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Can You Survive Without a Grocery Store?
It has been a long time since American’s were worried that they might have to answer that question. But recent economic and food safety concerns have contributed to a new local food movement. Communities are talking about increasing independence from the supply chain, finding ways to be self-sufficient and taking charge of our own future. Many people have decided to start a vegetable garden…and you can’t be any more local than that!
If you want to join them but are afraid that you won’t know how to get started growing your own food… relax, we’ve got you covered! “Growing Food” will teach you everything you need to know about how to plant, harvest, prepare and store the top ten (okay, eleven) vegetables in simple terms and step by step instructions.
And, this book is full of opportunities for you to connect with all kinds of resources. For the first time in gardening history, there is finally a resource that combines written information with live online interaction. Just think, you can ask a real person your gardening questions! In this book you will find links to:
• Organic gardening blogs
• Facebook, MySpace and Gather Grow Your Own Food groups
• Gardening forums, videos and podcasts
• Tons of topic specific web pages for more in depth reading
This book is not the end of your learning experience. It is the doorway to a whole network of people who can support you in growing your own food.
“Just in time for planting season, Growing Food: A Guide for Beginners” delivers a bountiful crop of useful advice and practical instruction. Jean Ann Van Krevelen and her posse of fellow organic gardeners deliver food-growing information that will encourage anyone who hasn’t already started raising their own edible plants to look at the yard, patio or window box in a new way.
Presented in an unconventional format (online and print on demand versions are available) “Growing Food” will appeal to a whole new generation of would be gardeners who go to the web—first—when seeking information, ideas and inspiration. They’ll find what they need right here.”
Debra Prinzing, Garden and Design Writer; Author of Shed Style www.shedstyle.com
It has been a long time since American’s were worried that they might have to answer that question. But recent economic and food safety concerns have contributed to a new local food movement. Communities are talking about increasing independence from the supply chain, finding ways to be self-sufficient and taking charge of our own future. Many people have decided to start a vegetable garden…and you can’t be any more local than that!
If you want to join them but are afraid that you won’t know how to get started growing your own food… relax, we’ve got you covered! “Growing Food” will teach you everything you need to know about how to plant, harvest, prepare and store the top ten (okay, eleven) vegetables in simple terms and step by step instructions.
And, this book is full of opportunities for you to connect with all kinds of resources. For the first time in gardening history, there is finally a resource that combines written information with live online interaction. Just think, you can ask a real person your gardening questions! In this book you will find links to:
• Organic gardening blogs
• Facebook, MySpace and Gather Grow Your Own Food groups
• Gardening forums, videos and podcasts
• Tons of topic specific web pages for more in depth reading
This book is not the end of your learning experience. It is the doorway to a whole network of people who can support you in growing your own food.
“Just in time for planting season, Growing Food: A Guide for Beginners” delivers a bountiful crop of useful advice and practical instruction. Jean Ann Van Krevelen and her posse of fellow organic gardeners deliver food-growing information that will encourage anyone who hasn’t already started raising their own edible plants to look at the yard, patio or window box in a new way.
Presented in an unconventional format (online and print on demand versions are available) “Growing Food” will appeal to a whole new generation of would be gardeners who go to the web—first—when seeking information, ideas and inspiration. They’ll find what they need right here.”
Debra Prinzing, Garden and Design Writer; Author of Shed Style www.shedstyle.com
