Independence Days
A Guide to Sustainable Food Storage & Preservation
By Sharon Astyk
(New Society Publishers, Paperback, 9780865716520, 368pp.)
Publication Date: November 2009
Categories: Methods - Canning & Preserving, Sustainable Living
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Declare food security in your own backyard.
Sharon Astyk is a former academic who is a writer, subsistence farmer, parent, activist and prolific blogger (www.sharonastyk.com and http://henandharvest.com/). She farms in upstate New York with her husband and four children, raises livestock, and grows and preserves vegetables. She is the author of Depletion and Abundance, and co-author of A Nation of Farmers.












