Growing Local Food

Empowering you and your community to grow more of your own food

A good primer on getting back to a healthier lifestyle. 22 chapters explore ideas as simple as growing herbs in a pot to information on raising heritage breed cows.

After a rewarding, but often frustrating career as a General Practitioner, where the life expectancy of a medical doctor is 57 years, Dr. Mary Lou Shaw has found her voice and a way to treat the causes and not just the symptoms of so many of our food related diseases and bad eating habits. In her book, Growing Local Food, she and her husband, Tom, have clearly charted the path to a healthier and more rewarding life through simple living and growing their own food on fertile soil.

—Art Bolduc

Contents

• 1. Why Local Food Is Healthier Food
• 2. Where You Can Find Local Food
• 3. The Power of Seeds
• 4. Good Food Needs Good Soil
• 5. Groceries from Your Own Backyard
• 6. Gardens Can Be Any Shape or Size
• 7. Compost Is Black Gold
• 8. Plantings Seeds Indoors
• 9. Planning Your Garden
• 10. Growing Food without Chemicals
• 11. Local Food Includes Local Animals
• 12. Backyard Chickens May Be for You
• 13. Keeping Heritage Breed Cows
• 14. Fresh Milk Is a Nutritious Food
• 15. Successful Beekeeping with Your Own Honeybees
• 16. Rainwater Harvesting
• 17. Plant Perennials for Food
• 18. There's Always Room for Growing Herbs
• 19. Eat Locally Grown Food All Year
• 20. Additional Ways to Store Food for the Winter
• 21. Self-Sufficiency through Saving Seeds
• 22. Extend Your Growing Season
• Recipes
• Resources by Chapter