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Rowan Jacobsen

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    • The Essential Oyster
    • Shadows on the Gulf
    • American Terroir
    • The Living Shore
    • Fruitless Fall
    • A Geography of Oysters
    • Apples of Uncommon Character
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RJ

Nature. Science. Sustainability. Grub.

Recent Stuff

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
Outside

Is Important Info about Covid-19’s Origins Being Censored?
Boston Magazine

The Stranger: Face to Face with a Sperm Whale in 6,000 Feet of Water
Outside

The Non-Paranoid Person’s Guide to Viruses Escaping Labs
Mother Jones

Profile of Visionary Environmental Artist Ben Von Wong
Orion

Slow Burn: Ten Years after the BP Oil Spill, Has Anything Changed for the Gulf?
Audubon

Discussing my Outside pieces on Alt Meat, Sun Exposure, and Ocean Plastic
Sunday Long Read Podcast (audio)

Is Vermont the Napa Valley of Natural Wine?
Boston Magazine

Beyond GMOs: Can Gene Editing Improve Food Production?
Eating Well

What Happens When the World’s Top Plastics Executives and Environmentalists Go Snorkeling Together in the Atlantic Garbage Patch?
Outside

The Nature of Nature (How unnatural is the transgenic chestnut?)
Pacific Standard

Ghost Flowers: Resurrecting Extinct Scents
Scientific American

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