I was at the farmers market Sunday when it struck me as odd that you can get so many fresh foods these days way out of their season.

There were at least a half dozen vendors still selling strawberries and tomatoes. I grant you the tomatoes weren’t looking the best, but are the strawberries really supposed to be at the market this late in the year?

I asked the seller and was told that it’s still pretty warm where he grows and many varieties that grew longer into the year.

So I looked up some information on California Strawberries.

According to the California Strawberry Commission, Strawberry season runs from nearly year round, depending on where you are.

Here in San Francisco you can reasonably expect to find fresh berries from April through November, the Commission said.

Let us know if you’re finding the same with fresh produce at your farmers market. Are you seeing more and more foods for sale long past what you remember being the selling season for that food?