Exciting news! After an action-packed trip to Cider Con with the Peck Lab team from Cornell to present on the Foraged Fruit Project, I’m headed back to the UK in late February 2024 to present our work as part of a symposium on tree cultures hosted by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Linnean Society of London! More information here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tree-cultures-words-woods-and-well-being-tickets-795474564837?aff=ebdshpsearchautocomplete&keep_tld=1 Here’s a description of the conference: “This conference, organised collaboratively between Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and th ..read more

It’s time for Apple Camp 2023! I’m lending my voice to the proceedings and encouraging apple geeks of all stripes to join us at the Ashokan Center July 28-30th. More info here: https://www.hvcenterforfoodartsandag.org/apple-camp.html ..read more

I’m really excited to announce a new project, already in progress! For the full scoop: foragedfruitproject.com Media Release – Fruit Foraging in the Cider Industry Research Project August 9, 2022 Contact: Maria Kennedy, maria.kennedy@rutgers.edu Apple foraging among New York’s cider producers has slowly grown from a grassroots practice to become a regionally important phenomenon. Dr. Maria Kennedy of Rutgers University and Dr. Greg Peck of Cornell University are beginning a collaborative research project in August of 2022 to understand the impacts of fruit foraging on rural communities, cider ..read more

I’m very excited to have my article, “The Architecture of Orchards” in Issue 14 of Malus, a mighty little publication spreading ideas within the cider industry. You can read my article here. It is available on my publications page as well. I’m especially delighted to see my article in print right next to one by James Crowden. I discovered James Crowden’s book Cider the Forgotten Miracle while I was working at Goren Farm in Devon in 2004 as a volunteer through World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms. I remember sitting in the barn near an ancient screw press and a barrel of cider while readi ..read more

This article accompanies a panel at 2021 Cider Con called “Malus Busters” chaired by Greg Peck, with Chris Gerling and Doug Miller, devoted to busting some common myths of cider making, cider consumption, and cider history. Prohibition is so often cited as the reason for the death of cider, the beverage of our founding fathers, that it has become something of a truism: founding myth of the contemporary cider industry in America. From the ashes of Prohibition and a long sleep in the aftermath of Temperance madness, the modern cider industry has risen again. But truisms deserve interrogation, an ..read more

I’m delighted to share this episode from Gastropod, where I get in a few words alongside personal heroes like Michael Pollan, James Crowden, and others. Take a listen: The Big Apple Episode ..read more

Happy to share the mic again with some wonderful colleagues on Jimmy Carbone’s Beer Sessions Radio. I brought a special bottle of Holmer Perry from Ross on Wye Cider that was a huge hit with our conversation crowd. Listen to our conversations about Cider and Land here: https://heritageradionetwork.org/podcast/cider-and-land ..read more