Winifred Bird

Winifred Bird is a writer, translator, lifelong cook, and lover of plants both wild and domesticated. From 2005 through 2014 she lived in Japan, where she worked as an environmental journalist, grew organic rice and vegetables, and ate as many foraged foods as possible. Her writing has been published in the Japan Times, NPR.org, Dwell, Pacific Standard, and elsewhere. She currently lives with her family in northern Illinois.