Taproot Magazine Contributors

Erica Lee Smith

Erica Lee Smith is a freelance writer who lives on Cape Cod with her husband, Chi, and their family. She is the author of an essay included in the ...

Tressa Weidenaar

Tressa Weidenaar lives in Gallup, New Mexico, with her husband and two young children. She knits, weaves, and creates with whatever materials are ...

Jakob Shockey

Jakob Shockey is tall, curly haired and pretends not to like using a computer. He lives with his wife and their two children in Southwestern Orego...

Emily Hart Roth

Emily Hart Roth is a storyteller, photographer and on the path to becoming a Forest Therapy guide.  Growing up in the Northwoods of Wisconsin, she ...

Alicia Razvi

Alicia Razvi is a micro farmer in Wisconsin. She, alongside her husband and three kids operates on a 2-acre farmstead. Wooly Thyme Micro Farm sel...

Andrea Rangel

Andrea Rangel is passionate about making and exploring. She lives in Victoria, BC and spends most of her time creating knitting patterns, but also ...

Susie Spikol

Although Susie Spikol is no longer living on an apple farm, she still can taste the difference between a Galarina and an Empire apple. When not w...

Madison Safer

Madison Safer is an illustrator who is happiest in a forest full of mushrooms. Her work is often centered around themes of nostalgia, home, and the...

Veronica Miller Jamison

Veronica Miller Jamison is an illustrator and surface artist living in Philadelphia. A trained fashion designer, her work is inspired by color, mov...

David Nilsen

David Nilsen is a beer & food journalist living near Dayton, Ohio. He is a Certified Cicerone, and his beer & food writing appears in Beer ...

Dawn Henderson

Dawn Henderson is a stay at home, homeschooling mom based in Colorado Springs who has been knitting passionately for over 6 years. She loves sweate...

Farai Harreld

Farai Harreld is a Zimbabwe-born, Botswana-bred, Kansas living mom with a love of life and penchant for all things minimalist and eco-friendly. She...

Renee Comet

Renee Comet is a Washington, DC–based commercial food photographer and food videographer who specializes in advertising, packaging, recipe videos, ...