She joined National Public Radio (NPR) in 1977 and worked, variously, as the network's arts producer, sports director, features reporter and garden expert.
At the end of that year, due to cutbacks at the network, Levine was laid off, while working on a documentary series about Americans coping with economic stress and job loss.
In 1979, she became part of the original staff of Morning Edition, where she remained until moving to London to report for the BBC World Service.
[3] Levine's career with NPR ended on an ironic note when she was one of 64 people laid off in December 2008, as she was producing the "American Moxie" series.
A profile of Levine and her garden was published in the February 2011 issue of Sunset Magazine Archived 2011-04-06 at the Wayback Machine.
She began writing for the Humane Society of the United States[5] and working for the Portland office of In Defense of Animals (IDA).