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 4
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D.R. Congo's Sustainable Cacao Industry
Congo's RainforestThe 700,000 square mile expanse of untouched rainforest in the Congo Basin is second only to the Amazon
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Mountain Bikes Empower Cacao Farmers in Congo
A few months ago I posted about Original Beans and the true cost of chocolate. The company is has committed to planting a tree in the country of origin for every bar sold. And now, Original Beans is celebrating a partnership with
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Four Brands of Organic Booze To Get Your Summer Party Started
Summer is approaching and it's time to dust off the yard furniture, fire up the grill (or better yet the solar cooker), and bask in the (hopefully seasonal) warmth of the season. And while there's nothing better on a lazy summer
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Why Doesn't British Columbia Protect Endangered Species?
In my recent post about green issue in British Columbia I briefly mentioned the campaign organized by the Western Canada Wilderness Committee (WCWC) to push the provincial government to develop endangered species
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Cool Cuisine Takes A Bite Out Of Global Warming
It's no secret that the global food system contributes a huge amount of greenhouse gas emissions to our atmosphere. According to Laura Stec, author of Cool Cuisine: Taking The Bite Out Of Global Warming, ag contributes 14% of total global emissions. When
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Frances Moore Lappé On How We Can End Hunger On A Penny A Day
A couple of months ago I posted about Frances Moore Lappé's article in Yes! Magazine about civic initiatives in Belo Horizonte that are
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5 Green Fights For The Future of British Columbia
British Columbia (BC) is a fabulous place to live. The province's largest city, Vancouver, is consistently rated as one of the most livable cities in the world, and a visit to the fertile Fraser Valley and Gulf
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Swine Flu: Past, Prevention and Future
As we wait for answers on the source of the current H1N1 influenza outbreak, TED looks below the surface with a short interview with global health and emerging disease expert Laurie Garrett. Garrett is the author of
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Sustainable Agriculture Leaders Recognized By Natural Resources Defense Council's Growing Green Awards
After years of toiling in relative obscurity, leaders in the sustainable agriculture community are being recognized for their efforts. The latest national group offering food system awards is the Natural
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Meet The Faces of the Food Movement
In the lead-up to the conference Food and Society 2009: Gathering for Good Food the organizers have released an online slide show highlighting 75 portraits of people in the food movement who attended last year's event. Electronic communications have
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Organic Compost Delivered To USDA Headquarters
The USDA ain't what it used to be. Ever since Earl Butz was charged with creating a highly efficient ag sector under Nixon and Ford the USDA has been about production of cheap calories through industrial agriculture. Enter the
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Mark Bittman On Why Food Matters
Mark Bittman writes about food from a common sense point of view. We know we should eat more veggies and less meat, but in his latest book, Food Matters, Bittman tucks in to the reasons why a less carnivorous existence will result in a more harmonious
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4 Farming Methods That Go Beyond Organic
With the recent hubub around the shortfalls of organic and local agriculture we think it's good to point out some of the "beyond organic" methods that farmers have adopted. It's no secret that organic agriculture has drifted from
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Feeling Broke? Plant A Garden
It's no secret that garden fresh produce tastes better than what you buy at the supermarket. Throw in the physical and mental health benefits and zero emissions from shipping and it quickly becomes clear that
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Brazilian City Makes Food A Basic Right And Ends Hunger
Back in 1993, the newly elected city government of Belo Horizonte, Brazil declared that food was a right of citizenship. At that time, the city of 2.5 million had 275,000 people living in
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U.S. Farmers Planting Less GMO Soy
Soy is one of the big three genetically engineered crops along with corn and canola. Since its introduction to farmers in 1992 90% of the soy grown in the United States has been bought from Monsanto and comes Roundup Ready.
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Creative Food Economy Emerges in Ontario
In North America the food economy has long been dominated by commodities. A big part of the sustainable and local food movement is a direct response
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Farmers Can Be Heroes With Your Help
Let's be clear, we know farmers are heroes without any help. But, the new Farmers Can Be Heroes program is helping farmers step it up a notch by offering resources to help conventional farmers transitional to organic. The
