Bio

Caroline Abels is a journalist, essayist, and editor focusing on local and small-scale agriculture, particularly issues related 
to the humane treatment of farm animals. She also writes about Zen Buddhism, which she has practiced since 1999.

From 1997 to 2003, Caroline worked at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, where she was the paper’s first cultural arts reporter. Following that, she earned a master's degree in Environmental Advocacy and Organizing from Antioch University New England. 

Since 2007, she has been the founding editor of the quarterly magazine Vermont’s Local Banquet, which covers local food and farming issues in Vermont. Her goal as a writer and editor is to produce work that is viscerally felt, meticulously investigated, and consistently honest. 

She has also worked on an organic dairy farm and a small-scale poultry and livestock farm, both in Vermont. In 2009, she joined with six other Vermont residents to establish the Vermont State House Food Garden, the first public vegetable garden planted on the lawn of an American state capitol in modern times.