A trip to the library changed Luann Alemao’s life—and the small city of Cedar Falls, Iowa—forever. While browsing the new arrivals shelf a few years ago, Alemao found “The Blue Zones“ by Dan Buettner, a 2012 New York Times bestseller showcasing five locations in the world with the highest percentage of people living well into their 100s.
Alemao, a former family and consumer sciences educator, remembers feeling more than a little amazed by the book. “I thought, wow, this is everything I used to teach, like food and nutrition, marriage and family, and consumer education, plus all the evidence and research to support it. I couldn’t believe that it was all here, all condensed into one book.”
