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At the Adventure School we are on a never-ending quest to become greener, cleaner, and generally more conscientious beings. We also like to give credit when credit’s due to the people who are doing cool things to help all of us become better inhabitants of the planet Earth. Buster McLeod (also the author of one of our favorite blogs, Enjoymentland) is one such person. Buster’s contribution is ultra-modern and ultra-cool because it comes in the form of an iPhone application. His application, called Locavore, helps users figure out what produce is in season on a state-by-state basis. Buster got the idea to create Locavore from Barbara Kingsolver’s bestseller Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, an account of the year when Kingsolver and her hardcore family ate only locally produced food or food they’d grown themselves. Buster’s app comes in handy if you ever find yourself in Pike Place Market looking at a colorful array of beautiful fruit, but have no idea which ones were grown in Walla Walla and which were schlepped all the way from Honduras. Locavore finds information about the goods at farmers’ markets near you and general food availability data by collaborating with organizations committed to promoting local food like LocalHarvest.org and The Natural Resources Defense Council. Locavore has the ability to show you what’s coming into season and how much time you have left to buy currently seasonable produce. You can also search by fruit and figure out where you need to go to get a real, honest to goodness, in season pear. Intrigued? Totally sold? Good news. Locavore is available at the iTunes App store for $2.99.
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