Contact: Pattie Baker
Mom Tells How She Increased Her Family's (and City's) Resilience After 9/11
(and How You Can, Too)
ATLANTA, GA – August 17, 2011 – The day after 9/11/01 (ten years ago now), a mom named Pattie Baker, a native New Yorker living in suburban Atlanta with her husband and two young daughters, stood in her local Publix supermarket and imagined the possibility of terrorists "hitting" the U.S. food supply. She stocked up on staples like Cheerios, peanut butter, and bottled water. She made a decision that, if nothing else, she would learn how to grow food for her daughters. This small and seemingly inconsequential decision changed her life and the lives of those around her. Her book, Food for My Daughters: what one mom decided to do when the towers fell (and what you can do, too) shares thought-provoking stories about sustainability, resiliency, and life; valuable tips for taking positive action in an uncertain world; and even versatile recipes (a "Baker's Dozen," ever so appropriately) for using the new abundance growing outside your kitchen door or in your community garden plot.
"I had no idea that when I took that simple action of planting a seed that so many positive, life-changing things would happen as a result," stated Baker. "I never imagined I would learn from, and along with, so many other people, and that I'd help start community gardens; feed those in need; launch the sustainability commission for the newest city in the United States and influence that city's Comprehensive Land Use Plan; write a series of blogs and articles that would lead to me specializing in sustainability as my calling; and ultimately, raise my daughters with the life skills they simply weren't learning anywhere else."
"I had no idea that when I took that simple action of planting a seed that so many positive, life-changing things would happen as a result," stated Baker. "I never imagined I would learn from, and along with, so many other people, and that I'd help start community gardens; feed those in need; launch the sustainability commission for the newest city in the United States and influence that city's Comprehensive Land Use Plan; write a series of blogs and articles that would lead to me specializing in sustainability as my calling; and ultimately, raise my daughters with the life skills they simply weren't learning anywhere else."
"I was increasingly called on to help others take some of these steps as well, and I wrote this book to provide information and inspiration to make it easier for them to do so," Baker explained. "Ultimately, however, this book is a gift for my daughters, and my future grandchildren. It contains basic knowledge that has skipped not one, but two generations, and is intended to help bridge this gap."
About Food for My Daughters
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About Pattie Baker
