From the Ground Up: A Food Grower's Education In Life, Love, and the Movement That's Changing the Nation

From the Ground Up: A Food Grower's Education In Life, Love, and the Movement That's Changing the NationWhen Jeanne Nolan, a teenager in search of a less materialistic, more authentic existence, left Chicago in 1987 to join a communal farm, she had no idea that her decades long journey would lead her to the heart of a movement that is currently changing our nations relationship to food. Now a leader in the sustainable food movement, Nolan shares her story in From the Ground Up, helping us understand the benefits of organic gardeningfor the environment,

When Jeanne Nolan, a teenager in search of a less materialistic, more authentic existence, left Chicago in 1987 to join a communal farm, she had no idea that her decades-long journey would lead her to the heart of a movement that is currently changing our nationÕs relationship to food. Now a leader in the sustainable food movement, Nolan shares her story in From the Ground Up, helping us understand the benefits of organic gardeningÑfor the environment, our health, our wallets, our families, and our communities.

From the Ground Up chronicles NolanÕs journey as she returned seventeen years later, disillusioned with communal life, to her parentsÕ suburban home on the North Shore as a single mother with few marketable skills. Her mother suggested she plant a vegetable garden in their yard, and it grew so abundantly that she established a small business planting organic gardens in suburban yards.