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 6
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Jargon Watch: Mari-fuel
Lloyd reported on the Japanese innovation of using seaweed to produce electricity way back in '06. And John wrote about the potential of mariculture, the practice of cultivating seaweed, for fuel feedstock
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5 Food Films That Deserved an Oscar Nomination
Now that this year's Oscar nominations are out, debate will rage about which films deserved it, which actors should have received a nod, and who should (or shouldn't) win. While these food films flew under the Academy's radar, at least when it came
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Consumers' Guide Identifies Genetically Engineered (GE) Ingredients
In North America it's virtually impossible to know if what you're eating contains genetically engineered (GE) ingredients. But, it's a good bet that if you eat processed food at least one of the ingredients in what you're eating has been
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Eat Chocolate To Preserve Shamanic Traditions of the Huichol
The Huichol are reputed to be the last native tribe in North America to have maintained their pre-Columbian traditions. The population of 15,000-26,000 lives in the Sierra Madre Mountains of Mexico where they struggle with the common problem of
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Ecuador Extends Rights To Ecosystems
Kate Wilson via The New York Times A few months after Lloyd reported on the Swiss government's conclusion that plants have rights the Ecuadorian population went one step further and voted to change their constitution to proclaim that nature has "the
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Help Support A Sustainable Dozen For Influential USDA Positions
There was much excitement in the sustainable agriculture world that Barack Obama would appoint a truly progressive Secretary of Agriculture. Obama's nod to former Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack was
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Independent Fisherman Stays Afloat With Community Supported Fishery (CSF)
We TreeHuggers are fans of purchasing our food from as close to the producer as possible. Up here in the great white north this means buying our free-trade organic bananas at a retailer, that probably got them
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Guayaki Yerba Maté Empowers Women In Central America With Direct Purchasing Agreement
Wouldn't you know it? Just as I was about to post something about a great new program from the folks at Guyaki, they decided to offer our readers a special deal at their online store. Serendipity at it's finest.
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Japanese Government Animation Explains Global Food Security
Food security is a concept that works on micro and macro levels. But, it's something that individuals don't often think about until they are confronted with a situation where they don't have access to adequate food and become food insecure. The
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9 Must Read Books on Eating Well
While we've all been eating our entire lives, recently there has been a huge increase in awareness of where our food comes from, how it's produced, and how that affects our bodies and our environment. Along with this awareness has come a
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Holiday Gift Guide: For the Foodie
Photo via Sactivist Welcome to TreeHugger's 2008 Holiday Gift Guide, "Give Green to Save Green," your blueprint for the season's best earth-friendly gifts. Don't expect any electric roadsters or solar-powered robots, though; this year, we're all about
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Grain Shipped Under Sail Reduces Carbon Footprint
Local eating advocates often cite reduced shipping emissions as a good reason to source food from as close to home as possible. The concept of reduced food miles equaling reduced carbon output quickly
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Jargon Watch: Carborexia
Many of us at TreeHugger may indeed be suffering from an emerging disease called carborexia. It was only a matter of time before someone pegged "too much" concern for the environment as a disease. Word watcher Michael
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Obama Cites Michael Pollan's Sun-Food Agenda
In a recent National Public Radio interview, Michael Pollan talks about how he was approached by a Democratic party staffer about his New York Times article, Farmer in Chief. The article is an open letter to the next
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It's Time To Get GMO Soy Lecithin Out Of Certified Organic Food
Time sensitive call to action. Deadline is Monday, November 3.
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Arran Stephens of Nature's Path on Independence in the Fast-Consolidating Food Industry
Arran Stephens is the CEO and co-founder, with his wife Ratana, of Nature's Path. The company is one of the leading privately owned and family operated organic food companies in North America. They sell their certified organic cereals, breads, cookies,
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Thirty Percent Of Global Fish Catch Wasted On Livestock
Whenever it feels like the fishing industry is making steady progress to become more sustainable another destructive trend is exposed. Published in the November 2008 issue of Annual Review of Environment and
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Ethanol Industry Still Dodging Blame For Role In Global Food Crisis
In order to counter claims that ethanol production is a major cause of the global food crisis, the Renewable Fuels Association recently released a report called "Will the Plunge in Grain Prices Mean Lower Food Prices at
