Doug Bierend

@dougbierend

Doug Bierend is a freelance journalist writing about science, technology, media, education, food, and the various ways they point to a more equitable and sustainable world. He is the author of In Search of Mycotopia: Citizen Science, Fungi Fanatics, and the Untapped Potential of Mushrooms, out with Chelsea Green Publishing in March 2021.

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Notes of “horse blanket” and “burnt Band-Aid”: How wild yeasts are bringing offbeat terroir to craft beer
Business
by Doug Bierend
07.24.2019
Business
As radical mycology becomes increasingly popular, how can it retain its open-source ethos? Credit: Doug Bierend, November 2018
Radical mycology is scaling up. Can it retain its open-source ethos?
Business
by Doug Bierend
12.03.2018
Business
Leah Penniman of Soul Fire Farm (November 2018)
Americans of color are largely excluded from producing and eating fresh food
Politics
by Doug Bierend
11.08.2018
Politics
Kingston, Washington-based restaurant Mossback is at the intersection of a fraught debate about fishing steelhead, one that pits recreational fishers against tribal commercial fisheries. Credit: Kevin Cass, September 2018
In Washington, a farm-to-table restaurant tried to serve the best local fish. Instead, it stumbled into a debate over tribal fishing rights
Culture
by Doug Bierend
09.11.2018
Culture
Vegan lettuce?
The case for “vegan” lettuce
Culture
by Doug Bierend
04.27.2016
Culture
Smugtown's foraged mushrooms
This anti-capitalist mushroom company needs a business plan. But does it want one?
Business
by Doug Bierend
01.25.2016
Business