Adrian White

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Adrian WhitE

Writer Emeritus

Adrian White is an organic farmer, gardener, and certified herbalist based in the Iowa City area of Iowa.

When it comes to writing about food, she loves indulging in the growing and agricultural aspect of it – as well as its potential for health and healing. Food, agriculture, and herbalism form her trifecta of passions.

Adrian has written many food, herbalism, and health-oriented articles that have been published around the web. She has also ghostwritten nearly a dozen published Amazon Kindle e-books on these subjects, many of which are bestsellers.

Adrian’s interest in food began in 2008, with the culture surrounding its production, sustainability, and environmental impact igniting her passions most of all. This sparked her to set up an immersive college internship in Ecuador to learn organic food production – which later led her through many U.S. regions: southern Oregon, Appalachia, the Southwest, and the Midwest.

Adrian has learned CSA management and microgreen production as a participant in projects near Houston, Texas; infrastructure and start-up practices in northern California; animal husbandry and mushroom cultivation in North Carolina; as well as the basic tenets of organic vegetable production in these places and more, including Oregon and Minnesota throughout 2008-2011.

Her educational path finally led her to eastern Iowa in 2012, where she became Field and Pack-Shed Manager, CSA Administrator, and Web Master at Echollective Farm & CSA – an organic farming business she still remains connected to and involved in today.

Adrian strongly insists that growing food is more her niche than cooking it (though she does try)! She adheres to a low- to no-gluten diet, but absolutely cannot resist breakfast foods and crab meat rangoons.

Otherwise, Adrian loves to tinker with fermented beverages more than anything else, like kombucha and shrubs, as well as healing herbal preparations.

Her main food, farming, and herbalism endeavors have sprouted into her own project, Deer Nation Herbs, a developing LLC that grows and produces healthy, organic veggies and greens along with herbal simple syrups, bitters, and shrubs.

She is a cooperative grower with the Greenshare LLC of the Iowa City area, making her produce and products available to local restaurants.

Body of Work:

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Classic Potato Salad

If you’re looking for a cool and creamy side with simple ingredients and flavors to serve for easy lunches and casual dinners, mix up our potato salad. The mayonnaise-based dressing thickly coats buttery pieces of golden potatoes, tender morsels of hard-boiled eggs, and crunchy pieces of onion and celery. Read more.

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7 Types of Basil for Adding Floral Vibrance to Your Meals

With different varieties and cultivars, basil is an herb that offers a range of flavors and aromas. Learn how to use our seven favorites in the kitchen. We recommend what works well for classics like Italian pesto, and what will surprise and delight in recipes like buttery shortbread and refreshing popsicles. Read more.

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How to Pick the Best Kitchen Whisk: Our Top 9 Choices

Are you looking for the best whisk to use in your kitchen? It’s an essential tool that every home cook and baker should own, but there are so many options available. Which one should you buy? Look no further than Foodal’s list of top picks, and learn about what style will suit your different prep needs. Read more now.

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Roasted Asparagus, Cheese, and Sausage Frittata

Our Italian-inspired frittata dish has it all for an easy and hearty breakfast, with tender roasted asparagus, seared and crumbled sweet sausage, and generous amounts of cheese. Keep the presentation effortless and casual by serving this savory creation cut in large wedges directly in the pan. Read more.

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5 Ways to Add Apples to Your Cocktails

For a fresh take on building beverages, Foodal has the scoop on how you can punch up your drinks by using apples in five different ways. These suggestions cover both cocktails and mocktails, so everyone will be able to enjoy a sip, whether a tart shrub or a mulled cider. Read more now for our tasty ideas.

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