Contributors
Gemma Mortlock
Gemma is an illustrator living in Kent with her partner Ashley and their two-year old Hermann tortoise Ernie. She creates whimsical and quirky illustrations which she sells online and promotes on her blog. She loves to garden, knit, write and read, and currently works full-time in London at an animation studio. You can find her work at www.etsy.com/shop/gemmamortlock.
Frances Cannon
Frances hails from the coasts, both East and West. She recently self-published a handmade book of silkscreened prints and poems called Image Burn, and is in a constant state of artistic production. She studied poetry and printmaking at the University of Vermont and is currently pursuing her MFA in nonfiction and book arts at the Iowa Writer’s Workshop.
Esme Shapiro
Esme was born and raised under the palm trees of southern California. She packed everything up to move to the East Coast to become a children's book illustrator. After studying illustration at Rhode Island School of Design, she moved to Brooklyn, New York where she currently freelances from her tiny desk. Visit her at esmeshapiro.net.
Erin Benzakein
Erin is the founder of Floret (floretflowers.com) and author of the new book Floret Farm’s Cut Flower Garden: Grow, Harvest, and Arrange Stunning Seasonal Blooms. Erin lives with her husband, two children, and a small flock of chickens on a two-acre farm in Mount Vernon, Washington. In addition to operating the farm’s cut-flower business, Erin also oversees Floret’s specialty seed company and training workshops that attract flower farmers and designers from across the globe.
Erin Adams
Erin Adams is a freelance photographer inspired by the stories behind the dish. She spends most days documenting farmers, chefs, and artisans in Asheville, NC. Her work has been published in a variety of publications along with multiple cookbooks highlighting raw foods and organic farming in California to Appalachian staples and local provisions. See more of her work at erinadamsphotography.com
Erika Howsare
Erika Howsare lives in Virginia, where she mothers full-time and works as a writer. Her first full-length book of poetry, a collaboration with Kate Schapira titled FILL: A Collection, was published in 2016, and a new chapbook is forthcoming from Magnificent Field.
Erik Jacobs
Erik Jacobs is a photographer and farmer, trying his best to impose order on the chaotic world around him. In winter, he is covering stories for many leading publications including Time, Newsweek, and the New York Times. By summer he is on his farm growing food for 40 families in his neighborhood outside of Boston. Follow him in all seasons at jacobsphotographic.us and ploughandstarsproject.com.
Erik Gillard
Erik grew up in New Hampshire where he enjoyed many hours of free time playing in the woods. He attributes his survival of the public school system largely to the accessibility of free art materials and a few good mentors. He now lives in Plainfield, VT where he works as an activist, artist, wilderness mentor, scavenger and general Utopian provocateur.
Eric Spaeth
Eric is an architect, painter and writer who lives in Philadelphia, PA and Lincoln County, Maine. He co-founded and co-manages the community garden on Squirrel Island, Maine, where he also serves as chair of the island’s sustainability committee.
Emmet Van Driesche
Emmet lives in Western Massachusetts, where he and his wife and two daughters run the Pieropan Christmas Tree Farm, a sixty-year-old grove of coppiced balsam. The remainder of the year is spent editing scientific manuscripts, teaching scything workshops, and making wooden spoons and binding notebooks for the sister business to the farm, Anchor Goods. When he isn’t forgetting to open up the chickens in the morning, he can be found on the front porch, carving knife in hand. Follow the daily adventures @pieropantrees, or learn more about the farm at pieropantrees.com.
Emma Roulette
Emma is an artist and English teacher based in Madrid. She loves lush and verdant landscapes, the impossibility of translation, mornings, global political ecology, and Latin American literature. She believes that life is in the details. View more of her work at emmaroulette.tumblr.com.
Emily Miller
Emily, a child of the farmlands of Illinois and graduate of Memphis College of Art, is now an illustrator in Nashville, Tennessee. She is currently focused on revitalizing walls and beautifying old buildings, placing her work depicting flora and fauna on buildings that have been condemned, forgotten, and abandoned to give them new life.