Associate Editor
Cate Hewitt joined The Old Farmer’s Almanac team in June 2024 as copyeditor. She is responsible for editing and proofing the Almanac’s catalog of products, including the yearly Almanac, the Garden Guide, the OFA’s Garden Planner and Garden Journal, Almanac.com’s daily newsletters, OFA books and calendars, and much more!
Cate graduated from Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio, with a B.A. in English. In her early career, she worked as a graphic designer in Boston at Harcourt Houghton Mifflin, where she created marketing campaigns for elementary school math and reading programs. She later spent 10 years in the newspaper industry, reporting and editing for publications in Rhode Island and Connecticut, including The Westerly Sun and CTExaminer.com.
Cate loves language and describes herself as a “dictionary nerd.” She’s also obsessed with almost everything related to textiles, especially crafts using yarn and fabric. Originally from Bronxville, New York, she has been visiting the Monadnock region for many years and recently moved to Keene. Cate is an avid reader, a movie buff, and a fan of diners that serve pie à la mode.