{"id":74333,"date":"2025-07-21T16:47:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T20:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.szpin.ca\/?p=74333"},"modified":"2025-07-21T16:52:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T20:52:42","slug":"community-board-harvest-time-in-ontario-fruit-and-corn-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.szpin.ca\/community-board-harvest-time-in-ontario-fruit-and-corn-too\/","title":{"rendered":"COMMUNITY BOARD: Harvest time in Ontario…FRUIT and CORN too"},"content":{"rendered":"

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With summer in full swing, so too is the sweet season of Ontario fruits \u2014 fresh from the orchard, grove, bush, field or vineyard.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mid-June harvesting begins
\n<\/strong>Local fruit season starts in early to mid-June with the much-anticipated strawberries, then succulent berries, tender fruit, tree fruit and more right follow very soon after.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Ontario Federation of Agriculture\u2019s Home Grown campaign raises awareness of why it\u2019s important to preserve Ontario farmland to produce local food, fuel, flowers and fibre.<\/span><\/p>\n

Support Canadian, support local
\n<\/strong>Buying local fruit not only supports Ontario agriculture \u2014 a critically important sector of the economy \u2014 but it is also better for you and for the planet. The moment fruit is harvested, its nutrient value begins to deteriorate. So the closer to home we can grow and harvest these crops, the tastier and healthier they are and the lower our environmental footprint, including fewer climate change-causing greenhouse gas emissions.<\/span><\/p>\n

Popular Ontario fruits and their peak harvesting season:<\/span><\/p>\n