Montagu Local

Selling fresh produce in Montagu means working with what the season brings and understanding who's buying. Montagu Local navigates the distinction between home gardeners stocking their kitchens, restaurants and cafés sourcing for their menus, and visitors looking for local fruit to take away. Quality matters differently depending on the buyer: a home cook and a restaurant have different standards for ripeness, shelf-life expectations, and volume needs. Sourcing consistency through the year—when local supply runs short, when imports become necessary, how to handle the glut during peak harvest—requires genuine supplier relationships and market timing. The credibility of a fruit and vegetable vendor rests on knowing what's actually fresh, what's been sitting, and whether what you're selling matches what you promised.