Jim Giles
Jim Giles is Vice President, Editor-at-Large at Trellis Group. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Atlantic, Economist, Guardian, Nature and other publications. He was the co-founder of Matter, an award-winning investigative publication that was acquired by Medium in 2013. In 2017, he was a graduate of the Sulzberger Executive Leadership Program at Columbia University. He’s also worked as a strategic consultant for several high-impact organizations, including the European Climate Foundation and the Wellcome Trust.
First hints at Biden's climate strategy for food and ag
The U.S. Department of Agriculture released a summery of its listening tour for a climate-smart strategy. What it included sheds light on where the federal government is prioritizing its efforts. Read More
Who are net-zero leaders and laggards in food?
While some food companies such as Unilever, General Mills, Nestlé, and Danone make a lot of noise in the industry about their sustainability efforts, others quietly are operating as usual. Read More
Policy, not politics, will change America's meat habits
Cutting down on our consumption of meat has the potential to be a game changer for climate change, but only if it doesn't start a new culture war. Read More
Indoor farming funding heats up
Plenty, InFarm, Oishii, AreoFarms and Gotham Greens have all seen intense investment and market growth this year. Read More
Strategies for the war on waste
Revamping our food systems to keep organic waste out of landfills, expand donation ability and end confusion 'over best by dates' could dramatically reduce our food waste. Read More
Digging into the complex, confusing and contentious world of soil carbon offsets
Can farmland soils deliver the climate benefits we all hope they can? Read More
Next-gen GMO entrepreneurs target consumers, not farmers
Startup Pairwise is focused on making nutritious plants such as mustard greens or blackberries more palatable to consumer appetites without adding new genes. This approach could be much less controversial than previous GMO efforts. Read More
Ocean-based sequestration heats up
Until recently, the concept of blue carbon attracted little attention outside academic and think-tank circles. We may be at a turning point, thanks to the actions of some forward-thinking businesses. Read More
The problem with zero-waste goals is the word 'waste'
Sustainability advocates celebrate zero-waste goals. But perhaps they have the unintended effect of labeling certain materials as needing to be eliminated. Read More
5 radical visions for a 2050 food system
The ideas proposed for a Rockefeller Foundation contest cover a dizzying array of locations and issues, but their commonalities are as prominent as their differences. Read More
