Jim Giles
Jim Giles is Vice President, Editor-at-Large at Trellis Group, where he focuses on carbon markets, carbon removal, food systems and other topics. In previous lives he founded and sold a long-form science and technology publication, served as senior editor at Medium and wrote for numerous publications, including the Economist, New York Times, Nature and the Guardian.
The California dairy with a net-zero ambition
Trinkler Dairy Farms added a biodigester system to reduce emissions by 30 percent. Read More
Europe's supermarkets are leading on sustainability
Grocers in Europe are deploying many small tactics like labels and discounts push consumers into making more sustainable choices. Read More
Second quarter food startup roundup
The Q2 startup round up includes companies focusing microbes to replace nitrogen, coffeeless coffee, long-lived fruit and timber protein for fish. Read More
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
