Zoë Brittain

About Me

I'm an experienced researcher, writer, and editor with a background in environmental issues and natural foods.

After graduating from Towson University with a degree in English, I went on to work at a natural foods co-op for several decades, immersing myself in the subjects of sustainability, environmentalism, local agriculture, organic foods, and much more.

I'm the mother of one fabulous human, the wife of a pretty okay one, and the perpetual caretaker to an ungrateful, albeit pretty cute, mutt. I spend my time working and walking in the woods of Maryland.

My Work

Friends of Cunningham Falls and Gambrill State Park Newsletter • September 4th, 2023

New Signs and Trail: Catoctin Furnace African American Cemetery Interpretive Trail

In celebration of Black History Month, a visit to Catoctin Furnace African American Cemetery Interpretive Trail reestablishes a crucial missing link to the past. The trail was recently created to restore recognition to the substantial contributions of African Americans to this region’s and nation’s history.

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Friends of Cunningham Falls and Gambrill State Parks • March 1st, 2021

Cunningham Falls State Park Aviary

Nestled beside the Visitor Center in the Manor Area of Cunningham Falls State Park, there is a treasured resource for some of the park’s most extraordinary residents. The Aviary is home to twelve birds of prey, three snakes, four aquatic turtles, and four terrestrial turtles, each of whom cannot be returned to the wild because of either injury or human handling.

Spoonful • September 4th, 2018

Quantum Agriculture

Spoonful • March 1st, 2018

Farming for the Future

The Changing Landscape of the Family Farm

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The Frederick News-Post • March 13th, 2015

STILL LIFE WITH FOOD: In celebration of soil

Zoë Brittain is a thinker and an eater (not necessarily in that order), and a hopeless organic romantic with an insatiable curiosity. She is the education specialist for the Common Market where she has been roaming the aisles since she was knee-high to the bulk bins.

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The Frederick News-Post • January 23rd, 2015

STILL LIFE WITH FOOD: The true cost of cheap food

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The Frederick News-Post • December 5th, 2014

STILL LIFE WITH FOOD: Sustainable fish options

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The Frederick News-Post • October 17th, 2014

STILL LIFE WITH FOOD: Is organic food better for you?

The organic apple my 3-year-old is eating is not just an apple. It is a symbol, a demonstration of a belief that organically grown food is worth the effort. It is generally harder to find and more expensive than its conventionally grown equivalents. But for many reasons, that apple in the chubby hand of my toddler is an invocation of health — for my son, for the farmer who grew the apples, and for the environment.