Meet Sarah K Mock

A freelance food and agriculture expert based in Albuquerque, NM.

I’ve been writing, researching, and advising in and around the food and ag sectors for more than a decade. I’ve worked with publications, farmers, food and ag companies, the USDA, non-profits, and family foundations to craft narratives that resonate, create strategies that work, and advance important work that feeds people and supports independent farms.

My work runs the gamut– from doing on-farm evaluations and consultations to speaking and facilitating, from writing essays and articles to hosting podcasts, from authoring white papers and annual reports to preparing strategic plans.

I’ve also written for publications around the country and across New Mexico, including New Mexico Magazine and edible New Mexico.

I’m looking to do more work in New Mexico. If you’re an editor, farmer, business owner, non-profit, or other organization looking for some expertise on any or all things food or ag related, or if you have a great idea or hot tip for a food and ag story in the Land of Enchantment, reach out to me directly below.

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Farm (and Other F Words) Book

I’m the author of the bestselling book, Farm (and Other F Words), and the sequel, Big Team Farms.

“Mock writes with clarity and urgency and wit, and rightly refuses to fall prey to the romanticism that has muddled our thinking about farming for so long. This is no way to read these ideas and come out thinking the same way about the food you eat.”

– Boyce Upholt, James Beard Award-winning journalist and Author of “The Great River”

Get a taste of my conclusions with, “I tried to prove that small family farms are the future. I couldn’t do it.” My story for The Counter (now Grist)

I’m also an award-winning podcast host, producer, and editor. My latest limited series, The Only Thing That Lasts, published by Ambrook Research, explores the history, economics, and humanity of America’s most enduring asset– farmland. (Find it wherever you listen to podcasts.)

I also write a popular food and agriculture newsletter, People Eat the Land.

You can also find some of my earlier essays on Medium.

I’m also a frequent podcast guest, featured on episodes of The Collaborative Farming Podcast/No Till Growers, Organic BC (British Columbia), Willoughby Hills, Growers Daily, Age of Awareness, The Permaculture Podcast, The Female Farmer Project, Down to Earth, AgTech… So What?, Investing in Regenerative Ag, Future of Agriculture, New Books in Science, Technology, and Society, First Eat with Nakkiah Lui, Wyoming Public Radio, and Agrarian Futures. My work has also been covered or featured in Lancaster Farming, The Daily Yonder, in Nuffield Farming Projects, and on NPR (KCUR).

If you’d like me to a be a guest on your podcast, reach out with the form above.

I’m a frequent in-person and virtual speaker. I’ve been a keynote speaker, a panelist, and run breakout sessions at a diverse array of food and ag conferences and events; including the Oxford Farming Conference, the Wyoming Food Coalition Annual Conference, St. Olaf College, Regenerate, SAI Platform Conference, Manitoba Direct Farm Marketing Conference, the American Enterprise Institute, the USDA Ag Outlook Forum, and the PASA Sustainable Agriculture Conference. I’ve also presented to teams at Granular, Mineral, and other companies in the agriculture and food space, and been a guest speaker in many college courses, including at CSU, St. Olaf, and Iowa State. I also served for some time on the advisory board for the Colorado State University Crop Science Department. I also participated in a virtual course on Growing Community for Mother Earth News. If you’d like me to a be a speaker at your event, reach out with the form above.

In my past lives, I covered rural and agricultural news in the nation’s capitol as the Washington Bureau Chief for RFD-TV. I crisscrossed the midwest and communicated data science to farmers as part of the marketing team for Farmers Business Network. I immersed myself in California agriculture as an early employee at a specialty crop-serving agtech company in Fresno (now defunct). I worked and studied with ag-related international non-profits, government agencies, and researchers in South Africa, India, and Burkina Faso. I studied business growth and development with a focus on global food and ag at Georgetown University. And all the way back at the beginning, I grew up on a farm in Wyoming. Learn more here.

Looking for some additional expertise on your next food, ag, or rural-related project?

Interested in learning more about what I do, how I do it, and why?

Looking to explore collaborating on a story, podcast, or project?

Reach out to connect using the form above.