Contributors
Terese Allen, "Fresh, Local Flavor is What's Cooking" (issue 1) and "Eat Smart Books" (issue 2)
Terese is a freelance food writer, former chef and author of several cookbooks. She serves on the board of directors of Research, Education, Action and Policy (REAP) Food Group, a food and sustainability organization based in Madison, WI. Contact her at tallen@gdinet.com
Elizabeth Barry, "Mom & Blueberries" (issue 4) and "Unnatural Eating" (issue 5)
Elizabeth is 23, lives in Toronto, and has recently graduated from Ryerson University with a degree in social work. She aspires to change the world, to write and to find the perfect cup of coffee to go with her coffee cake.
Kerry A. Beane, "Five Bites to Freedom" (issue 3)
Kerry has conducted research and published papers on the subject of Integrated Pest Management since 1987. She is a freelance writer in Davis, California, where she heads up the consultancy, Interactive Solutions. Kerry holds a BS degree in Agricultural Science from CSU Fresno and an MS in Community Development from UC Davis. Comments welcome: kera108@mac.com.
Alastair Bland, "Edward France: Profile of an Activist" (issue 2)
Alastair is a graduate of UC Santa Barbara (2002) with a degree in geography and anthropology. He has been writing for about a year and has had essays and articles published in several California newspapers, two travel websites, EGullet.com (an on-line food magazine), and Petits Propos Culinaires (a British food quarterly). Soon, he will have pieces appearing in Orion Society magazine, Malibu Times, and the Marin Independent Journal.
Michael Blau-Shane, "The Pessimistic Chef" (issue 5)
Michael is currently a Pastry Chef in Boston. He is a graduate of NECI and he enjoys making sausage in his spare time.
Robyn Cornwell, "Fasting: The Ultimate Pollution Solution" (issue 5)
Robyn is a Certified Sutainable Building Advisor and a long-time truth-seeker. With over 20 years of technical writing and market research achievements, she is now turning her skills to assisting others in living a healthy life in an increasingly polluted world. She also has been a raw foodist since 2000.
Tamara Dean, "Knowing the Soil" (issue 3)
Tamara writes, teaches, gardens, and experiments with alternative building techniques in southwestern Wisconsin.
Matt Dineen, "Dumpsters and Roadkill: Dissecting the Food Politics of Evasion and Feral Visions" (issue 2)
Matt is currently living in Northampton, MA after a one-year affair with Madison, WI. He is an intern at Class Action, a non-profit organization working to bridge the class divide. Matt's weblog features articles and interviews with people who are struggling to follow their passions in a capitalist society. He can be reached at passionsandsurvival@gmail.com.
Miles Dinnen, "Sustaining in Pittsburgh" (issue 4)
Miles is a social worker/writer in Pittsburgh, PA. He is 27 and self-identifies as an FTM TS/TG male. He is interested in subjects including self-reliance/self-discipline, primitivism, anarchism, history, intentional community, and sustainability.
Berni Dwan, "The Well-Travelled Tuber: A Brief History of the Potato" (issue 2)
Berni Dwan is a freelance journalist writing mainly about science and technology for Irish and international publications. She lives in Dublin with her husband Brian and her seven-year-old daughter Hannah. Berni has a particular interest in the history of vegetables and fruit, of the plant collectors who discovered them over the centuries, as well as historic recipes. An organic vegetable patch in the back garden and a grapevine in the greenhouse will keep the whole family busy for the next six months!
Feivel, "Art as Activism" (issue 2)
Feivel is a welder, bike-builder, anarchist and artist who has recently spent time in Minneaopolis, Portland and San Francisco. Feivel currently lives and makes street-art in Milwaukee, WI.
Kristin Forde, "Lunch Duty" (issue 1)
Kristin is a middle school teacher in Madison, Wisconsin. She has taught for five years and is taking a year off to infiltrate schools and city communities with urban cultural art endeavors-she's ready for the revolution to begin.
Carol Greenberg (nee: Potasnik), "Mushrooms: Exploring the Culinary Fungi" (issue 2)
Carol currently lives in Narberth, PA. After retiring from the fashion industry as a fashion designer and marketing director, she became a freelance writer. She has two sons and six grandchildren. Her hobbies are painting, writing, ecology and traveling. Carol has published two books of poetry: "Angels Knocking At The Back Door" and "In the Eye Of The Jellyfish."
Elizabeth Katt-Reinders, "Lactivist" (issue 2)
Elizabeth is a graduate student and freelance writer. She lives in Madison, WI with her husband and their darling son.
Jennifer Allen Keilty, "Slow Eating" (issue 5)
Jennifer lives with her husband and brother in Portland, OR, where she works for the school district with special needs children. Her interest in sustainable food has led to a desire to make all aspects of her life as environmentally and socially sustainable as possible. An avid reader, eater and writer, she has combined these interests by writing a cookbook for children, for which she is currently seeking a publisher.
Rebeccah Kessel,"Open Source Ecology" and "Reclaiming Public Spaces" (issue 1)
Rebeccah lives, works, eats and feeds others in Madison, WI.
Danielle Latman, "Laulima Farms" (issue 1)
Danielle is a nice Jewish girl from Brooklyn who likes cooking, bike-riding and splashing under waterfalls with her friends. She's a writer and reader who is glad to be part of this journal.
Loetitia S. Lilot , "Art as Activism" (issue 5)
Loetitia grew up in San Francisco, California, where she began her interest in art and conscious eating. She has traveled and lived in Europe, India, the Caribbean, and South America. She has degrees in Art Illustration and Art Education.
Amelia LoDolce, "Rosemary Baked Root Veggies" (issue 4)
Amelia is a graduate student at the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy in the Agriculture, Food, and Environment program. Prior to entering the program, she started and managed a vegan, kosher kitchen at the SUNY Binghamton Food Co-op in Binghamton, NY.
Minhazz Majumdar, "The Spice Box of India" (issue 1)
Minhazz is a passionate advocate of all things beautiful and handmade, be it handicrafts or food. A writer, designer and researcher, she works with communities across north and northeastern India on craft development, environmental awareness and cultural documentation programmes.
Richard Masterson, "Art as Activism" (issue 2)
Richard lives in northern California, and took the featured photographs while visiting his daughter, Ruth, in Baltimore, MD.
Ruth Masterson, "Art as Activism" (issue 2)
Ruth frequented the year-round farmer's market three blocks from her home in Baltimore, MD, which made grad school a little more bearable. She's now happy to be moving near the Takoma Park, MD farmer's market AND the Takoma Park/Silver Spring Co-op.
Colin Matthes,"Art as Activism" (issue 2)
Colin makes illustrations, installations, drawings, and paintings. You can see more at ideasinpictures.org. He produces work for various publications, as well as self-publishes the art zine ideas in pictures. Contact him at ideasinpictures@yahoo.com or at Colin Matthes, PO Box 510214, Milwaukee, WI 53203.
Robert McClure, "Sustainable Food and Local Currency" (issue 1)
Robert has been operating a small CSA in Lavalle, Wisconsin since 1993. He helped found Madison Hours community currency in 1995 and currently serves on its board.
Doug Minkler, "Art as Activism"
Doug is a San Francisco Bay Area poster maker specializing in fund raising, outreach and educational posters. Past collaborations include work with ILWU, Rain Forest Action Network, SF Mime Troupe, ACLU, The Lawyers Guild, CISPES, United Auto Workers, Africa Information Network, Ecumenical Peace Union, ADAPT, Cop Watch, Street Sheet, and Veteran's for Peace. To view his work, please visit www.dminkler.com.
Emily North, banner art
Emily lives in NYC. She writes, makes art, does freelance design and has worked at various non-profits in the city. Learn more at em16.info.
Cassandra Palmer, "Almond Coconut Rounds" (issue 5)
Cassandra is the founder and president of an organic foods catering company, serving the Atlanta, GA area. Her company also focuses on special-needs diets, such as gluten-free diets. Additionally, Cassandra is the mother of two children with disabilities, caused by Autism and Sensory Integration Dysfunction. She is devoted to researching truth in all areas of life and serving others by sharing knowledge. For more information about her company, please visit www.naturallygourmetcatering.com.
Alana Perlin, "The Veg Game" (issue 5)
Alana (http://alanaperlin.com) recently completed her MFA candidacy in Digital Arts/New Media at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She graduated with her B.A. from UCLA's Design/Media Arts department. Alana has worked around the world as an artist, teacher, and researcher. Her past projects involve digital photography and database design for the Easter Island Statue Project in Chile, the Farfan project in northern Peru, and the X'ian project in China. She is now affiliated with the Social Computing Laboratory at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She researches the conceptual intersections of virtual and physical spaces.
Jessica Prentise, "The Egg Moon" (issue 3)
Jessica is a professional chef, food activist, and author. Her first book, Full Moon Feast: Food and the Hunger for Connection, champions locally grown, humanely raised foods and traditional cooking methods. It is available through her website: www.wisefoodways.com. She is a co-founder of Locavores and the Eat Local Challenge, and is a chapter leader for the Weston A. Price Foundation. You can email her at jessica@wisefoodways.com.
Rachel Rappaport, "Broccoli and Garlic Pasta" (issue 5)
Rachel lives and eats in Baltimore, MD. When she is not reading, watching movies or crafting she is creating new recipes for her blog Coconut & Lime. You can contact her at coconutlimeblog@gmail.com.
Chiori Santiago, "The Flavor of Hope" (issue 1)
Chiori is the editor of Nikkei Heritage, the journal of the National Japanese American Historical Society. Her articles about herbal medicine, social activism, family life, and tap dancing have appeared in Forbes, In These Times, Parenting, and Smithsonian magazines. She is a 2003 Fellow of the George Washington Williams Fellowship for Journalists of Color sponsored by the Independent Press Association, for which "The Flavor of Hope" was produced.
Susan Sarratt, "Eat Your Greens" (issue 1) and "Put Your Root Down: A Practical Guide to Guerilla Gardening" (issue 2)
Susan came up with the idea for Sustainable Eating while studying science writing, independent media and web design at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is now happy to be back on the west coast where she can grow veggies year-round.
Andy Singer, "Art as Activism" (issue 3)
Andy self-syndicates his cartoon "No Exit" to about a dozen newspapers and magazines around the country. To see more of his work and order his new book, check out his website at www.andysinger.com.
Frank S. Spinelli, "Gluten and Guilt" (issue 5)
Frank was an actor for many years before turning to writing. He recently went back to school and finished his degree which, he hopes, will preclude any further bartending gigs. His work has been published in the literary magazine Si Senor, as well as in American Identity, for which his essay on immigration won a Judge's Award of Merit. More of his work can be seen on his website at www.franksspinelli.com.
The Sustainability Club of Whatcom Community College, "Hegemonic Freedom through Sustainable Agriculture" (issue 5)
The Sustainability Club of Whatcom Community College formed in January 2007. It is their general goal to inform and educate others on how to live a more sustainable life. In particular, they have taken on the task of lobbying for an on-campus Permaculture forest and the implementation of a related two-year degree program. Their proposed Permaculture forest will be a completely self-contained, permanent agricultural site located on their campus in Bellingham, Washington. It is their hope to produce food that can be handcarted to the Community Food co-op thatŐs going to be built a mere two blocks away, without producing any environmentally harmful side effects, while simultaneously discouraging the importation of food from far-off places and encouraging community self-reliance. However, beyond the boundaries of their proposed Permaculture forest, they exhort everyone: donŐt give in to the prevailing sense of apathy spreading like a plague through our society &$151; pick a cause and fight for our planet! The Sustainability Club can be contacted at wcc_sustainability@hotmail.com. Members: Alex MIddleton, Alisa Eddy, Eric Schiller and Amanda Knutzen; Advisor: Guy Smith.
Sayaka Junior Suzuki, "Art as Activism" (issue 2)
Sayaka was born in Yokohama, Japan and for the past 17 years has travelled extensively in the United States and England. She recieved her Bachelors of Fine Arts from Tulane University in New Orleans and is currently working on her Masters of Fine Arts Degree at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia.
Michelle Tooker, "Book Review: Fast Food Nation" (issue 5)
Michelle is a freelance writer located in Philadelphia, PA. Currently finishing up her B.A. in Communications, she is an avid traveler and food connoisseur.