Through 'Vertumnus,' a printable produce seasonal poster created by a developer who struggled to find detailed seasonal information at the variety level, we explore how to enjoy seasonal ingredients on our tables more smartly.
Imagine this. It’s a weekend morning, and you head to the farmers market with excitement. Have you ever experienced the disappointment of rushing over, hoping for those sweet ‘Early Girl’ tomatoes, only to be told it’s not quite the season yet?
We often know the general ‘tomato season,’ but it’s hard to know exactly which variety tastes best and when. Today, we introduce ‘Vertumnus,’ a project started to quench this little thirst in our daily lives.
Why is this important?
These days, you can find various vegetables at supermarkets all year round. However, there is a big difference in taste and nutrition compared to eating produce harvested freshly at the peak of its season from local farms. A farmers market is a great place to ask farmers directly about the source of your food and find trustworthy ingredients. If you prepare a list of questions in advance, you can have deeper conversations with farmers and learn how to pick seasonal ingredients. Simply put, a farmers market is a transparent space where you can directly verify the ‘production process’ of your food. Communicating directly with local farms and purchasing from them is more than just buying goods; it is an act of protecting the health of our tables.
To use an analogy, if a large supermarket is a ‘department store with everything in stock,’ a farmers market is like a ‘hot spot that selects and sells only what is tastiest at this very moment.’ That is why ‘variety-specific’ information is more important than anything else for frequent farmers market shoppers.
Simplifying: What is Vertumnus?
Vertumnus is a project aimed at providing printable posters containing seasonal information by variety for those who enjoy farmers markets. Source
The creator wanted to know the exact harvest time for a specific tomato variety they loved, but started the project personally after struggling to find detailed information on the internet. Source It is an attempt to organize vast and scattered produce information into a beautifully designed poster that looks like interior decor. The key is that it’s made so you can grasp the season at a glance instead of using complicated tables or long texts.
How to use it?
The creator conceived this project based on the experience of finding it difficult to find detailed seasonal information at the variety level online. Source
If you want to check seasonal ingredient information more thoroughly, it is also good to utilize various seasonal produce calendars found online.
For reference, if you want to put up the created poster in a large size on your home or office wall, using an online tool that splits image files for large printing is also a great method. By doing this, your very own ‘seasonal produce guide’ will be right next to your dining table.
What lies ahead?
Choosing seasonal ingredients is the start of sustainable consumption. If such projects increase in the future, it is expected that a lifestyle connected to local farms will become more established, going beyond simple purchasing. Even as the digital world advances, it is the honest ingredients from the land that fill our tables. Before you go grocery shopping today, why not consider which variety will taste best at the farmers market right now?
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In the flood of information, what we truly need is ‘detailed information perfectly suited for me.’ Vertumnus is a great example of how an idea starting from an ordinary inconvenience can enrich our lives. It is very impressive that digital technology is moving in a direction that makes our analog daily lives more enjoyable and smarter.
References
- ShowHN: vertumnus – printable posters of farmers’ market… (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49598855)
- Local Farmers Market Seasonal Produce (https://tr.pinterest.com/ideas/local-farmers-market-seasonal-produce/934504100228/)
- Questions to Ask Your Farmer at the Farmers Market (https://branchbasics.com/blogs/food/questions-to-ask-your-farmer-at-the-farmers-market)
- Five Reasons to Shop a Farmer’s Market - Live Simply (https://livesimply.me/five-reasons-shop-farmers-market/)
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BlockPoster — Free Online Large Poster Maker Print at Home (https://blockposter.net/)
- To sell more vegetables
- Difficulty in finding accurate seasonal information for specific produce varieties
- To help with farmers market marketing
- Mobile app
- Printable posters
- Weekly email newsletter
- You can ask farmers directly about the source of ingredients
- You can purchase fresh produce grown by local farmers directly
- You can automatically receive seasonal information by variety via text