User:SBJ/Produce clock

Produce clock notes:

Project: to log when seasonal produce is available in different regions.

Goal: to develop a database where "localvores" and others interested in local food can find what's in season

Data crunching: similar to the bloom clock, following the global-temperate season model

Participants:
 * localvores
 * gardeners
 * farmers
 * culinary professionals and students

Definitions:
 * log pages for groups, not specific varieties (e.g., "slicing tomatoes", not 'Brandywine', 'Big Boy', etc.)
 * log only outdoor, soil-grown crops (not hydroponic or greenhouse)

Development:
 * Organize to develop Cookbook chapters on use of ingredients
 * Organize to develop garden book chapters on growing produce, perhaps also "encyclopedias" of specific varieties of crops (similar to the Apples book.)

Outreach:
 * Pdf files for outreach to farmers, localvores