Joshua McNichols

Joshua McNichols (born 1974) is a journalist who loves finding food outside the grocery store system. He has reported for Seattle public radio station KUOW and for national programs including "Weekend America" and "The Splendid Table." He currently produces a podcast on composting for Seattle Tilth.

Joshua traces his love of home-grown food to his days as a latchkey kid in Washington State, when having lost his house key, he spent many afternoons eating ripe fruit in an ancient plum tree until his parents came home. Though trained as an architect, his propensity for asking questions eventually led him into journalism. Today, the local food movement allows him to explore fundamental questions about our relationship to food.

A seasoned gardener and certified master composter, Joshua lives and farms in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood with his wife and two children. He still has quite a thing for plums.