Seasonal Roots Launches a New Website

About Our Shiny New Website!

Seasonal Roots has launched a new website! Why’d we go to all that trouble? Because we wanted to create a more welcoming, easy-to-navigate experience for prospective customers and longtime members alike.

The updates do a better job of sharing the “dirt to doorstep” experience and more clearly explain…

• • the BENEFITS of eating seasonally, especially the boost it gives to our good health and the health of our community.
  • the COMFORT of knowing where your food comes from and the sustainable practices used by our farmers and food artisans.
  • the CONVENIENCE of access to unique local foods with home delivery, everything you might find at any great farmers market.

The BENEFITS of eating seasonally

Seasonal eating is often cited in books and nutritional guides as the healthiest way to eat. Our new website more clearly lays out the benefits of eating seasonally. Benefits such as:

• Better flavor and more nutrients since everything’s delivered “dirt to doorstep” in just a few days, while it’s still fresh and overflowing with healthful goodness.
• Lower carbon footprint because local food doesn’t have to be shipped long distance.
• Easy availability, because getting your food locally means you don’t have to deal with the supply-chain issues that have resulted in empty shelves at many grocery stores.

Unlike all those big corporations that ship food from across the country and beyond, our partners and team members live in and care about the neighborhoods we serve. That makes a positive impact on our local economy, the global environment, and our individual quality of life. We’re excited that our community continues to grow and that more people are understanding and enjoying the benefits of eating local seasonal produce.

While there’s no official definition of “local”, to us food is local if it comes from within 150 miles. In the winter, we expand to “regional” and bring citrus and fresh catch seafood to our members. Check out our blog post to learn a bit more why eating fresh local food is better for you.

The COMFORT of knowing where your food comes from

Since 2011, this has been the heart of Seasonal Roots – researching farmers and food artisans and partnering with the ones who share our values. To keep our members in the know, each item in the market is listed with information about who grew it or made it.

Now our website includes a new spotlight on some of Our Partners. You can see for yourself the positive impact that they’re making – with your help! When your food comes from Seasonal Roots, you know all about it. You can be confident:

• Our local farmers have a long history of nourishing the communities we serve, and a personal stake in protecting the land for future generations – including their own!
• Their safe, sustainable farming practices work in harmony with nature so that everything and everyone thrives – the produce, the humanely raised livestock, the farmers, and their customers (us!)
• Our local food artisans craft fresh, handmade fare from wholesome ingredients.

The CONVENIENCE of access to unique local foods with home delivery

We love going to farmers markets and seeing many of our farmers and artisans there! So we know good and well that nothing can match the fun of an in-person farmers market. Instead, the Seasonal Roots online farmers market offers convenience.

For members who don’t have a farmers market nearby or can’t get to one regularly or just don’t have the time, Seasonal Roots is the way to go. When you shop online with home delivery, you get:

• Access to unique local foods you’d miss out on otherwise. (Our members tell us all the time that this is something they’re really grateful for!)
• Delicious food! PLUS the good feeling of knowing you’re supporting the livelihoods of local farmers and food artisans, now and for years to come.

Our new Seasonal Highlights page provides yummy examples of the fresh local foods we can offer thanks to our dedicated providers — produce, artisan goods, dairy, meats, seafood, baked goods (including gluten-free), dips, spreads, and prepared foods.

Check out our new website here. We sure appreciate EVERGIB for their website design and Torx for their help with website development. Go local and eat well, everybody!