User talk:SBJ/Produce clock

I like the idea (and vocabulary - I'd never heard "localvore" before!). Pardon my ignorance, but does produce really vary significantly year to year? Cormaggio talk 14:34, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I wonder: localvore? I don't know that it would change from year to year (though it may over decades if the globe does indeed warm), but this is more just aimed at creating a database that connects seasons from one region to another so that, e.g., if we have data from Manchester, Philadelphia, Melbourne, and Tokyo, we would eventually be able to correlate it so that if baby spinach is available in April in Philadelphia, it will be available at the corresponding mini-season in the other regions. Eventually this will lead to a simple way of talking about when foods are in season for use in wikipedia articles and other resources which need a "geographically neutral language" to describe such things (the bloom clock is moving towards a similar goal for flowering time). --SB_Johnny | talk 14:50, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Another problem I'd anticipate is whether the consumer can tell if what they're being sold is soil-grown, or from a greenhouse. Obviously, this type of clock would suit people who themselves produce fruit/veg or who have access to organic or farmers markets - will it be readily accessible to those who don't? Cormaggio talk 17:26, 28 June 2008 (UTC)