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Buy Local It Matters Join the Movement! Enjoy exceptional taste and freshness. Premium taste. Maximum freshness. Produce picked and eaten closer to its peak of ripeness has exceptional flavor and, when handled properly, is packed with nutrients. 1 2 3 Help preserve open space and our local lifestyle. By supporting local farmers, buying local food helps preserve green open space in your community. Strengthen your local economy and community. Buying local food keeps your dollars circulating in your community. Building relationships with the farmers who grow your food strengthens your ties to the community and the land. Hawaii Seasonality Chart * * Seasonality based on production in Hawaii. Availability could vary from year-to-year depending on weather conditions. Avocado Lychee Orange Banana Papaya Longan Mango Watermelon Pineapple Ginger Root Lettuce, Baby Greens Mushrooms Taro Onion, Round Corn Zucchini Sweetpotato Cabbage, Asian Eggplant Fruits V egetables Lettuce, Romaine Indicates PEAK availability Indicates MODERATE availability Tomato Check out these other Island Fresh products! Eggs Milk Pork Beef PRODUCED BY: JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC Atemoya Avocado Banana Cantaloupe Honeydew Lime Longan Lychee Mango Orange Papaya Persimmon Pineapple Rambutan Strawberry Starfruit Tangerine Watermelon Beans Bittermelon Burdock (Gobo) Cabbage, Chinese Cabbage, Head Cabbage, Asian Celery Corn, Sweet Cucumber Daikon Eggplant Ginger Root Heart of Palm Herbs Lettuce, Baby Greens Lettuce, Romaine Lettuce, Leaf Luau (Taro) Leaf Mushrooms Onion, Round Onion, Green Parsley, American Pepper, Green Pumpkin (Kabocha) Sprouts Squash, Oriental Sweetpotato Taro Tomato Watercress Zucchini Hawaii Agriculture and Food Products Directory http://hawaii.gov/hdoa/add/products-database ®

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Buy Local It MattersJoin the Movement!

Enjoy exceptionaltaste and freshness.Premium taste. Maximum freshness. Producepicked and eaten closer to its peak ofripeness has exceptional flavor and, whenhandled properly, is packed with nutrients.

1 2 3 Help preserve open spaceand our local lifestyle.By supporting local farmers, buying localfood helps preserve green open space in yourcommunity.

Strengthen your local economyand community.Buying local food keeps your dollarscirculating in your community. Buildingrelationships with the farmers who growyour food strengthens your ties to thecommunity and the land.

Hawaii Seasonality Chart*

* Seasonality based on production in Hawaii. Availability could vary from year-to-year depending on weather conditions.

Avocado

Lychee Orange

Banana

Papaya

Longan

Mango

WatermelonPineapple

Ginger Root Lettuce, Baby Greens

Mushrooms

Taro

Onion, Round

Corn

Zucchini

Sweetpotato

Cabbage, Asian Eggplant

Frui

tsVe

geta

bles

Lettuce, Romaine

Indicates PEAK availability

Indicates MODERATE availability

Tomato

Check out these other Island Fresh products!

Eggs Milk PorkBeef

PRODUCED BY:

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC

Atemoya

Avocado

Banana

Cantaloupe

Honeydew

Lime

Longan

Lychee

Mango

Orange

Papaya

Persimmon

Pineapple

Rambutan

Strawberry

Starfruit

Tangerine

Watermelon

Beans

Bittermelon

Burdock (Gobo)

Cabbage, Chinese

Cabbage, Head

Cabbage, Asian

Celery

Corn, Sweet

Cucumber

Daikon

Eggplant

Ginger Root

Heart of Palm

Herbs

Lettuce, Baby Greens

Lettuce, Romaine

Lettuce, Leaf

Luau (Taro) Leaf

Mushrooms

Onion, Round

Onion, Green

Parsley, American

Pepper, Green

Pumpkin (Kabocha)

Sprouts

Squash, Oriental

Sweetpotato

Taro

Tomato

Watercress

Zucchini

Hawaii Agriculture and Food Products Directoryhttp://hawaii.gov/hdoa/add/products-database

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