About Me
I am a Brooklyn-based food writer who covers food politics, trends and sustainability issues. My work appears in the Washington Post, (where I was a staff writer), the New York Times, Slate, New York magazine and other publications. On this site, you will find my blog and links to my written work and my podcast, Smart Food.
Monthly Archives: February 2010
A plan to fix school lunch?
“No nation is any healthier than its children or more prosperous than its farmers,” President Harry Truman pronounced as he signed legislation establishing the National School Lunch Program. If that was the goal, the program has been a failure. Small farmers are struggling and one-third of American children are overweight and obese. How did this [...]
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The future of food writing