Mountaineers Books
Available: 09/15/08
5 x 7 · 224 pages
978-1-59485-074-5
CDN $22.50 · pb

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Eat Where You Live

How to Find and Enjoy Local and Sustainable Food No Matter Where You Live

Lou Bendrick

Finally&$8212;a fresh, funny and positive approach to eating locally! This user-friendly field guide for eating healthy, locally-grown foods regardless of where you live features must-have accessories for a trip to the farmers market and real-world strategies for eating sustainably while supporting local farmers. Included is a “farm etiquette for urbanites” sidebar with indispensable and humorous information.

By now you know that everyone is eating locally and sustainable and maybe you want to do it too—to reduce your carbon footprint or just to ensure the freshest, healthiest food for yourself and your family. Whatever the case may be, this easy-to-read, hilarious and informative national guidebook will help you find it, cook it, and enjoy it.

LOU BENDRICK (Great Barrington, Massachusetts) is a former newspaper reporter who has written for the Aspen Times, Northern Sky News and the High Country News syndicate, “Writers on the Range.” Her work now appears in various green publications such as The Utne Reader, Grist, Plenty, Whole Life Times and Orion Online.