Amy Cortese, Author at Edible Brooklyn

AMY CORTESE is an award-winning journalist who writes about topics spanning business, finance, food, wine and travel. Her work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, New York Magazine, Business Week, the New York Times, the Daily News, Portfolio, Mother Jones, Afar, The American, the Daily Beast, Talk, Business 2.0, and Wired, among other publications. Her recently published book, Locavesting: The Revolution in Local Investing and How to Profit From it (John Wiley & Sons, 2011), draws upon her experience covering these diverse realms to explore how a small shift in investment away from multinationals towards locally-owned enterprises can reap enormous economic and social benefits for individuals, their communities and the country.

Community, Edible Infrastructure, Entrepreneurs, Magazine, People, Summer 2012: Issue No. 26

Entrepreneurial Incubators: Brooklyn’s Smartest Start-Ups Cook Cheek-By-Jowl in Unconventional Kitchens

A spate of food-focused buildings house fledgling food companies.

June 16, 2012 | By Amy Cortese

Behind the Scenes, Community, Entrepreneurs, Food Policy, Magazine, People, Winter 2012: Issue No. 24

Godliness Goes Green

EcoLogic allows restaurants to “86” toxic kitchen cleaners.

February 28, 2012 | By Amy Cortese

Community, Magazine, Notable Edibles, People, Summer 2011: Issue No. 22

Must-See TV

A bootstrap series from a Brooklyn filmmaker investigates what it means to eat sustainably around the country.

July 5, 2011 | By Amy Cortese

Community, Entrepreneurs, Magazine, Notable Edibles, People, Summer 2011: Issue No. 22

Money Might Not Grow on Trees, But Some Investors Find It in Pastures

Slow Money creates new ways of funding local, sustainable food and agriculture companies, and the Brooklyn chapter is buzzing.

July 5, 2011 | By Amy Cortese