Articles

Rhino Poaching in India’s Kaziranga National Park
A conservation war on the banks of the Brahmaputra River
from Outside

Salmon Collapse in Alaska
from Harper’s

Spill Seekers
In which I sail through BP’s oil-slicked Gulf with a conservationist, a sailing racer, and the real-life Forest Gump
from Outside. Selected for Best American Science and Nature Writing 2011

On Restoring the Louisiana Marshes
from the New York Times

Heart of Dark Chocolate
in which I go rogue in the rainforest with a German cacao trader
from Outside. Winner of a Gold Medal for best adventure travel story of the year from the Society of American Travel Writers

Sorry, Michael Pollan
In which I attempt to break all 64 Food Rules in one day of gloriously irresponsible eating
from Eating Well

Savoring Parma
How did one river valley come to produce three of the world’s greatest foods?
from Forbes

Umami
from The Art of Eating

Digging Dinos in Wyoming
from Wondertime

The Honeybee Collapse
from Eating Well. Winner of both the IACP & James Beard Awards

The Latest on Colony Collapse Disorder
from the New York Times

Tropical Fruit
from The Art of Eating

Interviews

All Things Considered
Discussing the glories of oysters with Melissa Block

MSNBC, Andrea Mitchell Reports
On the disintegrating marshes of Louisiana

NBC New York
A quick tour of the city’s best raw bars

Boston Globe
On baboons, bedrock, and why I never read fiction

Burlington Free Press
On terroir, placelessness, and why my tricycle always got stuck in the river stones

C-SPAN Book TV
Reading from Fruitless Fall
Panel Discussion at the Tennessee Williams Literary Festival on Creating Compelling Nonfiction

Bon Appetit
The Oyster Guy; Chris Buck photo

Vermont Public Radio
Listen to my VPR Commentary Series here

Seattle Public Radio
Discussing collapsing salmon runs on Alaska’s Yukon River (Skip ahead to 45:00 mark)

Splendid Table
Discussing Fruitless Fall

The Current (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Discussing oysters

Quirks and Quarks (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Discussing honey bees

You Bet Your Garden
Discussing Fruitless Fall

Saveur
“Ode to the Oyster”

Citizen Polity
Fruitless Fall interview

California Literary Review
Fruitless Fall interview

Seafood Business
Interview with James Wright at seafoodbusiness.com

Boston Globe
Interview with John Burgess at boston.com