Chadwick, Janet

Janet Chadwick is a 81 year old and mother of six, and the author of several books on food self-suffiency and saving money. Her first How to Live on Almost Nothing and Have Plenty and her fourth The Beginner's Guide to Preserving Food at Home are considered classics and receive the highest ratings in their category. Though these books were originally written in 1979 and 1982, they could have been written yesterday. In 1979 the economy tanked, jobs were scarce, the cost of food, gas and medical care was skyrocketing and banks were not lending. Many people lost their homes. Five years before thi...