J.B. MacKinnon
J.B. MacKinnon is an independent magazine journalist and writer. He is the author of Dead Man in Paradise (Douglas & McIntyre, 2005), which won Canada’s highest award for literary nonfiction. He is also coauthor of The 100-Mile Diet (Random House, 2007, with Alisa Smith), a bestseller that is widely credited as a catalyst of the local foods movment, and I Live Here (Pantheon, 2008, written with Mia Kirshner, Paul Shoebridge and Michael Simons), a unique “paper documentary” about displaced people.
J.B.'s Connection to BC: Born is Sheffield, England, but raised in Kamloops, B.C., J.B. loves this province. (He has been down nearly every highway and a lot of the dirt roads, too.)
Reporting Beat: Environment, food.
Website: J.B. MacKinnon
Stories by J.B. MacKinnon
Cry Wolf: Human Behaviour Once Again Endangers the Wolves of Vancouver Island
‘We are in a new wolf era.’
'Dear Cyberstalker' (An Arrested Kinder Morgan Protester Writes)
Ten responses to the trolls at #BurnabyMountain.
I Broke the Law to Defeat Climate Change
'White Rock 13' arrestee Lynne Quarmby on why she chose civil disobedience, and why she thinks you should, too. A preview of Friday's public event.
The Three Times a Day Manifesto
A 17-point exhortation to local food consciousness, from the authors of 'The 100-Mile Diet.'
'Eat Your History' Series: Thanks for Your Ideas!
We asked for your BC food history tips, and received a horn of plenty.
Local Eating's Unlikely Capital
Devoted Powell River shrinks the 100-Mile Diet to fit its isolation.
Why We Pay Too Little for Well Travelled Food
Charging the true cost of "food miles" could change the way people eat. Fourth in a series
Wanted: A Perfectly Local Chicken
For a truly sustainable breakfast, which comes first? The tofu or the egg?
Living on the 100-Mile Diet
Eating a truly local diet for a year poses some tricky questions. First in a series.
