Vanessa Chiasson is a freelance writer focusing on human interest narratives. Her work frequently covers sustainable travel, urban agriculture, gardening, food trails and social enterprise. She learned to swim in the jellyfish-fraught waters of western Cape Breton Island, N.S., and has enjoyed wild swimming in Hong Kong, Switzerland and Malawi. Vanessa chronicles her cozy travel adventures at TurnipseedTravel.com.
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