Make your farmers market shopping list! Here’s what’s in season this August:

Returning, plentiful, and at their peak (weather willing):

Apples, heirloom tomatoes, pickling cucumbers, eggplant, grapes, melons, apples, summer squash, Dry farmed Early Girl tomatoes, tomatillos, nectarines, eggplant,  peaches, pluots, radishes, basil, sunflowers, Haricot Vert, strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, Asian pears, zinnias, mint, nopales, peppers, squash blossoms, corn, onions, lettuces, okra, plums, cherry tomatoes, dahlias, new potatoes, wax beans, shelling beans, and Romano beans

Winding down or only available in limited supply:

Bronx grapes, figs

Featured recipes:

Tomato, Cucumber, and Caper Panzanella
Norma Whitt, MKT at the Four Seasons

Grilled Ratatouille
Brooke Levy, Vegetables on Fire

Smoked King Salmon, Corn Purée, Summer Squash, and Salsa Verde
Paul Burzlaff, 31st Union

Make ‘er Mine: Summer Punch with Lemonade
Mitchell Prencavage, The Saratoga

For more seasonally inspired recipes, see our recipe archive.