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Catch Marla’s first show on Edible Radio! Edible Radio broadcasts Edible stories from local communities, hosted by various Edible Communities publishers, to an internet audience. You can listen online, download the podcasts, subscribe and find them also on The Huffington Post. On her first episode of Growing Home, Marla talks to musicians Rosi and Brian Amador, founders of the Boston-based musical ensemble Sol y Canto, about their touring musical feast in seven courses, Sabor y Memoria. They recently performed at the Carver Community Cultural Center in San Antonio. Rosi and Brian talk about what inspires their music, the role food plays in their lives and how food defines and brings together family and community. Everyone will want a taste! And thanks for sharing.

The 2011 James Beard Foundation Publication of the Year Award:

EDIBLE COMMUNITIES PUBLICATIONS 
The national network of magazines that started in Ojai not even a decade ago and has grown to include 70 magazines around the country, including Edible Austin.

This year, the Journalism Committee of the James Beard Foundation Awards has decided for the first time to present a special award for what it deems to be Publication of the Year. The Publication of the Year Award recognizes a publication—in magazine, newspaper, or digital format—that demonstrates fresh directions, worthy ambitions, and a forward-looking approach to food journalism.

The publications produced by the Edible Communities company are “locavores” with national appeal. They are locally grown and community based, like the foods, family farmers, growers, retailers, chefs, and food artisans they feature. The company’s unique publishing model addresses the most crucial trends in food journalism; the publications are rooted in distinct culinary regions throughout the United States and Canada, celebrating local, seasonal foods with the goal of transforming the way we shop, cook, and eat. Their underlying values speak to today’s spirit of shared responsibility: every person has the right to affordable, fresh, healthful food on a daily basis.

Edible Communities is more than a group of high-quality, regional print magazines with compelling storytelling and visual narratives. Through electronic and digital platforms—websites, social media, Edible Radio podcasts, and popular local events—its food journalism carries regional stories to national and global audiences. We believe that in years to come the collected work of these unique publications will serve as a valuable resource for exploring the impact of regional food and agriculture from a grassroots perspective.

At a time when journalists are reinventing traditional publications and embracing digital formats, the Journalism Committee of the James Beard Foundation is proud to recognize Edible Communities for this first-ever award. Edible Communities’ body of work reflects excellence in the ever-changing world of food journalism. Its publications inform and connect today’s food-savvy readers with local communities that stand for a healthful, flavorful, and sustainable food supply.

— The Journalism Awards Committee