About Brian Halweil:
Brian Halweil is an American sustainable food writer and activist. He is the publisher and editor-in-chief of Edible East End, Edible Brooklyn, Edible Manhattan and Edible Long Island magazines, devoted to chronicling the food communities in and around New York City. Previously, Halweil was a senior fellow at the Worldwatch Institute, where his work focused on organic farming, biotechnology, hunger, seafood and rural communities.