Joel Tillman-Mahmoud

Joel Tillman-Mahmoud is a staff writer at Biology Insights with an emphasis on edible gardening. He has worked in food and horticulture journalism for 13 years, having edited cookbooks and written for several lifestyle magazines. Tillman-Mahmoud also tended a shared neighborhood garden plot to raise produce for culinary projects. He is based in Syracuse, New York, where he cultivates many of the specific kitchen ingredients featured in his reporting on garden yields and plant spacing.