
• Denver Farmer's Markets 
• Colorado Farmer's Markets 
• Door to Door Organics
• Farm Fresh Colorado Restaurants 
• Colorado Farm Shares and CSA's 
• Information on sustainability