Taproot Issue 56 : Cultivate

The fifty-sixth issue of Taproot, an independent, bimonthly, ad-free print magazine. Taproot celebrates farm, food, family and craft through writing, photography and the arts, both fine and domestic.

COVER by Nina Pace

HEAD essays about living a more connected life

• Oasis in an Unlikely Place by Natalie Carrasco
  
• Miso Making by Monica Laflamme 
  

HANDS recipes & crafts

• Grow, Bake, Learn by Louise Nielsen
  
• Good Things Are Bubbling Up by Ashley English (photos by Lauren Lear)
  
• Flowery Lotion Bars by Catarina Seixas
  
• Comfrey Cowl by Bristol Ivy
  
• Natural Silk Dyeing by Mindy Bizzell
  
• Cultivating a Letter-Writing Practice by Polly Hatfield
  
• Letter-Writing Pocket by Alison Kaplan (photos by Joanna Camp)
  
• “Imagine a Village” Activity for Kids by Frances O’Roark Dowell (illustrations by Jade Johnson)
  

HEART the personal experience of more connected living

• Mentored by Sarah Hooley
  
• The Treasure House of Fragrances by Dhivya Shastri (illustrations by Neethi)
  
• Turnip Greens by Margaret Ann Snow
  
• Turn, Turn, Turn by Alexandra Joan Lennon-Simon (illustrations by Morgan Padgett)
  
• Under a Spreading Chestnut Tree by Todd R. Nelson (illustrations by Michelle Housel)
  
• The Door by Jake Kulju (illustrations by Heather Sundquist Hall)
  

DETAILS

• printed on FSC-Certified Paper
  
• 8.375 x 10.875 inches
  
• full color
  
• perfect bound
  
• 96 pages