Brian Halweil

Brian Halweil
Brian Halweil speaking at TEDxManhattan
Born	1975 (age 41–42)
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Stanford University
Occupation	Author, journalist

Brian Halweil (born 1975) is an American sustainable food writer and researcher. 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.

His writing has been published in Washington Post, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Christian Science Monitor, and International Herald Tribune, among others. In 2015, Halweil was named a "40 Under 40" Business Leader by Long Island Business News for his commitment to the local community and the local food movements.

Halweil has traveled and lived in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, and East Africa learning indigenous farming techniques and promoting sustainable food production. He currently lives in Sag Harbor, NY, where he and his family keep a home garden and orchard, and raise ducks and oysters.

Halweil graduated with honors from Stanford University with a BS in earth systems and biology, and also completed coursework in agriculture and soil science at University of California, Davis. In college, he worked with California farmers interested in reducing their pesticide use, and set up a 2-acre student-run organic farm on the campus of Stanford University. He conducted undergraduate research in Mexico and Cuba, and completed his honors thesis on Biointensive farming in those regions.