Lynn Freehill-Maye

writes about sustainability and related topics from her home in New York’s Hudson Valley. Her work has appeared in the New Yorker, the New York Times, CityLab, Civil Eats, and Sierra, among other publications.

Articles By This Author

Environment

Baking Homemade Bread Becomes a Public Good

The Seattle-based Community Loaves project enlists home bakers to help those facing food insecurity during the pandemic.

Lynn Freehill-Maye | Feb 25, 2021

Environment

Bridging the Food-or-Energy Gap

Should land be used for solar panels or agriculture? The burgeoning Solar Sheep movement argues: Why not both?

Lynn Freehill-Maye | Mar 9, 2020

A summer 2019 demonstration for the Practical Farmers of Iowa was held at Paul and Karen Mugge’s organic row-crop farm. They showed how to install a beneficial prairie insect habitat. Photo by Practical Farmers of Iowa.

Issues

The Way Climate Change Unites Us

The Practical Farmers of Iowa waste no time on partisan politics as they face the challenges of extreme weather and depleted soils.

Lynn Freehill-Maye | Nov 12, 2019

Issues

Return to Nature

Green burials go beyond not polluting or wasting. It’s about people needing and caring for land, conducting life-affirming activities there—including death.

Lynn Freehill-Maye, Phillip Pantuso | Aug 15, 2019

Issues

How Removing Asphalt Is Softening Our Cities

Greening alleys reclaims public space, reconnects urban dwellers to one another, and invites nature deep into cities.

Lynn Freehill-Maye | Feb 18, 2019

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Current Issue

The “Work” Issue

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Lynn Freehill-Maye

Current Issue

The “Work” Issue

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