Taming the Garden | Ballena Blanca
October 2021
New writing work for the latest issue of environmental magazine Ballena Blanca, featuring film director Salome Jashi and her latest documentary, Taming the Garden.
in Print, Environment
Brexit and Spanish Wine | Spanish Wine Lover
October 2021
New writing work (available both in Spanish and English) for Spanish Wine Lover, featuring how Brexit has become a big issue for Spanish wine importers and producers. You can read it here.
in Print, Food Writing, Travel, Wine
Soco Vinícola | Gourmets
October 2021
New writing work (in Spanish) for Gourmets, featuring a wine project that was born out of necessity: what to do with the 2020 grape harvest, when wineries weren’t buying small producers’ fruit because of the pandemic? Small grape growers joined forces and the outcome couldn’t be better. The story is included in the October issue, out now.
A link to the past, a taste of home | Whetstone magazine
September 2021
New work for Whetstone magazine, a long form feature on roxóns, a pork meat dish from northern Spain that is very attached to peasant culture and rural seasonal celebrations.
This mag is a favourite indie publication. With a focus on championing food to expand human empathy and challenging mainstream trends, they publish unique food stories from around the world. The work appears in the Issue 8, available to pre-order now. Please support independent journalism and buy or subscribe here.
in Print, Food, Environment, Farming
BOOK: Fermiers Urbains | Gestalten
September 2021
It is with great joy that I share these news: Urban Farmers, the book (photographed by Valery Rizzo, published by Gestalten, written by yours truly) will be out in French next month! The book was originally published in English and has also been translated to German. The French edition is available for pre-order now.
Divided in case studies, profiles, features and “activities at home” , the book, which also includes four guest essays, offers a global overview of urban agriculture across the world. From a scholar that quit academia to fight to save Mexico City’s chinampas to a passionate activist tackling food insecurity by teaching urban farming skills in Nairobi; Urban Farmers is an invitation to roll up the sleeves, start digging and ultimately grow not only vegetables but strong communities.
in Food, Environment
Growing food justice in Brooklyn | Yes Magazine
September 2021
You can now read an excerpt of my book, Urban Farmers, featuring East New York Farms! and their crucial food justice work in Yes magazine.
To read more about the book, photographed by Valery Rizzo, written by yours truly and published by Gestalten, see here.
The book is currently available in English and German, and will be soon available in French.
in Food, Photography, Environment
Flaura, edible flowers | Modern Farmer
July 2021
New work for Modern Farmer, featuring Flaura, the project of Laura López Terrón, an edible flower farmer who works on Tenerife, Canary Islands. Laura, the founder and owner, discusses her transition from office jobs to working the land, plus the difficulties of starting from scratch in a new place. Read full story here.
Asturias, Land of Artisanal Cheeses | Culture Cheese
June 2021
It’s been a treat to work on this story (writing & photography) featuring some of Asturias’s most brilliant young cheesemakers. I was lucky to get that sunshine in winter, when I photographed the story. The work appears in the Travel Issue (summer 2021) of US magazine Culture Cheese.
in Print, Food Writing, Travel
London chefs | Gourmets
June 2021
New writing work (in Spanish) for Gourmets, featuring brilliant London chefs, veterans and newcomers. The story is included in the June issue, out now.
in Print, Interviews
Enrique Olvera, interview | Gourmets
May 2021
New writing work (in Spanish) for Gourmets, an interview with renowned Mexican chef Enrique Olvera. Photography by the brilliant Araceli Paz.
in Print, Food, Environment, Farming
BOOK: Urban Farmers | Gestalten
April 2021
It is with great joy that I share these news: Urban Farmers, the book in which photographer and co-editor Valery Rizzo, the Gestalten team and yours truly have been working on for months will be out in Europe soon (April 29th)!
Divided in case studies, profiles, features and “activities at home” , the book, which also includes four guest essays, offers a global overview of urban agriculture across the world. From a scholar that quit academia to fight to save Mexico City’s chinampas to a passionate activist tackling food insecurity by teaching urban farming skills in Nairobi; Urban Farmers is an invitation to roll up the sleeves, start digging and ultimately grow not only vegetables but strong communities.
Writing this book has been a journey and I feel truly grateful for everything that I have learnt along the process. With special thanks to those busy farmers, activists, food justice advocates and all the others who made time for our interviews, the book couldn’t have happened without them. It does take a village!
For the last two decades Gabriela Fernández Orantes has been working hard to raise awareness of Mexican native corn varieties and their different flavours, protecting biodiversity and those who work the land in the process. You can read the full story -with photos- in Spanish in El País.
in Online, Environment
School Streets in London | El Diario & Ballena Blanca
April 2021
New work on London’s School Streets and how the initiative is reducing toxic air pollution. Work for Spain’s national newspaper El Diario and environmental magazine Ballena Blanca. See link here.
in Online, Travel Writing
London Greenground Map | Condé Nast Traveler Spain
March 2021
New work on London’s Greenground Map. Read full story (in Spanish) here.
in Print, Interviews
Skye Gyngell & Fern Verrow interview | Gourmets
March 2021
New writing work (in Spanish) for Gourmets, an interview with renowned London chef Skye Gyngell of Spring restaurant and biodynamic farmer Jane Scotter of Fern Verrow farm. The interview focuses on how they are joining forces to reduce food waste, both on the farm and at the restaurant.
in Online, Travel Writing
Coventry City of Culture 2021 | Condé Nast Traveler Spain
March 2021
New work profiling Coventry as City of Culture 2021. Read full story (in Spanish) here.
in Online, Travel Writing
Five winter walks in Asturias | Condé Nast Traveler Spain
February 2021
Five walks to enjoy the beauty of the Asturian outdoors in winter. The story appeared in the digital front page. Read full story (in Spanish) here.
in Online, Environment, Food
Silo London, a zero waste restaurant | Viajes National Geographic
February 2021
A feature about the self-proclaimed first zero waste restaurant in London. Read full story (in Spanish) here.
in Online, Travel Writing
Almond trees in the Canaries | Condé Nast Traveler Spain
January 2021
The almond trees, one of the crops that dominated the rural landscapes of some Canarian islands before tourism took over, put on a show at this time of the year. Read full story (in Spanish) here.
in Photography
Books for Cooks | SZ Magazin
December 2020
Photography of London’s bookshop Books for Cooks and portrait of his owner, Éric Treuille.
The work is published in SZ magazin, and available online.
