The Zero-Mile Diet: A Year-Round Guide to Growing Organic Food [Paperback]

"Last year's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessment stated that up to two billion people world-wide will face water shortages, and up to 30 per-cent of plant and animal species would be put at risk of extinction, if the average rise in temperature stabilises between 1.5 and 2.5 degrees. Ladies and Gentlemen, millions of people throughout the world are deeply concerned about what is happening to our planet, but they feel utterly powerless. So they look to national governments, the European Union and international agencies to act on their behalf, but too often they see nothing but argument, disagreement and prevarication. The point is that the solutions do not lie with just the private sector or just the public sector. Climate change presents such a threat that, uniquely in history, it will surely require the effort of every nation and every person to find and implement a solution before it is too late." -- HRH The Prince of Wales, 14th February 2008 Harbour Publishing is pleased to announce that The Zero-Mile Diet has been short-listed for the 2011 Canadian Culinary Book Awards. The Canadian Culinary Book Awards are designed to recognize excellence in food and beverage writing and publishing while promoting Canadian culinary food culture. Initiated by Cuisine Canada in 1998 under Jo Marie Powers, the contest is now co-hosted by the University of Guelph Library. Gold and Silver prizes are awarded in three categories: Canadian food culture, cookbooks and special interest for both English-language and French-language books. The winners will be announced on November 7, 2011, at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto.

Carolyn Herriot is the author of the bestselling A Year on the Garden Path: A 52-Week Organic Gardening Guide, The Zero-Mile Diet: A Year-Round Guide to Growing Organic Food and, most recently, The Zero-Mile Diet Cookbook: Seasonal Recipes for Delicious Homegrown Food. She is much in demand as a speaker and workshop leader on organic gardening in the Pacific Northwest, with regular columns in BC Living and
Common Ground magazines. Carolyn grows her certified-organic seed business, Seeds of Victoria, at the Garden Path Centre for Organic Gardening in Victoria, BC.