Ashley Stimpson is a Maryland-based freelance journalist whose work runs the gamut from science and travel writing to profiles and investigative features. Mostly, she writes about wildlife and conservation. Sometimes, she writes about people, particularly members of invisible or disappearing subcultures. Every once in a while, she writes essays. When she’s feeling real squirrely, she writes poetry.
A Crop for a Saltier Future?
What will farmers grow in the salty fields of the future? Melino thinks it might be salicornia.
January 29, 2025