Last spring, while brainstorming names for this blog, good friend and fellow Ecocentric blogger Chris Hunt coined the term “fwenergy,” a mash-up of our three topics and a nod to our mission, to write well about food, water and energy and, when possible, to touch on the interconnections between the three. Although I ultimately chose the name Ecocentric over the slightly less Google-able Fwenergy, the term has lived on at the office as a kind of private joke.

Below, a list of our 30 favorite “fwenergy” blogs, by topic area.  We would be remiss if we didn’t mention some of the stellar online publications that deal with all of our topics, including The Huffington Post Green Page, Grist (whose food coverage we’ve long since discovered we couldn’t live without) and Alternet.

Which of these do you adore, dear Ecocentric reader?  Who did we miss?  Bring us up to speed in the comments section.

Energy

• Dot Earth: Science writer Andrew Revkin’s indispensable blog (hosted by the NY Times) explores how we are balancing (or more often, not balancing) the demands of a growing global population with the earth’s finite resources.
• E2 Wire (The Hill): The best source for breaking news on all things energy and environment on Capitol Hill – just skip the comments section if you want to maintain your sanity.
• EcoGeek: The latest electric car battery, the most efficient solar PV cells, a new portable wind turbine…EcoGeek lives up to its name.
• Scientific American: Okay, so it’s an established magazine, but it has a wealth of blogs (including Solar at Home, be still our hearts) and news aggregators (Alternative Energy? Clean Air Policy?  Sure!) that make it well worth adding to your RSS feed.
• Greentech Media: Maybe you’re fantasizing about playing the market, renewable energy-style? Then this resource for clean energy policy, technology, investment and the latest start-ups is your blog.
• NRDC Switchboard: NRDC’s wide breadth of issues, including renewable energy and the water-energy nexus, is nicely synthesized in its staff blog.
• Renewable Energy World: “World” is exactly right, as this site includes more than just US news; expect to learn about wind farms in Peru, wave energy in Ireland and solar manufacturing in China.
• Saving Water, Saving Energy: This River Network blog is after our own hearts with its relentless pursuit of any story focused on the water-energy nexus.
• Vote Solar: Our friends at Vote Solar take often arcane news about solar regulations and policies and churn out fun and easy-to-digest posts of PV goodness.
• Yale Environment 360: Yale’s comprehensive source for environmental news also provides a space for energy researchers, policymakers, journalists and businesses to weigh in.

Food

• Civil Eats: Paula Crossfield and Naomi Starkman — fierce food advocates and stellar writers both, gather and deliver news and insight about sustainable food, by the people, for the people.
• Eating Liberally: Ecocentric is officially bipartisan, but Kerry Trueman’s longtime go-to is decidedly not.  Caution: extreme wordplay ahead.
• The Ethicurean:  Bonnie Powell’s baby is still one of the most ethically delicious items on the food blog menu.
• La Vida Locavore: Come for the food, stay for the politics: Jill Richardson’s snarky, unapologetic blog covers everything from controversial policy reform to her Bolivian diaries.
• Food and Water Watch: The latest info about food and agriculture policy from our favorite beltway insiders.
• Know Your Farmer Know Your Food: So the USDA wants to support local farmers—here’s where we check in and find out what and how they’re doing.
• Slow Food USA: Quick reads about slow food from the national movement that’s propelling the country towards a local and sustainable diet.
• Greenhorns: Building the next generation of farmers, one post at a time.
• Animal Welfare Approved: Everything you want to know, and probably a lot you don’t, about animal production.
• The Livable Future Blog: The big brains at JHU serve up some wonky but accessible information on food systems.

Water

• Aguanomics: One of the most interesting, opinionated and committed bloggers around, David Zetland, pours forth in this blog about water, market-based solutions and a whole lot more. A high-intensity read.
• Chance of Rain: Follow the water concerns of the Western United States, learn about “dry gardening” and generally find out what it’s like to live in the arid West. Also, drink up the regular Sunday news round-up, “The week that was” for an enjoyable, always edifying look at water headlines.
• Circle of Blue: The go-to news and information source for in-depth reporting on topics like water policy, water scarcity here and abroad and our personal favorite, the water-energy nexus.
• Global Water Program Magazine: Johns Hopkins University pulls together some high-powered academics and thinkers from the business, science and engineering communities to address the global water crisis.
• International Water Law Project Blog: If you want to know about water rights in Mexico or how water conflicts are being resolved between Egypt and Sudan, this instructive blog is the one for you.
• jfleck at inkstain: An often-personal journey through the realities of water and other subjects with Albuquerque Journal science writer, John Fleck.
• The River Blog: The river and waterway conservation organization, American Rivers, uses this blog to cover the many topics that surround water protection and stop them at its source.
• Water Matters: The Water Center at Columbia University’s Earth Institute grapples with water issues in the United States and beyond, with a special emphasis on international and development efforts.
• WaterWired: A must read for the true hydrologist or anyone else who loves the ins-and-outs of the water world! Hydrogeologist, professor and all around great guy, Michael “Aquadoc” Campana, maintains an incredibly entertaining yet informative blog.
• We All Live Downstream: The blog of the 1.2 million-member strong Clean Water Action organization’s President, John DeCock, coming from a firm position of advocacy on what it takes to keep our water clean and safe.