Leslie Hatfield
Leslie Hatfield serves as senior editor of GRACE's Ecocentric blog. Leslie has also contributed to Alternet, The Huffington Post, Edible Chesapeake and The Ethicurean, and served as lead author of the publication Cultivating the Web: High Tech Tools for the Sustainable Food Movement.
Originally from Washington State, Leslie earned her BA from The Evergreen State College in Olympia, and an MA in Public Communication from American University in Washington, DC. She lives in Brooklyn with her dog, Belle.
Arguably the most iconic of the spring vegetables, asparagus is grown around the world and has been celebrated for millennia.What better vegetable with which to start our new weekly series on the ABCs and 123s of seasonal food?
There's more where this came from! In the spirit of a zero-waste celebration, we've whipped up some e-cards for you. Please help yourself to as many as you like!
For Earth Day, the Ecocentric team examines two ways children are involved in the environmental movement: corporate greenwashing aimed at kids, from fun-shaped water bottles to a coloring book featuring a fracking-themed dinosaur, and green media produced by kids themselves.
Ecocentric is thrilled to be in the running for a Webby in the Green category this year. You can help us come from behind to win the People's Choice Award.
January 31st, Federal Court Judge Naomi Buchwald heard the first arguments in OSGATA et al. versus Monsanto. Hundreds gathered across the street in support of the farmers -- check out the video we shot of the assembly.
The Prince's impressive speech is a book, now available in most bookstores. In his foreword, Wendell Berry calls Prince Charles the only eminent person with “both the clarity to see and the courage to speak candidly about the obvious failures and dangers of industrial agriculture.” Here, here!
Given the lack of respect with which most Americans treat cranberries, their environmental impact hardly seems worth it. But if we consider the hard work that goes into a product like Starvation Alley's, maybe cranberries can recapture the wonder and respect a traditional dish deserves.
Join us Tuesday for #turktalk, a Twitter chat hosted by Grist Food editor Twilight Greenaway and Ecocentric editor Leslie Hatfield, in which we will dish up some serious food issue info, all with a holiday flavor.
Rather than preach to the not-yet-converted, Maisie Greenawalt lets the food served in Bon Appétit's 400-plus cafeterias speak for itself. On labor issues, she takes a more direct approach -- her most recent major project, TEDxFruitvale, focused entirely on farmworker justice, a topic that doesn't [...]
From the stories that made our hearts leap with inspiration to the stories that made us shake our heads -- in no particular order -- here are some of Ecocentric's most compelling stories from the last year. Enjoy!
Are you, like me, ready to dip a toe into the scalding waters of canning? National Can It Forward Day is a great way to wrap up National Farmers’ Market Week and to kick off Canning Across America’s third annual Can-A-Rama, a whole week of nationwide canning parties.
GOOD magazine's, July 30-day Challenge is to Waste Less. Here, a few members of the Ecocentric team take on a few everyday items and explore the waste embedded in their production and use, and share tips on how to waste less.
Real Food Right Now and How to Cook It: Asparagus
Green Lessons: What Corporations Are Telling Kids and What Kids Are Saying about Environmental Issues
Our Hero: Maisie Greenawalt of Bon Appétit Management Company
