What's in Season Near You? Produce Season Finder
Pick your state and a month to see what produce is typically in season where you live — drawn from regional Cooperative Extension harvest calendars, the same sourced data behind our per-state what's-in-season guides.
No state picked yet? Start with the national picture
There's no single national season — a warm state like California or Florida harvests weeks earlier and longer than Maine or Minnesota. As a broad USDA baseline, here's what each season typically brings:
| Season | Typically in season (national baseline) |
|---|---|
| Spring | asparagus, peas, lettuce, spinach, radishes, rhubarb, strawberries, broccoli, cabbage, kale, spring onions |
| Summer | tomatoes, sweet corn, peppers, cucumbers, summer squash, zucchini, peaches, melons, berries, beans, eggplant |
| Fall | apples, pumpkins, winter squash, sweet potatoes, broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, grapes, pears, root vegetables |
| Winter | citrus, kale, collards, cabbage, leeks, Brussels sprouts, and storage crops (potatoes, onions, winter squash, carrots, beets) |
National-typical baseline from the USDA SNAP-Ed — Seasonal Produce Guide. For your local timing, pick your state above — or browse the national month-by-month calendar and farmers markets by state.
How this tool works (and what it won't claim)
Each state is mapped to one of eight U.S. harvest regions, and each region's month-by-month produce list is encoded from named land-grant Cooperative Extension and USDA sources (listed at the bottom of this page). That means the results are typical regional windows, not town-by-town guarantees — your elevation, that year's weather, and whether a farmer uses greenhouses or high tunnels can shift any crop by a few weeks. Straddle states like Texas or Washington get an extra note explaining which half of the state the calendar reflects.
For a few places — Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico — no mainland regional calendar honestly fits, so the tool says so and shows the national baseline instead of inventing dates. The farmers at your local market remain the single most reliable seasonality source anywhere: what's piled high and priced well is what's in season right now.
Every state's produce calendar
Prefer a full page? Each state below links to its complete month-by-month what's-in-season guide.
Northeast
Midwest & Upper Midwest
Southeast
Pacific Northwest
California
Southwest Desert
No sourced regional calendar yet
These sit outside the mainland Extension harvest regions — their pages show the honest national baseline rather than invented local dates.
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Weighing a farm share for the produce you'd buy in season? The CSA cost calculator compares a real share price against your weekly grocery produce spend — and the CSA directory shows the farms near you.
Sources
- Penn State Extension — Harvest Calendar
- Cornell Cooperative Extension — Vegetable Program Crops
- University of Delaware Cooperative Extension — Planning a Vegetable Garden
- Iowa State University Extension — Yard & Garden
- University of Minnesota Extension — Growing Staple Vegetables in Minnesota
- Illinois Extension — Sample the Season
- NC State Extension — Garden Calendars
- Clemson HGIC — Harvesting Vegetables
- UGA CAES — Organic Cool-Season Crop Rotations for the Southeast
- Texas A&M AgriLife Extension — Texas Home Vegetable Gardening Guide
- Go Texan — Texas Produce Availability Chart
- Colorado State Extension — PlantTalk: When to Harvest Vegetables
- Utah State University Extension — Local Fruit & Vegetable Availability (Wasatch Front)
- WSU Extension — Whatcom Seasonal Harvest Guide
- OSU Extension — Monthly Garden Calendars
- UC ANR — Harvest Calendar
- CDFA — California Agricultural Statistics
- University of Arizona Cooperative Extension — Planting & Harvesting Calendar (Yuma / Maricopa County)
- University of Arizona Cooperative Extension — Arizona's Seasonal Role in National Supply
- FDACS — Fresh From Florida: Crops in Season
- UF/IFAS — Florida Gardening Calendar
- USDA SNAP-Ed — Seasonal Produce Guide
- USDA AMS — Local & Regional Food Directories
Results are typical regional harvest windows from Cooperative Extension and USDA sources, not a town-by-town guarantee. Timing varies by microclimate, elevation, weather, and growing method — confirm local timing with the farmers at your market.