Edible Ojai is a local foods newsletter that is published four times a year, with the change of seasons. As we begin our fifth year, we are thrilled at the level to which the Ojai Valley has emerged as a viable local food community. It is through the ongoing, collective efforts of many people that we have achieved such success so soon, and for that, we are grateful to each of them. A special note of thanks goes to: our local family farmers, artisan food producers, chefs, market owners, restaurateurs, contributors, subscribers, readers and advertisers. You're the greatest!

The goal of this newsletter and web site is to be a resource that makes eating, growing and enjoying our local abundance an everyday pleasure.

Edible Ojai serves the Ventura County, an agriculturally rich area within California’s Central Coast region. Both newsletter and website act as our contribution to the growing movement throughout this country that is encouraging people to eat more locally grown and locally produced foods. By eating locally, we help sustain the small family farms that grow these foods, we enjoy food that is fresher and healthier for us, and we help reduce the cost on the environment (and in dollars) of transporting foods over long distances.

Edible Ojai is a member of Edible Communities, Inc. a network of award-winning local foods magazines in distinct culinary regions across the US and Canada. For more information, visit www.ediblecommunities.com or www.ediblenation.com.