Josephine DeFalco

Josephine DeFalco loves to tell a good tale. With three adult children and their children, a multitude of pets and wild things in her life, she finds ample material for her stories. As a registered dietitian, she worked in public health and wrote for Arizona Woman Magazine for ten years, before returning to college to become a registered nurse and EMT. She will rescue anything with fur, feathers, or skin as long as it promises not to bite.

Jo divides her time between an urban farm in Arizona and a rural farm in Wisconsin, growing much of the food her family eats. She has written two books on food preservation which support her drive to teach others food gardening, health, nutrition, and self-sufficiency.