Congrats! That's some real progress! Whippoorwill Creek Farm is catching on with people, just like I expected it would. Mary Riche and I are looking forward to our next visit there.
Hi Beth. My name is Brent Cunningham, I'm the executive editor of the Food & Environment Reporting Network. We're soliciting pitches for possible inclusion in an upcoming package with Eater, and I wondered if you would be interest in submitting something? Here is the information from Eater, but ideally we would move this conversation to email. If you want to reach out to brent@thefern.org.
"In recent years, the Eater team has produced a series of guides to various states and regions of the U.S. (most recently the Southwest, Northwest, California, Alaska, and Texas). Now we’re tackling the Heartland. We’re looking for writers to lend their local expertise and experience to the guide. I’m reaching out to see if you might have any story ideas that could be a good fit.
Stories will focus on unique aspects of regional foodways in a loose geographic area: Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wyoming, Montana, the Dakotas, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, and the Indigenous lands in that region. But don’t be disappointed if you’ve got a great story about Colorado or Minnesota. We’re not following a strict geographic designation. The Heartland is a place, but it’s also an idea that transcends borders (as well as ideologies, political parties, identities, and lifestyles). Part travel guide, part foodways exploration, part cultural deep-dive, Eater’s Guide to the Heartland will showcase the cuisines of a region that is chronically overlooked in the food world, celebrating the people and restaurants that define — and continue to redefine — the geographic, cultural, and emotional center of the U.S. We’re looking for a mix of longform features, personal essays, illustrated stories, profiles, and explainers. Think: A look at the legacy of Iowa’s taco pizza in the state’s first majority-Mexican town, an ode to the chili and cinnamon rolls that have filled Kansas’s school lunch trays since the Dust Bowl, a report about Montana restaurants fighting Yellowstone gentrification, or a deep dive into how Walmart shaped the dining scene in Bentonville, Arkansas. In the end we’ll publish between 6 and 8 new and evergreen stories."
Congratulations on getting your dream to become a reality. Best of luck!
It's at least a work in progress! You are a role model for going for one's dream.
Thank you.
Great to see the photo with so many friends!
Congrats! That's some real progress! Whippoorwill Creek Farm is catching on with people, just like I expected it would. Mary Riche and I are looking forward to our next visit there.
Can't wait to see you and Mary again--maybe for the burger night?. I'll have to start practicing my yoyo!
Hi Beth. My name is Brent Cunningham, I'm the executive editor of the Food & Environment Reporting Network. We're soliciting pitches for possible inclusion in an upcoming package with Eater, and I wondered if you would be interest in submitting something? Here is the information from Eater, but ideally we would move this conversation to email. If you want to reach out to brent@thefern.org.
"In recent years, the Eater team has produced a series of guides to various states and regions of the U.S. (most recently the Southwest, Northwest, California, Alaska, and Texas). Now we’re tackling the Heartland. We’re looking for writers to lend their local expertise and experience to the guide. I’m reaching out to see if you might have any story ideas that could be a good fit.
Stories will focus on unique aspects of regional foodways in a loose geographic area: Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wyoming, Montana, the Dakotas, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, and the Indigenous lands in that region. But don’t be disappointed if you’ve got a great story about Colorado or Minnesota. We’re not following a strict geographic designation. The Heartland is a place, but it’s also an idea that transcends borders (as well as ideologies, political parties, identities, and lifestyles). Part travel guide, part foodways exploration, part cultural deep-dive, Eater’s Guide to the Heartland will showcase the cuisines of a region that is chronically overlooked in the food world, celebrating the people and restaurants that define — and continue to redefine — the geographic, cultural, and emotional center of the U.S. We’re looking for a mix of longform features, personal essays, illustrated stories, profiles, and explainers. Think: A look at the legacy of Iowa’s taco pizza in the state’s first majority-Mexican town, an ode to the chili and cinnamon rolls that have filled Kansas’s school lunch trays since the Dust Bowl, a report about Montana restaurants fighting Yellowstone gentrification, or a deep dive into how Walmart shaped the dining scene in Bentonville, Arkansas. In the end we’ll publish between 6 and 8 new and evergreen stories."
Looks like a great lineup of events!
Thanks! Hope you can make one.
Me too!
Thanks Rob. Hope to see you at the farm someday soon.