Writing

FOOD

True Cost of Farming: Humberto Castaneda Produce is the largest grower of produce in Sonoma County. And they are struggling to survive, Made Local Magazine 

At Radical Family Farms, vegetables are more than food. They are a bridge to reclaiming lost history and culture, Made Local Magazine

The Black Church Food Security Network is building a community-centered food system by connecting Black farmers with historically African-American churches, Civil Eats

The Movement to Turn Church Land into Farmland, Civil Eats

Fire Ecology’s Lessons for a More Resilient Future, Civil Eats

Latino community embraces herbs for healing, The Press Democrat

How Farm Workers are Recovering  After the Fires in Northern California, Eater

The Navajo Nation Will Soon Have the Country’s First-Ever Junk Food Tax, Mother Jones

Zero Waste Bloggers: The Millennials Who Can Fit a Year’s Worth of Trash in Jar, The Guardian

How Much Arsenic is in Your Rice? Time Magazine

A Food Community Unites to Pay Local Farmers and Feed Fire Evacuees Nourishing, Home-Cooked Meals, KQED’s Bay Area Bites

Market Match Program at Farmers’ Markets Makes It Easier for Low Income People to Eat Healthy, Edible Marin & Wine Country

ExtraFood.Org Tackles Food Waste and Hunger with Technology and Love, Edible Marin & Wine Country

In Los Angeles, a Band of Food Rescuers is Getting Produce to the People, Civil Eats

From Soup to Fries: Amy’s Joins the “Clean” Fast Food Club, Civil Eats

Why Farm-to-Institution Sourcing is the Sleeping Giant of Local Food, Civil Eats

Free the Seed, Made Local Magazine 

PROFILES 

Obi Kauffman, The Press Democrat

New Documentary about Dolores Huerta Aims to Set the Record Straight, KQED Arts

Cheryl Strayed, The North Bay Bohemian

Rebecca Solnit, The North Bay Bohemian

Bea Johnson, The North Bay Bohemian

Maggie Nelson on ‘The Argonauts,’ KQED Arts

ESSAYS 

Like Elsa, The Rumpus

Leave Me Now, Fwriction: Review

Patti Smith’s Coat or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Personal Style, KQED Arts