Nov 15, 2022
Allison B. Salerno’s award-winning writing and audio production has been featured on Southern Foodways Alliance’s Gravy podcast, America’s Test Kitchen podcast, Proof, on local NPR stations, and in The Washington Post, Ms. magazine, and Columbia Journalism Review, among others. Allison’s audio news features have earned her two Georgia AP awards and a Gabby from the Georgia Association of Broadcasters. A former daily newspaper editor and writer, she has more than two decades of experience covering a wide range of topics. Allison now focuses her work primarily on finding the human stories behind food systems, agriculture and environmental issues. An inveterate traveler, she currently lives in Athens, Georgia.
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How one Georgia veteran found healing in farming
Culinary school enrollment drops even as need soars at restaurants
The country’s longest-running prison publication faces censorship
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