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I wrote this story for Reasons to be Cheerful . Amid rows of snap peas and summer squash, incarcerated gardeners cultivate job skills,...

This op-ed appeared in Street Roots in April. Me, cleaning the sink after someone has showered at the Sunnyside Methodist Church.   If...

I wrote this story about Agape Village in Portland, Oregon for Reasons to be Cheerful .  Agape Village is a place where people find...

Two California women—Eleanor Kuntz and Kerin Law—have created the world's first archive of preserved cannabis specimens.  I wrote about...

I wrote this piece for Reasons to be Cheerful in November. A stone’s throw from the blackjack tables, bison are grazing, beehives are...

I wrote this for Reasons to be Cheerful in November. An industry that often celebrates pushing through the pain is turning its focus to...

I wrote about Grandma's Hands, a new program in Portland where grandmothers are reviving cultural connections and reducing food...

I wrote this story about one of my favorite Oregon wineries, Big Table Farm, for Food & Wine's October 2020 issue. With the wildfires still raging in Oregon right now, we here at Food & Wine debated whether it was really the right time to run a story (which appears in our October print issue) about a happy communal dinner in the middle of Oregon wine country. So we reached out to Clare Carver, who owns and runs Big Table Farm together with her husband Brian, for her take on t

This story ran on SevenFifty Daily on Sept. 21st, 2020.  Kelsey Glasser, owner and sommelier of Arden Wine Bar in Portland, Oregon ...

This story appeared on Civil Eats on Sept. 18th.  In Ghana, when a person passes a farmer in the field, they call out, “Ayekoo,” which...

By going back to the land, Black farmers are resuming a journey toward “food sovereignty” that began centuries ago. I wrote this piece for...

Populated by seasonal laborers, Oregon’s Willamette Valley could have been devastated by the coronavirus. Instead, it’s become a model...

I recently did a q&A with One Fair Wage's Saru Jayaraman for Civil Eats.  In partnership with New York City, the organization is...

When our convoluted national supply chains broke down during COVID-19 and meatpacking facilities shuttered due to outbreaks, The Redd on...

I wrote this feature about Portland-based startup MilkRun for Businessweek's food issue.  Julia Niiro on her farm in Canby, Oregon When...

I wrote this in May for British wine magazine Club Oenologique . Back in early February, before the coronavirus pandemic had shuttered...

I've long been intrigued by people who have unconventional jobs. You know, the guy who makes robotic dinosaur models for museums , or the duo who composes the music for the Daily podcast. So it was fitting when my Inc. editors gave me a new column: Who Does That?  My first subject, in the May/ June 2020 issue, is none other than Tyler Malek, the flavor whiz at Salt & Straw. (If you're not familiar with Salt & Straw, it's the Portland-based ice-cream company known for flavo

I wrote this story for Reasons to be Cheerful, David Byrne's new online magazine.  As fake meat floods the market, some fast-food joints...

I wrote this story for Civil Eats.  Chef Michael Symon, left; Rucker's radicchio salad and pork chops with kumkquats, center, with...

Farm Spirit , a high-end vegan restaurant in Portland, Oregon, was founded by chef Aaron Adams in 2015. Its mission—in addition to...