Featured Articles
2021
“Our 2021 Food and Farming Holiday Book Gift Guide.” Civil Eats. December 2021.
“Why Socotra is Known as the ‘Galapagos of the Indian Ocean’.” How Stuff Works. December 2021.
“Planting a Life—and a Future—After Prison at Benevolence Farm.” Civil Eats. September 2021.
“Here’s How the Climate Crisis is Impacting the Water Cycle.” How Stuff Works. July 2021.
“The science of habits.” Knowable. July 2021.
“The ‘Lights Out’ Program Kills the Lights to Save the Birds.” How Stuff Works. June 2021.
“7 Secret Caves We’d Love to See Inside.” How Stuff Works. May 2021.
“Scotland Could Become the World’s First ‘Rewilding Nation’.” How Stuff Works. May 2021.
“Phthalates Are Everywhere and Scientists Are Worried.” How Stuff Works. March 2021.
2020
“How we bury our dead during a pandemic.” Knowable. September 2020.
“A dirty and growing problem: Too few toilets.” Science News for Students. September 2020.
“Freelancing in the Time of Coronavirus.” The Open Notebook. August 2020.
“Waiting for a ‘smart’ toilet? It’s nearly here.” Science News for Students. June 2020.
“For this North Dakota grocery, the pandemic is personal.” Food & Environment Reporting Network. June 2020.
“Are Ski Areas Responsible for the Spread of COVID-19?” Powder. April 2020.
“MLMs are using the Coronavirus to recruit new sellers.” The Goods by Vox. March 2020.
“Restoring Food Sovereignty on the Spirit Lake Reservation.” Civil Eats. March 2020.
“What makes food ‘local’?” Knowable. February 2020.
“What We Learned About Eating ‘Good’ Food from The Good Place.” Kitchn. February 2020.
“What it Takes to Keep Independent Grocery Stores Open in Rural Communities.” Civil Eats. January 2020.
2019
“Why Does the ‘Dirty Dancing’ Lake Keep Draining?” How Stuff Works. December 2019.
“Bridging the Citizen Science Gap.” Earth Island Journal. November 2019.
“Fighting Africa’s fall armyworm invasion with radio shows and phone apps.” Mongabay. November 2019.
“Do ‘environmentally responsible’ products help the planet? Or do they just get us to buy more stuff?” Ensia. October 2019.
“How the Salton Sea Became an Eco Wasteland.” How Stuff Works. October 2019.
“On whose green earth?” Knowable Magazine. September 2019.
“Before + Now: How Photos Are Telling the Story of Coffee Farmers in Burundi.” Fresh Cup. September 2019.
“Do You Bake Bread? You Just Might Be a Community Scientist.” Civil Eats. August 2019.
“21 New and Noteworthy Food and Farming Books to Read This Summer.” Civil Eats. June 2019.
“World of Coffee Berlin 2019 Recap.” Fresh Cup. June 2019.
“Can Technology Save Coffee?” Modern Farmer. May 2019.
“Counting on eDNA for a faster, easier way to count coral.” Mongabay. May 2019.
“Despistados: A Café with a Strong Sense of Place.” Fresh Cup. April 2019.
“As Global Insect Populations Decline, Crop Pests May Not.” Earth Island Journal Online. April 2019.
“The fight to save coffee from climate change heats up.” Sustainable Food Trust. March 2019.
“Foraging at Forest Schools, Where Nature is the Classroom.” Civil Eats. March 2019
“Preparing for Invasive Pests Before They Arrive.” Undark. March 2019.
“Cultivating Coffee’s Next Generation.” Modern Farmer. March 2019.
“Fall Armyworm Continues its Invasion of Asia.” Earth Island Journal Online. February 2019.
“Scientists name 66 species as potential biodiversity threats to EU.” Science News. January 2019.
“Edible Landscapes are Unlawning America.” Civil Eats. January 2019.
2018
“Social media, e-commerce sites facilitate illegal orchid trade.” Mongabay.org. December 2018.
“Camera-wielding robot records effects of pesticide on bees’ behavior.” Mongabay.org. November 2018
“Machine-learning app to fight invasive crop pest in Africa.” Mongabay.org. October 2018.
“Creativity Over Chemicals.” Sustainable Food Trust. October 2018.
“Robot Lawnmowers are Killing Hedgehogs.” Wired. September 2018.
“Fall Armyworm’s Arrival in India Sparks Fear of its Spread Through Asia.” Earth Island Journal Online. August 2018.
“March of the Armyworm.” Earth Island Journal. June 2018.
“Can Food Coops Survive the New Retail Reality?” Civil Eats. February 2018.
2017 and earlier
“Local Flowers Make a Comeback.” Civil Eats. August 2017.
“Tomatopocalypse: Could a Tiny Moth Make Ketchup Scarce?" Civil Eats. September 2016.
“Refugee Farmers are Putting Down Roots in North Carolina.” Civil Eats. January 2016.
“This is What a Feminist Kitchen Looks Like.” Render Food Magazine. Autumn 2015.
“Café Crossroads: Black Coffee Roasting Company.” Fresh Cup Magazine. April 2015.
“Rust and Resilience.” Fresh Cup Magazine. March 2015.
“Battling the Coffee Rust: Photos of Farmers Fighting an Epidemic.” Modern Farmer. August 2014.