Nicole Caldwell is a writer, editor, twice-published author, educator, and first-generation farmer living in the Thousand Islands Region of New York State. She is managing editor of Stacker, a data-driven newsroom distributing content to thousands of news outlets daily.
Caldwell grew up in New Jersey, earned degrees at Hampshire College and Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, and cut her teeth at newspapers and magazines in New Jersey and New York City. She left the city in 2009 to found a sustainability education center, organic farm, animal sanctuary, and artist colony called Better Farm.
Her work has appeared in Newsweek, Thrillist, Playgirl, Microsoft News, Martha Stewart Living, Mother Earth Living, and many other media outlets. Her first book, Better: The Everyday Art of Sustainable Living, came out in 2015. Her second book, Farm + Land (co-authored with Freddie Pikovsky), came out in November 2019.
Better: The Everyday Art of Sustainable Living
WHAT IS BETTER FARM?
Learn more about Caldwell’s sustainability campus, artist colony, animal sanctuary, and organic farm in Redwood, NY.