Edible Communities is a for profit business, which groups independently owned local food magazines in North America, numbering 81 as of June 2013. [1] Edible Communities is an umbrella publishing and information services company that creates community-based, local-foods publications in culinary regions throughout the United States and Canada. [2]
It was founded by Tracey Ryder and Carole Topalian in 2002 in Ojai, California. [3] As of 2013 [update] consists of 90 Edible magazines in North America. Each magazine has culinary news tailored to the local area. Local publishers pay a licensing fee and a royalty fee to Edible Communities, Inc. [4]
Edible Communities won the 2011 James Beard Foundation Award for Publication of the Year. [5]
In January 2013, Edible Communities launched an iPhone app. [6] In the same year, Edible Communities in partnership with PBS re-launched the show The Victory Garden as "The Victory Garden: Edible Feast. It lasted two seasons. [7] [8]
The James Beard Award winning collection of regional and seasonal food magazines, Edible Communities, founded by Tracey Ryder and Carole Topalian, has recently launched an iPhone app.