Contributors

We will continue to add contributors’ profiles to this page in the weeks to come.

Bedarf , Anne T.
Anne T. Bedarf lives and gardens in Albemarle County, where she and her husband are currently experimenting with a four-person CSA on their land near Monticello. This summer they will be volunteering at three music festivals, advising organizers on waste reduction, recycling, composting, and sustainability awareness.

ARTICLES:
“A Novel Approach to Saving the Family Farm,” Aug./Nov. 2009

Burros, Marian
Marian Burros was on staff at The New York Times for 27 years and still writes for them. She has lived in the Washington area since 1959 and remembers when there were no farmers markets. At one time or other, she worked for The Washington Post and the late lamented Washington Star and Washington Daily News. She was also a consumer reporter for D.C.’s WRC-TV. The author of 13 cookbooks, she has been writing about small farms and the pleasures of local food since the 1980s.
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Nicholls, Walter
Walter Nicholls is a former staff reporter for The Washington Post. A native Washingtonian, he has tracked down and written about the best food markets, restaurants, and farms for 21 years. He can be found at walternicholls.com.
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Reynolds, Grace
Grace Reynolds is a Piedmont native who has been involved in the Virginia food and wine industry for two decades. She also teaches English at several local universities and community colleges.
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Salatin, Joel
Internationally acclaimed conference speaker and author Joel Salatin and his family operate Polyface Farm in Augusta County near Staunton, Virginia, producing and direct marketing “salad bar” beef, “pigaerator” pork, and pastured poultry. He is now also co-owner, with Joe Cloud, of T&E Meats in Harrisonburg. Visit www.polyfacefarms.com for a list of restaurants and stores that feature Polyface products, a calendar of Joel’s speaking engagements, and information on his many books.
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Scheuerlein, Trista
Trista Scheuerlein directs the Farm-to-Table Program in Rappahannock County Public Schools. She has been actively involved in the sustainable and organic agriculture movement for 15 years.
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Ulrich, Julie
Julie Ulrich is a writer, community-based designer, and urban planner with a lifelong love of food and cooking. A transplant from Portland, Oregon, she has spent years working on a variety of local food–related projects.
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