I am a journalist who covers business, often through longform investigations. Most of my work explores the global food system, but I also write about technology, finance, health, and politics. Some pieces have taken me years to report, like a dispatch from Russia tracing how McDonald’s became a pawn in the Kremlin’s proxy war on America.
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Currently, I’m a contributing writer for Fast Company. I also write for Businessweek. Other outlets include The New York Times, The New Yorker, MIT Technology Review, The Dallas Morning News, and Slate. I spent much of the 2010s at New York magazine, where I wrote the print issue’s now-retired Topic Page and was part of teams that won National Magazine and James Beard awards. I’m a former McGraw Business Journalism Fellow and U.C. Berkeley-11th Hour Food and Farming Fellow, and have received grants from Type Media Center and the Food & Environment Reporting Network.

Twice my work has been anthologized in the Best American writing series. I have been a guest on Marketplace, different WNYC shows, and various podcasts. The 2025 docuseries The Price of Milk is based partly on my dairy industry reporting.

Over two decades, I’ve been able to report from ten countries and four continents — from Moscow to Tokyo to Amazonian huts, Nicaragua’s notorious El Modelo prison, and octopus fishing waters in Galicia.

Born in Texas, I now live in New York. I hold a master’s degree in religious studies and journalism from NYU.