Jeff Nield
Jeff writes mostly about food and agriculture for TreeHugger, but daily life provides too much inspiration to pigeon-hole. He has worked all along the food chain from farm to produce distributor to restaurant and spent many years with British Columbia's preeminent food security non-profit FarmFolkCityFolk. He recently won Gold at the Canadian Online Publishing Awards for a series he co-wrote in The Tyee.
Latest Stories from Jeff Nield
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Savvy Sustainable Practices at California's Bison Brewery are as Good as the Chocolate Stout
One of the most highly touted green craft brewers around, Bison Brewery delivers alternative flavors like Honey Basil Ale and Fall Gingerbread Ale, in addition to the award-winning Chocolate Stout.
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Tascam's Solar-Rechargeable Tuner Should Be Standard Issue in Every Gig Bag
Tascam's solar-rechargeable tuner is the best dang tuner on the market. If you need to tune up an instrument, buy the TC-1S, you'll thank me. Plus, it's charged by the sun!
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Growing Herbs, Harvesting Honey at the Ultra-Green Fairmont Waterfront Hotel in Vancouver, Canada (Review)
Jeff fills us in on his stay at the Fairmont Waterfront hotel, which offers free parking for EV or hybrid cars, grows its own herbs, and makes its own honey onsite.
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Canadian Skier Takes Skiing to the City, Catches Bus for his Next Run (Video)
This could be the greatest skiing video you will ever see -- and it proves there's no need to waste energy on lifts.
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Exclusive: Mark Bittman on his New e-Book, Cooking Solves Everything (Interview)
The recently published e-book is Bittman's latest foray into helping readers understand the transformative nature of the simple act of cooking.
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Fast Food Advertising vs Reality
Comparison of fast food advertising photography with photographs of the real product by Dario D
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BC Farmer Saved From Jail By Voters
BC farmer Dirk Becker avoids jail time and is redeemed by voters in municipal elections.
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Tipping Barrels: Surf Film Highlights Threats to B.C.'s Great Bear Rainforest
Tipping Barrels explores threats to Great Bear Rainforest through stunning cinematography.
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British Columbia's Quest for Carbon Neutrality
In 2007 BC's Premier shocked North America when he announced his government's bold Climate Action Plan. Is it working?
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Raw Milk Purveyors Arrested, Bail Set at $123,000
In yet another example of wasted resources and misplaced priorities police in LA have raided Rawesome Foods, arresting three people in connection with the distribution of raw milk products
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Will Closing Food Banks Help End Hunger?
Food banks first rose to prominence in the 1980's as an emergency measure to stave off hunger during a time of recession and high unemployment. While often very prominent in the community, these institutions are
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British Columbia Man Faces Six Months in Jail for Growing Food
Last week Colleen brought us the story of a woman in Michigan who is facing jail time for planting a garden. Sadly, this type of heavy-handed by-the-letter enforcement of bylaws exists at the same time as people embrace urban
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Attempting a Green Family Road Trip
I have a confession to make. At the risk of provoking gasps of disapproval from the green gallery, I am declaring my love for The Road Trip. There is nothing quite like the exhilaration of the open
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Eggzy Builds Online Roost For Backyard Chickens
It's been six short years since backyard chickens have gone from weird eco-habit to a bastion of local food self-reliance. Chickens are companionable, relatively easy to care for, and keeping them in your
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Check Out This Sweet VW Camper Van Tent!
I'm loathe to admit an affinity for any branded product, but I can't help it, I'm a sucker for VW buses and vans. Ergo, I love this tent! It's an officially licensed 1:1 scale of the iconic 1965 T1 camper van that comes in red, blue
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Fast Food Industry Embraces Cage-Free Eggs
Perhaps in response to the runaway success of Chipotle and its Food With Integrity manifesto, the fast food industry is starting to
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"Clean Fifteen" Just as Toxic as "Dirty Dozen" For Farm Workers
I wrote earlier about the Environmental Working Group's (EWG) updated Dirty Dozen list of most toxic produce from a consumer perspective. Shortly after the list was announced, Tom Philpott, now at Mother Jones
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Apples Beat Out Celery As Most Contaminated Produce
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has released its 2011 Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce. The seventh edition of the guide is a summary of data compiled from US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Food
