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Writer, author, freelance journalist and communications professional who is passionate about science, technology, interactive media, food systems, ecological restoration, environmental and social justice, and general subversiveness in service of a more equitable and sustainable world.

Bylines in Wired, Vice, Motherboard, The Atlantic, The Guardian, Atmos, Noema Magazine, Civil Eats, Outside Magazine, and many others.

Author of In Search of Mycotopia, published in 2021 by Chelsea Green Publishin…

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Seed Savers Are Working to Preserve Palestinian Cuisine in Diaspora

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By Doug Bierend
| Saveur Verified
By Doug Bierend Published on December 23, 2025 On a humid September day at Saboon Maazeh farm, the lambskin-soft leaves of yakteen cast an emerald glow in the afternoon sun, while the enormous gourds laze in the shade of their own vines. Nearby are kousa squash, sesame plants, and chest-high rows of mulukhiyah—a jute mallow used in stews throughout the Levant.
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Inside Bioregionalism’s Tech-Driven Revival | NOEMA

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By Doug Bierend
| Noema Magazine Verified
Credits Doug Bierend is a writer, author and freelance journalist based in Troy, New York. His first book, “In Search of Mycotopia: Citizen Science, Fungi Fanatics, and the Untapped Potential of Mushrooms,” was published in 2021. During a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in May, President Donald Trump commented on the arbitrary nature of their nations’ shared border. “Somebody drew that line many years ago with, like, a ruler,” he mused.
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Rescuing Kelp Through Science

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By Alexandra Talty Verified, Virginia Gewin Verified, Doug Bierend
| bluelena.io
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