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 - Page 2
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Is "Green Billionaire" an Oxymoron?
When I wrote about Mark Zuckerberg's latest challenge to only eat animals he kills himself it got me thinking about the concept of green billionaires. We've written
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Holmes County is America's Fattest and Poorest. Coincidence? (Video)
Holmes County, Mississippi has the unenviable distinction of being both America's poorest and most obese county. Kids as young as three are diagnosed with high blood
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73 Million Sharks Killed Annually to Make Soup Despite Fins Having No Flavour
In a testament to the power of the consumer, the tastes of the growing Chinese middle class could be the single-largest threat to sharks worldwide. In an excerpt in The Washington Post from
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Organic Trade Association Ripe for Change
The Organic Trade Association (OTA) was hit with accusations of corruption last week in a short documentary released by an anonymous group calling themselves Organic Spies. The OTA has
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Organic Trade Association Responds to Critics About GMO Stance
The Organic Trade Association (OTA) has responded to levelled against it in a recently released short documentary. I wrote about this film earlier this week along with additional commentary by organic food pioneer and
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GOOD Goes Vegetarian For 30 Days
It's no secret that more of us eating vegetarian diets would have a positive effect on the environment. Kelly's Weekday Vegetarian column appears regularly on TreeHugger and many of us
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Charges of Corruption Taint Organic Trade Association (video)
A new short film claims that the board of the Organic Trade Association (OTA) is undermining the ethic of of the organic movement. The film, embedded below, was released by an anonymous
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UK Team Hopes to be First to Row to the Pole
To most of us it's unprecedented environmental upheaval but to adventurer Jock Wishart it's an opportunity. By some estimates the Arctic Ocean will be ice free by 2015 but Wishart and his team aren't waiting to be the first
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Bait and Switch Report Reveals Rampant Seafood Fraud
I'm lucky to live on Vancouver Island where you can't walk down the street without tripping over a fisherfolk and his or her boat. It would be tough to pass off a still-twitching catch as something other than
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Mark Zuckerberg Only Eats Animals He Kills
A cousin of Zuckerberg's first kill. Image by Louisiana Sea Grant College Program Louisiana State University via Flickr CCFortune Magazine is reporting that Mark Zuckerberg has challenged himself to only eat animals that he kills by his own hands. As
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Crazy Bearded Man Catches Bee Swarm (Video)
When I lived in Vancouver Forstbauer Family Natural Food Farm was a must-stop stall at the farmers' market. Mary and Hans started their biodynamic farm almost 35 years ago. Along with farmers, we very much like
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Greenopia Rankings Push Airlines to Pursue Virgin
Not much has changed since Mat reported on Greenopia's Greenest Airlines ranking last year. Virgin America still leads the pack followed by Continental and Alaska Airlines.
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Industrial Animal Factories in Shocking Photos (Slideshow)
Once you've seen what goes on inside a Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) it's tough to accept the trade-off of horrific animal suffering in order to have cheap food.
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Industrial Animal Factories in Shocking Photos
Once you've seen what goes on inside a Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) it's tough to accept the trade-off of horrific animal suffering in order to have cheap food. Unfortunately, the suffering of the animals is just the most obvious problem
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7 Must-Read New Books for Sustainable Eating
When we published our list of 9 Must Read Books on Eating Well over a year and a half ago, it felt like the good food fad may have reached its peak: The 100 Mile Diet had swept the continent, Michael Pollan had laid out the
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McDonald's Goes A Little Bit McLocal
In January, McDonald's Italy announced the launch of its McItaly menu. The burger giant has always offered different menus throughout the world to cater to local tastes so it's no
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Agriculture Takes Over The World
The intensity of agricultural land use has exploded over the past 300 years. Bill Rankin at Radical Cartography synthesized data from an expansive historical land-use survey to
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5 Endangered Species That Could Kill You, and How to Save Yourself
Since most endangered species these days get that way because of us humans, I'm not surprised that some of them want to kill us. OK, so maybe want to is anthropomorphic, but some of them certainly can kill
