Doug Bierend is a freelance journalist writing about science and technology, food, and education, and the various ways they point to a more equitable and sustainable world. His byline appears in Wired, The Atlantic, Vice, Motherboard, The Counter, Outside Magazine, Civil Eats, and numerous other publications. He is the author of In Search of Mycotopia: Citizen Science, Fungi Fanatics, and the Untapped Potential of Mushrooms (Chelsea Green Publishing, March 2021).
Doug Bierend previously has worked with Wired, Medium, Chelsea Green Publishing, and Ecovative Design. Now he is working as a freelance.
Doug completed his graduation in journalism in 2011 from California State University, Northridge.