You want to eat locally grown, fresh food but can’t find the time or have absolutely no interest in all the weed-wacking and planting a garden requires?

Find a CSA, a farmer’s market or visit a local farm near you. Localharvest.org offers a zip code based tool that finds relevant listings along with consumer reviews and maps. You can also search by the type of food you are looking for, as well as find grocery stores, co-ops and restaurants that serve locally grown food.

Eating locally grown food helps save energy, but small, local farms also often use organic or integrated pest management techniques to reduce reliance of chemical pesticides. Strike up a conversation with whomever is selling it and you will often learn a ton (perhaps more than you ever wanted to know!). Besides possible health benefits, freshly picked food often tastes so good relative to store bought. Maybe you can finally get your kids (or better half) to eat those green beans…