Climate Week NYC: Food Tank at WNYC’s Greene Space, September 19–25

Climate Week NYC food, climate, agriculture, and sustainability summits with Food Tank at WNYC’s Greene Space, September 20–25.
About this Event

Join Food Tank during Climate Week NYC 2026 for a week of invitation-based summits, live conversations, performances, art, farmer storytelling, film, music, and food systems programming at WNYC’s The Greene Space in New York City.

From September 20–25, Food Tank will bring together farmers, chefs, policymakers, advocates, artists, journalists, business leaders, funders, and food systems changemakers for urgent, hopeful conversations about climate, agriculture, food justice, sustainability, health, and the future of the planet.

Thank you to our 2026 event co-hosts: American Farmland Trust; Amy’s Kitchen; Arrell Food Institute; Bel US; Bonterra; CARE; CookUnity; Diestel Family Ranch; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; Food Planet Prize; Future Food Institute; Global Traceability Framework for Beef and Leather; Groundswell; Halter; Handsome Brook Farms; James Beard Foundation; Mill; Monterey Bay Aquarium; New York City Mayor’s Office of Food Policy; New York University; Northstar Recycling; NRDC; Once Upon a Farm; Organic Center; Organic Valley; Organic Voices; Pilot Light; RAAPID; Restaurant Technologies; Rockefeller Foundation; Rodale Institute; Stonyfield; Strong Roots; Support + Feed; United Nations Environment Programme; Venice Climate Week; Whole Foods Market.

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SCHEDULE

Sunday, Sept 20th. Evening. “Putting Farmers First: How Young Farmers are Shaping the Future of Food.” In partnership with Whole Foods Market. Confirmed speakers and performers include: Jason Buechel, Whole Foods Market and Amazon Worldwide Grocery Stores; Tristen Buettel, Just in Time; Amalia Colón-Nava, Dirtbaby Farm; Cullen Curth, Just in Time; Emily Grant, Rise and Shine Acres; Roman Goron, Juilliard; Michelle Hughes, National Young Farmers Coalition; DeVonne Jackson Perez, Good Ground and Brooklyn Supported Agriculture; Sarah Jones, Jones Farms Organic; Caitlin Leibert, Amazon Grocery and Whole Foods Market; Brita Lundberg, Lundberg Family Farms; Becca Millstein, Fishwife; Danielle Nierenberg, Food Tank; Sonya Gafsi Oblisk, Whole Foods Market and Amazon Worldwide Grocery Stores; Anna Turrell, Mars Snacking; and Janae Yates, Juilliard. Event page HERE.

Monday, September 21st. Morning. Theme: “Solving Food Waste is a Key Solution to the Climate Crisis.” In partnership with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Food Planet Prize, NRDC, Restaurant Technologies, CookUnity, and Mill. Confirmed speakers and performers include: María Bengochea, Director of Sustainability & Standards, CookUnity; Veleké Brown, CEO, E-RoadMap and Velloris, and Executive Director, E-RoadMap Corporation; U.S. Representative Nikki Budzinski (D-IL); Cullen Curth, New York City-based Pianist, Music Director, and Conductor; U.S. Representative Maxine Dexter, Oregon’s 3rd Congressional District; Julie Gehrki, President, Walmart Foundation and Senior Vice President, Philanthropy, Walmart Inc.; Diana Geseking, Chief Legal Officer, Restaurant Technologies; Robert Jones, Vice President, Strategic Partnerships, Industry Leadership, and Impact, The Culinary Institute of America; Matthew Jozwiak, Founder and CEO, Rethink Food; Madeline Keating, Senior Advocate, Nature, NRDC; Martin Krause, Director, Climate Change Division, UN Environment Programme (UNEP); Nathan Lucrezio, Broadway Actor, Singer, Dancer, and Recording Artist; Adalberto Maluf Filho, National Secretary for Urban Environment, Water Resources and Environmental Quality, Brazil’s Ministry of Environment and Climate Change; Danielle Nierenberg, President, Food Tank; Emily Norford, Nominations Manager, Food Planet Prize; Chef Emily Peck, Plant-Based Chef and Holistic Nutritionist; Lou Pieh, Head of Federal Affairs, Mill; Gwyneth Rampton, Vice President of Sustainability, Compass Group USA; U.S. Representative Andrea Salinas, Oregon’s 6th Congressional District; Tia Schwab, Senior Manager, U.S. Food Systems, C40 Cities; U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (D-NM); Jackie Suggitt, Senior Director of Waste & Circularity, Walmart; Sydney Thayer, Pollution Prevention Specialist, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality; and Jacob Wallace, Senior Reporter, Waste Dive. Event page HERE.

Monday, September 21st. Afternoon. Mission Driven Brands Summit. In partnership with Bel US, Strong Roots, Northstar Recycling, and the Global Traceability Framework for Beef and Leather. Confirmed speakers and performers include: Jordan Catalana, Senior Manager, Social Impact, Tapestry Foundation; Stephen Cronk, Co-Founder and Trustee, The Regenerative Viticulture Foundation; Co-Founder and CEO, Maison Mirabeau; Dana Cowin, Founder, Progressive Hedonist and Former Editor-in-Chief, Food & Wine Magazine; Ryan Fielding Garrett, New York City-based Composer, Music Director, Orchestrator, and Musician; Diana Hanus, Senior Executive Vice President, Commercial & Business Development, Sovereign Seas; Ann Marie Hourigan, Head of Quality Standards, Whole Foods Market; Mark Kaplan, Chief Marketing and Sustainability Officer, Wholechain; Shawna Laczko, Chief Revenue Officer, Northstar Recycling; Elaina Leibee, Wine Director, Erewhon; Peter McGuinness, CEO, Bel North America; Sarah McMullin, Senior Vice President, Owned Brands Product Operations and Manufacturing, Target; Danielle Nierenberg, President, Food Tank; Daniel Quadrino, Broadway Actor currently starring as Boq in Wicked; Rob Samuels, Eighth-Generation Whisky Maker and Managing Director, Maker’s Mark; Beatrix Scolari, Sustainability Manager, Bonterra Organic Estates; and Jason Weller, Global Chief Sustainability Officer, JBS. Event page HERE.

Monday, September 21st. Evening. “Food and Agriculture Film Festival” at Climate Week NYC. In partnership with Kat Taylor, President of TomKat Foundation, Halter, the Rockefeller Foundation and Groundswell. Confirmed speakers and performers include, listed in alphabetical order: Xiye Bastida, Climate Justice Activist, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Re-Earth Initiative, and FOOD 2050 Visionary; Brandon Burks, Broadway Actor, Singer, and Dancer; Elijah Caldwell, OBIE Award-winning Actor, Singer, Pianist, and Music Director; Sweta Chakraborty, CEO of North America, We Don't Have Time; Mary Culler, President, Ford Philanthropy; Sara Farley, Regenerative School Meals Co-Lead and Vice President for the Food Team, The Rockefeller Foundation; Spence Medford, Senior Vice President and Chief Advancement Officer, The Henry Ford; Helen Moore, VP of Commercial Strategy, Halter; Madeleine Nelson, President, Big Green; Danielle Nierenberg, President, Food Tank; Kacie Scherler-Abney, Fifth-Generation Rancher, Scherler-Abney Land & Cattle; Zach Scherler-Abney, Rancher, Scherler-Abney Land & Cattle; Jennifer Sherman, Program Director, Alice Waters Institute; Kat Taylor, Founder, TomKat Ranch and TomKat Ranch Educational Foundation; Rebecca Harrell Tickell, Director and Producer, Groundswell; and Haven Worley, Director, Irish Farmers: A Love Story. Event page HERE.

Tuesday, Sept 22nd. Morning. “Thriving Farms and Ranches.” In partnership with American Farmland Trust. Confirmed speakers and performers include: Hillary Barile, Owner, Rabbit Hill Farms; Amanda Beal, Commissioner, Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry; John Chester, FarmLore Films; Oliver English, Co-Founder and CEO, Common Table Creative; Simon English, Co-Founder and Creative Director, Common Table Creative; Heidi Exline, New York & New Jersey Deputy Director, American Farmland Trust; Tim Fink, Vice President of Policy, American Farmland Trust; Olivia Fuller, Fourth-Generation Farmer, Fuller Acres; Dominick Grant, Partner and Managing Director, Dirt Capital Partners; Will Harris, Owner, White Oak Pastures; Brooks Lamb, Director of Food Systems and Agriculture Policy, Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator; Caitlin Leibert, Global Head of Sustainability, Amazon Worldwide Grocery; Bianca Moebius-Clune, PhD, Climate and Soil Health Director, American Farmland Trust; Jenny Lester Moffitt, American Farmland Trust; Danielle Nierenberg, President, Food Tank; Heather Oppel, General Mills; Madison Claire Parks, Broadway Actor and Singer who recently completed nearly two years as the Glinda understudy on the Wicked National Tour; John Piotti, President and CEO, American Farmland Trust; Karen Ross, Secretary, California Department of Food and Agriculture; Deydra Steans, Manager, S3 Legacy Ranch; Kat Taylor, Chair of the Board of Directors, TomKat Ranch Educational Foundation; Jeff Tkach, CEO, Rodale Institute; and Noah Turner, Pianist, Conductor, Music Director, and Arranger. Event page HERE.

Tuesday, Sept 22nd. Afternoon. “Nourishing the Future: How Farming Practices Shape the Food We Eat, the Health We Build, and the Longevity We Seek.” In partnership with Diestel Family Ranch. Confirmed speakers and performers include: Elder Raymond Bryant, Presiding Elder, AME Church, and Co-Founder, San Antonio Million Gardens Project; Melissa Clark, Food Reporter and Columnist, The New York Times and NYT Cooking; Heidi Diestel, Fourth-Generation Family Farmer, Diestel Family Ranch; Jason Diestel, Farmer, Diestel Family Ranch; Mercedes Diane Griffin Forbes, Founder, Forbes Food & Ag, and Editor, DG Speaks; Kate Fullam, Team Lead for Food Systems Resiliency, NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets; Ann Marie Hourigan, Head of Quality Standards, Whole Foods Market; Una Hrnjak, Group Director for International Sustainability, ALDI SOUTH Group; Clair Rachel Howell, Broadway Performer and former Nessarose in Wicked, currently performing on the Wicked National Tour; Paul Lightfoot, General Manager, Patagonia Provisions; Dariush Mozaffarian, Cardiologist, Public Health Expert, and Director, Tufts Food is Medicine Institute; Nile Nair, Senior Program Manager for Health Science, Research & Translation, Periodic Table of Food Initiative; Danielle Nierenberg, President, Food Tank; Kristine Root, Chief Strategist & Founder, Socha; Tambra Raye Stevenson, Founder, WANDA (Women Advancing Nutrition, Dietetics, and Agriculture); Noah Turner, Broadway Music Director; and Chef Andrew Zimmern, Emmy- and James Beard Award-winning Chef, Television Host, Author, and Food Advocate. Event page HERE.

Tuesday, Sept 22nd. Evening. “People-Focused. Climate-Friendly. Food-Forward New York City.” In partnership with the NYC Mayor’s Office, Support + Feed, and Strong Roots. Confirmed speakers and performers include: Helen Arteaga, Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services, City of New York; Maggie Baird, Founder and President, Support + Feed; Maria Caputo, New York-based Composer, Pianist, Vocalist, Music Director, and Broadway Music Copyist; Emma Curtis, Managing Director, Strong Roots; Kaitlyn Davidson, Broadway Actor and Singer currently appearing as Helen Pritt in Schmigadoon!; Shyria Donawa, Program Specialist, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; Ora Kemp, New York City Mayor’s Office of Food Policy; Kevin Nakagawa, Open Doors; Danielle Nierenberg, President, Food Tank; Norman Priester, Executive Director, Nutrition Service Division, NYC Department of Correction; Siddhartha Sanchez, Executive Director, New York City Mayor’s Office of Food Policy; Brittany Saffold, Director of Partnerships, Communication, and Retention with New York City Public Schools; and Karen Yi, Reporter, WNYC and Gothamist. Event page HERE.

Wednesday, September 23rd. All Day. “Soil to Shelf.” In partnership with Organic Trade Association, Organic Valley, Once Upon a Farm, Handsome Brook Farm, Stonyfield, and Amy’s Kitchen. And in collaboration with Organic Voices, the Organic Center, and the Rodale Institute. Confirmed speakers and performers include: Benjamin Bartley, UNFI; Alexis Bramley, Organic Trade Association; Will Brinkerhoff, Soil Scientist, Chef, and Science Communicator; Marcia Brown, POLITICO; Amy Bruch, Sixth-Generation Organic Farmer and President, Cyclone Farms; Duron Chavis, Happily Natural Day and Sankofa Community Orchard; Taylor Clayton, Adams Group; Cullen Curth, Pianist, Music Director, and Conductor; Beatriz Daim, Tradin Organic; Kathleen Davis, Science Friday; Matthew Dillon, Organic Trade Association; Abianne Falla, CatSpring Yaupon; Tracy Favre, Handsome Brook Farms; Ryan Fielding Garrett, Broadway Music Director; Christopher Gergen, Regenerative Organic Alliance; David Gonthier, University of Kentucky; Alison Grantham, Grow Well Consulting; Stephanie Grotta, Target; Taylor Hurd, Singer-Songwriter; Chef Johanna Hellrigl, Ama Restaurant; Celia Hottenstein, Wicked on Broadway; Steven Jennings, Ahold Delhaize USA; Jane Kuhn, Once Upon a Farm; Annie Leeson, AgriCarbon; Brandon Lombardi, Sprouts Farmers Market; Jessica Luhning, Organic Valley; Britt Lundgren, Stonyfield; Chef Joshua McFadden, James Beard Award-Winning Chef and Author; Danielle Nierenberg, Food Tank; Kousha Navidar, WNYC and Climate One; Shawna Nelson, Organic Valley; Chef Priyanka Naik, Food Network Champion, TV Personality, and Author; Leah Penniman, Soul Fire Farms; Sandy Pfaff, Organic Trade Association; Gwyneth Rampton, Compass Group USA; Maria Rodale, Rodale Institute; Amber Rubarth, Singer-Songwriter; Paul Schiefer, Amy’s Kitchen; Amber Sciligo, The Organic Center; Suzanne Sengelmann, Lundberg Family Farms; Erin Silva, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Katrina Staves, Organic Voices; Sarela Herrada, SIMPLi; Travis Taber, Wicked on Broadway; Annie Watson, Sheepscot Valley Farm and Stonyfield; Jake Wedeberg, Organic Dairy Farmer; Stefanie Wilbur, Lazy Dog Farm; Jayke Workman, Chicago on Broadway; and Nijia Zhou, Amazon Worldwide Grocery.

Also all day via livestream at FoodTank.com with additional exclusive online content including interviews with Selena Ahmed, Periodic Table of Food Initiative and American Heart Association; Nicole Atchison, PURIS; Shannon Cappellazzi, Oregon State University; Abbie Corse, Northeast Organic Family Farm Partnership-VT; Sheryll Durrant, JUST Food; John Foraker, Once Upon a Farm; Seth Goldman, Eat the Change and JUST ICE TEA; Brad Heins, University of Minnesota; Gary Hirshberg, Stonyfield Farm; Stephanie Jerger, Organic Trade Association; Keefe Keeley, Savanna Institute; Vernon Martin, Handsome Brook Farms; Kathleen Merrigan, Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems at Arizona State University; Erik Nicholson, Semillero de Ideas; Catherine Oakar, FRESHFARM; Chellie Pingree, U.S. House of Representatives; Nora Pouillon; David Rosmann, Rosmann Family Farms; Dan Simons, Farmers Restaurant Group; Rachel Stroer, The Land Institute; Brise Tencer, Organic Farming Research Foundation; and Russell Wallack, Breadtree Farms.Event page HERE.

Thursday, September 24th. Morning. “Chefs Save the World.” In Partnership with The James Beard Foundation and CARE. Confirmed speakers and performers include: Chef Fariyal Abdullahi, Executive Chef and Partner, Hav & Mar; Chef Bleu Adams, Executive Chef, Black Lamb Group, and Director, IndigeHub; Elijah Caldwell, OBIE Award-winning Actor, Singer, Pianist, and Music Director; Nick T. Daly, Actor, Singer, and Dancer currently appearing Off-Broadway in The Heart; previously in MJ the Musical on Broadway; Roman Goron, French-Filipino-American Jazz Pianist, Composer, and Producer at Juilliard; Erica Helms, Chief Growth Officer, James Beard Foundation; Emily Janoch, Associate Vice President for Evidence and Learning, CARE; Fernando González, Co-Founder and Pitmaster, 2Fifty Texas BBQ; Ellie Krieger, Dietitian and Nutritionist, Host of Healthy Appetite with Ellie Krieger on Food Network and Ellie’s Real Good Food on PBS, and Columnist, The Washington Post; Anne E. McBride, PhD, Vice President of Impact, James Beard Foundation; Taylor Montgomery, James Beard Award-Winning Chef, Farmer, and Co-Founder, Montgomery Sky Farm; Liz Murray, Chief Operating Officer, The Marlow Collective; Danielle Nierenberg, President, Food Tank; Chris Noble, Associate Vice President, Corporate Partnerships, CARE; Chef Grace Ramirez, Chef, La Latina Cocina and Aramark Collegiate Hospitality; Nishant Roy, Chief Impact Officer, Chobani; Deena Shanker, Writer, Bloomberg Businessweek; Chef Sean Sherman, Founder and Executive Director, NĀTIFS (North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems); Janae Yates, New York-based Drummer, Composer, and Bandleader; and Chef Andrew Zimmern, Emmy- and James Beard Award-winning Chef, Television Host, Author, and Food Advocate. Event page HERE.

Thursday, September 24th. Afternoon. “Rapid response for food security: challenges and opportunities.” In partnership with RAAPID and Arrell Food Institute. Confirmed speakers and performers include: David Beasley, Trustee, The Rockefeller Foundation; Former Governor of South Carolina and Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme; Inbal Becker-Reshef, Managing Director, Microsoft AI for Good Lab; Founder and Co-Director, NASA Harvest; and Founder, RAAPID; Ertharin Cousin, Founder and CEO, Food Systems for the Future; Evan Fraser, Executive Director, Arrell Food Institute at the University of Guelph; Ruth Hill, Director, Markets, Trade, and Institutions, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); Melissa Mahtani, Journalist-in-Residence and Podcast Co-Host, The AI Lab; Adam Met, Musician of multi-Platinum band AJR, Adjunct Professor at Columbia University, and Climate Activist; Danielle Nierenberg, President, Food Tank; Oluchi Nwaokorie, Broadway Actor and Singer currently serving as Elphaba Standby in Wicked; Philip Thigo, MBS, Special Envoy on Technology, Office of the President of Kenya; Máximo Torero Cullen, Chief Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; Noah Turner, Music Director, Conductor, Pianist, and Arranger; H.E. Taras Vysotskyi, Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine; Simon Winter, Vice President for Reimagining Humanitarian Nutrition Security, Rockefeller Foundation Catalytic Capital (RFCC); Michael Werz, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; and Andrew Zolli, Chief Impact Officer, Planet. Event page HERE.

Thursday, September 24th. Evening. Marion Nestle’s 90th Birthday Party. In partnership with New York University and Rodale Institute. Confirmed speakers and performers include: Jennifer Berg, Clinical Professor and Department Chair, Nutrition and Food Studies, NYU Steinhardt; Mark Bittman, Editor-in-Chief, The Bittman Project; Maria Caputo, New York-based Composer, Pianist, Vocalist, Music Director, and Broadway Music Copyist; Nancy Easton, Executive Director and Co-Founder, Wellness in the Schools; Kathleen Finlay, President, Glynwood Center for Regional Food and Farming; Cathy Kaufman, Culinary Historian and Food Studies Scholar; Corby Kummer, Executive Director of Food & Society, the Aspen Institute, Senior Editor, The Atlantic, and Senior Lecturer, Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science; Frances Moore Lappé, Author and Co-Founder, Small Planet Institute; Marion Nestle, Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, Emerita, New York University; Danielle Nierenberg, President, Food Tank; Kristie Patten, Gale and Ira Drukier Dean, NYU Steinhardt; Jake Pedersen, Broadway and TV Actor currently in Ragtime on Broadway; Ruth Reichl, Author and Former Editor in Chief, Gourmet; Maria Rodale, Board Co-Chair, Rodale Institute; Amber Rubarth, Singer-Songwriter; Kim Severson, The New York Times; Max Sinsheimer, Literary Agent, Sinsheimer Literary, LLC; and Lisa Sutherland, Co-Author with Marion Nestle, Sugar Coated: Unboxing the Hidden Forces Shaping America’s Favorite Breakfast Food; Interim President, Jacksonville University. Event page HERE.

Friday, September 25th. Morning. Water and Blue Foods Summit. In partnership with Future Food Institute, Food Tank, Monterey Bay Aquarium and the UN FAO. Confirmed speakers and performers include: Blu Allen, MJ the Musical; Chef Barton Seaver, New England Aquarium and Harvard; Carlotta Santolini, Blueats La Pescheria Sostineble; Elijah Caldwell; Jenn Kemmerly, Monterey Bay Aquarium; David Laborde, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; Kaveh Madani, United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health; Sarisher Mann, BNP Paribas; Kathleen McDavitt, Aquaculture Stewardship Council; Laura McDearis, Marine Stewardship Council; Danielle Nierenberg, Food Tank; Wendy Norden, Monterey Bay Aquarium; Stefano Pisani, Pollica, Italy; Sara Roversi, Future Food Institute; Brendan Shane, Trust for Public Lands; Michael Sheldrick, Global Citizen; Simone Venturini, Venice; and Kate Warren, Devex. Event page HERE.

Friday, September 25th. Afternoon. "Food Education Summit" at Climate Week NYC. In partnership with Pilot Light. Confirmed speakers and performers include: Jenna Bainbridge, Broadway Actor, Singer, and Disability Rights Advocate currently performing as Nessarose in Wicked; Linda Carmen Bryant, Co-Founder, San Antonio Million Gardens Project and Pastor, Grant Community AME Church; Maria Caputo, New York-based Composer, Pianist, Vocalist, Music Director, and Broadway Music Copyist; Alexandra DeSorbo-Quinn, Executive Director, Pilot Light; Nancy Easton, Executive Director and Founder, Wellness in the Schools; Gerardo Martinez, Marine Corps Veteran and Founder, Wild Kid Acres; Taylor Meredith, Education Policy Advisor, Pilot Light; Shanon Morris, Chief Program Officer, Harlem Grown; Liz Neumark, Founder, Great Performances and The Sylvia Center; Danielle Nierenberg, President, Food Tank; Chef Marcus Samuelsson, Eight-Time James Beard Award-Winning Chef, Restaurateur, Author, and Founder of Red Rooster Harlem; Kim Severson, Journalist, The New York Times; Amanda Torres, Educator, PS 72x William Dorney; Jeremy Walter, Executive Director, Food & Nutrition Education, New York City Public Schools; Karen Washington, Food Justice Advocate, Farmer, and Author; and Lyndsey Waugh, Executive Director, Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation. Event page HERE.

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