well, hey there.
I’m Nicole.
I'm a freelance journalist who writes about food and farming — my favorite way to share stories about people, culture, and history.
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My career path has never been a straight one. It's taken me from the Bay Area tech world to the New York art scene to journalism school. Somewhere in there, I realized what I really wanted: to tell stories and experience cultures, wherever they might be.
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Baltimore Pollinator Gardens
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![People wearing masks and gloves distributing food or supplies into a vehicle during a community service event, with bags labeled 'HUNGER? NOT IN OUR COUNTY.']()
California's 'wasted' food is filling the gap — for now
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![GIF of photos from the Build Better Tables project, including a billboard with a sketch of Coretta Scott King.]()
Build Better Tables
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![A woman feeding cows in a grassy field on a sunny day with trees in the background.]()
LGBTQ+ Farmers’ Mental Health
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![Group of people dressed in vibrant blue traditional attire, walking through a city on a sunny day.]()
Vanessa German: Ritual Reckoning
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![Aerial view of an indigenous burial ground surrounded by residential houses and roads.]()
Cementerio del Barrio de los Lipanes
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![A diverse group of people sitting around tables in a modern, industrial-style room attending a meeting or workshop.]()
Community Pie Social
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![Group of people posing on brick porch stairs in front of a house with white walls.]()
Southern Black Farmers Sow Rice and Reconciliation
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