Goodreads asked Mi Ae Lipe:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Mi Ae Lipe It actually started when years ago a Minnesota CSA farmer asked me to do his farm logo, but he didn't have the funds to pay for the project in full cash. So we did part of the deal as barter, with him giving me a CSA (community-supported agriculture) box. Just like everyone else who gets all this fresh produce every week, I wondered what you could do with all this stuff. I had a background in food and also in book editing, design, and production, so I started thinking that it would be fun and useful to put together a guide for CSAers. That was 16 years ago!

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