Whitney Pipkin writes about food, farms and the environment as a freelance journalist based in Northern Virginia. Her freelance work has appeared nationally in The Washington Post, National Geographic, Smithsonian Magazine and Civil Eats and in regional publications such as Virginia Living, Northern Virginia Magazine and Arlington Magazine. She also is a staff writer at the Chesapeake Bay Journal, covering the nation's largest estuary. Pipkin served as guest editor for Edible DC’s summer 2016 issue focused on how to eat with the Chesapeake Bay in mind. She lives with her husband, 3-year-old daughter, 6-month-old son and mischievous dog in Springfield.