As a freelance journalist, my writing is informed by the principles of the Solutions Journalism Network.
Over the past decade, I have focused primarily on food systems stories that offer a sense of hope and actionable advice from experts – ranging from farmers and fishers to professors and public health professionals – about how to better care for our communities and our planet.
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Sustainable Beverages For Holiday Gifting And Gathering
Forbes.com
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Where To Find Radicchio Around Portland, Oregon
Forbes.com
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As Italian Truffles Suffer, Conscious Tourism Can Support Foragers
Forbes.com
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Portland, Oregon’s Most Exciting New Restaurants
Forbes.com
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In Oregon, Experience Classical Music At Farms, Parks, And Vineyards
Forbes.com
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The Cowgirl Behind Some of Tuscany’s Best Buffalo Cheeses
Culture Magazine
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What Bees Can Teach Us About Survival and Well-being
Civil Eats
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Summer 2025 Food and Farming Book Guide
Civil Eats
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From Bees to Beer, Buckwheat Is a Climate-Solution Crop
Civil Eats
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There’s Just One Italy-Approved Tortellini Machine And It’s In LA
Forbes.com
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This Summer’s Spicy, Zesty Flavor Trends Point to Southern Italy
Forbes.com
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This Premium Vodka Is Redefining Italian Food And Drinks Pairings
Forbes.com
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Food, Drink And Decoration Tips For A More Eco-Friendly Pride Party
Forbes.com
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Japan Has 72 Microseasons. This Couple Wants to Help You Experience Them All from Their Countryside Kitchen
AFAR Magazine
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Snacks And Drinks From Queer-Owned Businesses For Your Pride Party
Forbes.com
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Oregonians Can Now Taste Local Maple Syrup–and Learn to Make It
Civil Eats
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Care for Your Plants and Your Community with Sustainable Soil
Edible Portland Magazine
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What Do Fish, Butterflies, and Bats Have to Do With Booze?
Modern Farmer
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How a Near-Extinct Bird Returned to the Rice Fields of Sado Island
Gastro Obscura
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Imbibe 75: Inspiring People & Places
Imbibe Magazine
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PIZZycle Is the Reusable Pizza Box That Every Pizza Lover Needs
Eater
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The Best Ways to Use Quince in Home Cooking
Eater
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This Holiday Season, Choose a Gift that Supports a Farmer
Modern Farmer
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This Is the Very Best Pumpkin Spice Blend
Eater
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What Do I Do with Hazelnuts?
Eater
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Seeing the Forest for the Trees
Middlebury Magazine
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What Do I Do With Pawpaws?
Eater
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The Bounty Between the Tides
Modern Farmer
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Meet the 97-Year-Old Salt-Harvesting Matriarch
Modern Farmer
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What Do I Do with Fiddlehead Ferns?
Eater
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How to Be a Food Policy Advocate in Your Community
Modern Farmer
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Three New Cookbooks Celebrate Foraging
Eater
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This is the Year to Eat More Upcycled Foods
Modern Farmer
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Adopt An Olive Tree, Support Italy’s Biodiversity
The Italy Edit
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This Italian City Is Obsessed With Squash
Gastro Obscura
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Coppia Ferrarese: The Spidery Bread from Ferrara
Italy Segreta
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Foraging Classes, Wellness Yurts, and the Agritourism Fantasy
Eater
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Where To Eat & Drink In Florence, Italy
Life & Thyme
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Three New Cookbooks Put Corn in the Spotlight
Eater
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Meet the Flavor-Focused Farmers Cultivating More Than a Thousand Crops
Modern Farmer
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For Ramps, A Sustainable Future Depends On Leaving The Bulb Behind
Modern Farmer
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Three New Cookbooks Explore the Reality and Diversity of Italy and Its Food
Eater
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Italy’s Ban On Cultured Meat Raises Questions About Innovation Versus Tradition
Modern Farmer
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For US Maple Syrup Producers, Climate Change and Competition Threaten a Way of Life
Modern Farmer
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The Women Responsible for Italian Rice—and Workers’ Rights
Life & Thyme
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Rediscovering Calabria’s Mystical White Olives
Gastro Obscura
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Historic Drought Threatens Future of Rice Farming in Italy
Life & Thyme
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Maremma: A Taste of the Tuscan Wild West
Italy Segreta
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Tuscan Terroir Distilled in Peter in Florence Artisanal Gin
Life & Thyme
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Crisis in Sri Lanka & Kithul
Life & Thyme
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The Indigenous Family Bringing Acorns Back to California Cuisine
Gastro Obscura
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The Land We Live On: Cultivating Connections Through Indigenous Ingredients at Wahpepah’s Kitchen
Good Food Jobs
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Pomodoro Siccagno and the Past and Future of Food Preservation Traditions in Sicily
Life & Thyme
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Portland Chef and Forager Karl Holl Prepares Forest-Inspired Menus
Life & Thyme
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Grazing-Based Viticulture at Antiquum Farm
Life & Thyme
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Heirloom Beans: From Our Ancestors, For Our Descendants
Life & Thyme
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An Introduction To Heirloom Beans with Rancho Gordo
Life & Thyme
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Acoma Blue Corn Restored to Its Community of Origin
KCET
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The Importance of Restoring Ancestral Seeds to Indigenous Communities
KCET
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Girl & Dug Farm: A Model for a More Diverse Food System
KCET
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Diaspora Co.’s Vision for the Spice Trade’s Future
Life & Thyme
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Real Food and Real Jobs: Dr. Jennifer Gaddis and the Labor of Lunch
Good Food Jobs
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Consumer Supported Models for the Future of Farming
Life & Thyme
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Italian-American Ariane Lotti Is Bringing Global Thinking to Organic Farming
Darling Magazine
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Coffee, Community and Cycling in China’s Capital City
Life & Thyme
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Perini Cheese in Florence
Kaataa
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The Root of Care: Two Industries with a Common Spirit
Life & Thyme
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An Artisanal Miller’s Guide to Flour for Home Bakers
Life & Thyme
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Meet Lorenza Sebasti: The Renaissance Woman of Winemaking
Darling Magazine
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Breaking Bread During COVID-19
Darling Magazine
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Tips for Hosting a Virtual Aperitivo
Darling Magazine
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Pondering the Pantry
Life & Thyme
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The Invaluable Role of Bees in Our Food System
Life & Thyme
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The Snow and Spice of Kanzuri
Life & Thyme
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The Perfect Paella Valenciana
Life & Thyme
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Reawakened Foods: Small Millets
Lexicon of Sustainability
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The Cheese Industry’s Struggle with Tariffs: A Cultural Issue
Life & Thyme
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Between Marrakesh and San Francisco
Life & Thyme
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The Art of the Neapolitan Pizza-Maker
Life & Thyme
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The Balsamic Vinegar & Vermouth of Acetaia Giusti
Life & Thyme
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Hazelnuts in the Land of Truffles and Wine
Life & Thyme
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Master Cooper Alain Poisson
Life & Thyme
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Against the Grain
Life & Thyme