Inspiring people to connect with nature…
- 2025 Artists Incentive Award: Arts Alliance of Woodbury, CT. A grant for work on my book.
- My Substack publication: An insider’s look at the local food movement — therescuedearth.substack.com .
– I produce & host shows on WPKN 89.5 FM radio.
– 2024 Farmers’ Almanac article on ripening green tomatoes indoors.
- Selected for Summer Words 2024 in Aspen, Colorado.
– Founder of The Rescued Earth.
– I have won three Connecticut Agricultural Journalism Awards.
– From 2007-2015, I was a correspondent & investigative journalist for Hersam Acorn Newspapers, including in Easton, Fairfield and Weston, Connecticut papers and I specialized in conservation, our food system & the local food movement.
- Professional photographer.
– In 2016, I co-founded the Mill River Heritage Project, a river conservation initiative.
– Selected as a contributor for the 2017 Bread Loaf Orion Environmental Writers’ Conference.
– Writing coach, workshops and panelist.
– I grew up in New York City & Connecticut, and have also lived in Utah.
– Received a Master’s of Fine Arts (MFA) in film from New York University.
– Work in film & video production in NYC and Connecticut for over ten years.
Thank you!
Laura Modlin
Every seed has a story. . .
When I got involved in the local food movement as a journalist, my story - and my path - changed.
The writing I was doing for newspapers began to evolve. I still did a lot of general reporting but I would seek out stories about farms, local food and conservation. The passion I had always felt for every single newspaper story I wrote centered increasingly on environmental issues.
That was in 2008, and I now have more stories under my belt than I can count. I have learned so much about the natural world - and want to share my perspective of its beauty to hopefully inspire you.