Out of the fields and into the market, Nick Hodge hails from a small farm in the northeast corner of Maryland, right at the top of the Chesapeake Bay, bringing with him the experience and insight it takes to profit from the burgeoning crop-based biofuels boom.

Jesuit-educated at Loyola College, he is a strong believer of kicking the nation's Middle Eastern oil habit by any means necessary--and making a good bit of green along the way.

Also concerned with the world's dwindling availability of fresh water, Nick has been able to uncover a new generation of young, profitable companies that are set to explode as the world's energy crisis falls in line with an even more catastrophic water crisis.

From water treatment to water conservation technology, Nick's already on the inside, scoping out the most profitable opportunities this crisis will deliver for decades to come.

An avid outdoorsman, when he's not watching the ticker or writing for Green Chip Stocks and Energy & Capital, Nick can be found fishing the vast tributaries of the Chesapeake or in the woods looking to bag the big one.