The fifty-eighth issue of Taproot, an independent, bimonthly, ad-free print magazine. Taproot celebrates farm, food, family and craft through writing, photography and the arts, both fine and domestic.
COVER by Nina Pace
HEAD - essays about living a more connected life
A Moveable Feast by Saisie Moore (photos by Heidi Kirn)
Art of the Harvest by Rachel McDonald
Everyday Preparedness at Home by Heather Bruggeman
Growing Community by Growing Flax Fiber by Kellyn Hough (photos by Lola Brown and Kellyn Hough)
Beyond Organic by Ciara O’Brien
Why We Eat the Leaves We Do by Jeanne L.D. Osnas
HANDS - recipes & crafts
There’s No Taste like Home by Ashley English (photos by Erin Adams)
A Sun Feast by Ashley Moore
Herbed Garden Pickles by Catarina Seixas
Summer Stone Fruit Recipes by Kaity Farrell
Improv Soup by Lily Heron Marsh (photos by Demetria Provatas Honeywell)
Leather & Linen Belt Bag by Rachel Jepson Wolf & Sage Wolf
Hayfields Cowl by Mary O’Shea (photos by Amanda Blake Soule)
HEART - the personal experience of more connected living
Keeping an Ear to the Ground by Kim Kobersmith (illustrations by Maya Chessman)
The Old Laying Hen Dilemma by Nathaniel B. Munro (illustrations by Maren Salomon)
Mezzo-Soprano by Liz Bischof.
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