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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 81 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]
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.