Nicole Rasul

I am a freelance writer and researcher with a background in public policy. My work covering in-depth policy analyses, news, profiles, Q&As and general features on food, culture and the environment has appeared in Atlas Obscura, Talk Poverty, Salon, Forbes.com, Eater, Civil Eats, The Counter and other outlets. I have a wealth of editorial, communications and project management experience from my time in the nonprofit sector, the United Nations system and academia.


  • Civil Eats
  • Forbes.com
  • Condé Nast Traveler
  • Salon
  • Eater
  • Atlas Obscura
  • The Counter
  • Talk Poverty
  • Whetstone Magazine
  • Modern Farmer
  • Food Bank News
  • Columbus Monthly
  • Edible Columbus
  • Edible Indy
  • 89.7 NPR News
  • Stock & Barrel

Nicole Rasul

Civil Eats • 15th March 2021

What Will it Take for Farmers to Grow More Organic Cotton?

Civil Eats • 11th November 2020

Grassland 2.0 Aims to Replace Soy and Corn Farming with Perennial Pasture in the Upper Midwest

Civil Eats • 20th August 2020

Want More New Farmers on the Land? Give Landowners a Tax Break.

Civil Eats • 23rd July 2020

COVID Brought SNAP Users Online. Advocates Say Mega-Retailers Are Selling Them Junk Food

Civil Eats • 22nd June 2020

The Lake Erie Bill of Rights is Dead. A Voluntary Effort Will Pay Farmers to Reduce Runoff Instead.

Civil Eats • 4th May 2020

States Are Embracing Extra Funds from Pandemic EBT to Cover Missing School Meals

Civil Eats • 13th April 2020

What More States Allowing SNAP Recipients to Buy Food Online Means for Food Security

Civil Eats • 26th March 2020

As Rural Schools Close, Some Hungry Kids to Get a Box of Processed Food

Civil Eats • 13th November 2019

Government Bailouts Are the Only Thing Bringing Farm Incomes Up

Civil Eats • 4th November 2019

Sustainable Halal Meat is Making Inroads in Muslim Communities

Civil Eats • 30th July 2019

With a Focus on Food Sovereignty, Rural Appalachian Ohio is Rebounding

Civil Eats • 19th June 2019

Impossible Foods and Regenerative Grazers Face Off in a Carbon Farming Dust-Up

Civil Eats • 9th April 2019

Factory Farms are Polluting Lake Erie. Will the Lake's New Legal Rights Help?

  • Civil Eats
  • Forbes.com
  • Condé Nast Traveler
  • Salon
  • Eater
  • Atlas Obscura
  • The Counter
  • Talk Poverty
  • Whetstone Magazine
  • Modern Farmer
  • Food Bank News
  • Columbus Monthly
  • Edible Columbus
  • Edible Indy
  • 89.7 NPR News
  • Stock & Barrel
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