Pop-Up Produce Stands: A Light at the End of the Truck Stop Food Tunnel

The long winter is coming to an end. Spring and summer are just around the corner, and some day very soon the fruit and vegetable growers will come out of hibernation, bringing oh-so-fresh food right up to the roadsides.

Don’t miss out on this seasonal horn of plenty. There will be homegrown tomatoes, peppers, avocados, cucumbers and squash – all of which taste great in the raw. Texas peaches are impossible to resist, Washington will be full of deliciously sweet apples, and California will be overflowing with a wide variety of berries, grapes, oranges and grapefruit.

After a long, cold driving season of greasy truck stop food, this fresh produce is sure to sooth the bowels, revitalize the mind and, you know, actually taste good.

So keep an eye out for the coveted produce stand as you drive down these well known interstates and highways:

Texas: US 281, US 77

California: I-5, US 99

Oregon: I-84

Washington: I-84, I-82, I-90, US-395

Michigan: US 31

Georgia: US 52

Florida: I-95, US 27

Alabama: US 90

Mississippi: US 49