Lynne Curry

Lynne Curry is an independent journalist based in rural Oregon and a contributing writer for The Counter. A former farm-to-table restaurant owner, she writes frequently about small-scale agriculture, animal welfare, and environmental sustainability issues.

A gray and black map with brown cattle and yellow birds in yellow boxes with bar overlays April 2022.
The campaign for “bird-friendly beef”
Environment
by Lynne Curry
04.11.2022
Environment
Deborah Madison sitting at the kitchen table with hands clasped next to an image of produce at a farmers market. November 2020
She’s written 14 veg-focused cookbooks, yet Deborah Madison is not a vegetarian. What can she teach us about how to cook and eat?
Culture
by Lynne Curry
11.10.2020
Culture
The farm at Adaptive Seeds in Oregon with wildfire skies over a corn field. September 2020
“They are growing things that can’t be replaced”: Extreme wildfires in western Oregon threaten valuable seed supplies. They may take over a year to recover.
Environment
by Lynne Curry
09.22.2020
Environment
tractor on a farm (may 2020)
After 30 years of being shut out, the Small Business Administration just allowed farmers to apply for economic disaster loans
Politics
by Lynne Curry
05.11.2020
Politics
Curry family dinner during pandemic April 2020
Covid-19 has stranded a foreign exchange student at my house. Her classroom is now our dinner table.
Culture
by Lynne Curry
04.24.2020
Culture
family farms covid-19 relieve carroll county, TN, April 2020
Congress handed $23.5 billion in disaster relief to America’s farmers. Then it left the room.
Politics
by Lynne Curry
04.07.2020
Politics
The “eat less meat” movement is growing. Does it distort science?
Culture
by Lynne Curry
09.05.2019
Culture
conscious carnivorism in the meat aisle
Can you really be a conscious carnivore?
Culture
by Lynne Curry
07.09.2018
Culture
box of organic eggs
Is Walmart defrauding customers into spending more for “organic” eggs?
Business
by Lynne Curry
01.19.2018
Business