The national tainted tomato scare has some Vermonters thinking more about buying locally grown produce, but it may be a bit early yet for tomatoes.

Vermont's attention was focused this week on a story that has been in the national news since April with word that a Chittenden County resident had developed salmonella poisoning after eating a tomato.

The patient, whom officials did not identify, has recovered after a hospital stay.

Peter Johnson, owner of Pete's Greens, an organic farm in Craftsbury, says local tomatoes may be hard to find in mid-June.

But he says he had just begun picking some yesterday and they should be available at farmers' markets.