New Bee farm-to-fork journalist excited to ‘jump into a new reporting space’
Sacramento is rich with farms and ranches that grow more than 160 crops across 1.5 million acres of farmland. Hence, why the region has been called “America’s Farm-to-Fork Capital.”
With that in mind, The Sacramento Bee has created a reporting position dedicated to covering the decisions behind what gets planted and harvested, and how those decisions impact jobs, grocery and restaurant prices, and people’s overall cost of living.
Lizzie Kane joins the 169-year-old newspaper as The Bee’s new farm-to-fork reporter on June 8.
“I’m excited to jump into a new reporting space,” Kane says. “California is the leader in the country’s food production, and it’s crucial that we tell stories to help consumers understand the industry.”
Kane grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, and is a graduate of Davidson College. She previously worked as a housing reporter for both the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times, producing accountability stories on public housing, as well as an investigation on what employees said was a toxic environment at a large mortgage company.
Her work also has been published by Bloomberg, the Indianapolis Star, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the Charlotte Observer, another McClatchy newsroom. She has won awards from the National Headliner Club, the National Association of Real Estate Editors, the Chicago Journalists Association and the Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association.
“The Bee has long been known as a heavy-hitting local newspaper, and I’m looking forward to working with the team as it continues to produce innovative and thoughtful reporting — especially at a time when journalism is needed more than ever,” Kane says.
Kane will add another dimension to The Bee’s reporting team. Food and dining reporter Sean Timberlake also has developed a penchant for telling stories that consumers, farmers, farmworkers and restaurateurs need to know since joining the news organization late last year.
