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.

2026 Confirmed Event Partners: 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; the Henry Ford; James Beard Foundation; Mill; 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; Kat Taylor, President of TomKat Foundation; United Nations Environment Programme; and 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. In partnership with Whole Foods Market. Confirmed speakers and performers include: Jason Buechel, Vice President, Amazon Worldwide Grocery Stores and Chief Executive Officer, Whole Foods Market; Tristen Buettel, Broadway Actor, Singer, and Dancer, currently appearing in Just in Time; Cullen Curth, New York City-based Pianist, Music Director, and Conductor who recently made his Broadway conducting debut with Just in Time; Amalia Colón-Nava, Farmer and Co-Director, Dirtbaby Farm; Michelle Hughes, Executive Director, National Young Farmers Coalition; Sarah Jones, Jones Farms Organic, Hooper, Colorado; DeVonne Jackson Perez, Brooklyn-based Urban Farmer and Sustainability Educator; Emily Grant, R&S Acres, diversified/livestock farmer, Genesee County; Caitlin Liebert, Head of Sustainability, Worldwide Grocery, Whole Foods Market; Brita Lundberg, Fourth-Generation Farmer, Lundberg Family Farms; Becca Millstein, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Fishwife; Danielle Nierenberg, President, Food Tank; Sonya Gafsi Oblisk, Chief Merchandising & Marketing Officer, Whole Foods Market and Vice President, Amazon Worldwide Grocery Stores Private Brands & Marketing; Anna Turrell, Global Chief Sustainability Officer, Mars Snacking; and many more to be announced soon. 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, Nutrition & Standards, CookUnity; Cullen Curth, New York City-based pianist, music director, and conductor; Diana Geseking, Chief Legal Officer, Restaurant Technologies; Matthew Jozwiak, CEO and Founder, Rethink; Robert Jones, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships, Industry Leadership, and Impact, Culinary Institute of America; Martin Krause, Climate Change Division Director, UN Environment Programme; Nathan Lucrezio, Broadway Actor, Singer, Dancer, and Recording Artist; Adalberto Maluf, 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; Gwyneth Rampton, Vice President of Sustainability, Compass Group USA; Lou Pieh, Head of Federal Affairs, Mill; U.S. Member of Congress Andrea Salinas, Oregon's 6th Congressional District; Tia Schwab, Senior Manager, U.S. Food Systems, C40. 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, Maison Mirabeau and The Regenerative Viticulture Foundation; Dana Cowin, Progressive Hedonist and Former Editor-in-Chief, Food & Wine Magazine; Ryan Fielding Garrett, New York City-based Composer, Music Director, Orchestrator, and Musician; Ann Marie Hourigan, Quality Standards Executive Leader, Whole Foods Market; Mark Kaplan, Co-Founder and Partner, Wholechain; Shawna Laczko, Chief Revenue Officer, Northstar Recycling; Elaina Leibee, Wine Director, Erewhon Natural Food Market; Peter McGuinness, CEO, Bel US; Danielle Nierenberg, President, Food Tank; Daniel Quadrino, Broadway Actor currently starring as Boq in Wicked; Rob Samuels, 8-Generation Whisky Maker and Managing Director, Maker's Mark; Beatrix Scolari, Sustainability Manager, Bonterra Organic Estates; Jason Weller, 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: Kacie Abney-Scherler, 5th Generation Rancher, Scherler-Abney Land & Cattle; Zach Abney-Scherler, Rancher, Scherler-Abney Land & Cattle; Xiye Bastida, Climate Activist and FOOD 2050 Visionary; Brandon Burks, Broadway Artist; Elijah Caldwell, OBIE Award-winning Actor, Singer, Pianist, and Music Director; Sara Farley, The Rockefeller Foundation; Andrew Fraser, President, Halter; Spence Medford, Senior Vice President, The Henry Ford; Danielle Nierenberg, President, Food Tank; Jennifer Sherman, Culinary Director, Alice Waters Institute; Kat Taylor, Founder, TomKat Ranch and TomKat Ranch Educational Foundation; Rebecca Tickell, Director, Groundswell; 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, Rabbit Hill Farms; Amanda Beal, State of Maine; John Chester, Farm Lore Films; Oliver English, Common Table Creative; Simon English, Common Table Creative; Heidi Exline, American Farmland Trust; Tim Fink, American Farmland Trust; Olivia Fuller, Fuller Farm; Dominick Grant, Dirt Capital Partners; Will Harris, White Oak Pastures; Brooks Lamb, Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator; Caitlin Liebert, Amazon Worldwide Grocery; Bianca Moebius-Clune, PhD, American Farmland Trust; Jenny Lester Moffitt, American Farmland Trust; Danielle Nierenberg, Food Tank; Heather Oppel, General Mills; Madison Claire Parks, Wicked; John Piotti, American Farmland Trust; Karen Ross, State of California; Deydra Steans, S3 Legacy Ranch; Kat Taylor, TomKat Ranch Educational Foundation; Jeff Tkach, Rodale Institute; Noah Turner, Broadway Music Director; and many more to be announced soon. 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: Melissa Clark, Food Reporter and Columnist, The New York Times and NYT Cooking; Heidi Diestel, Fourth-Generation Farmer and Executive Vice President, Diestel Family Ranch; Clair Rachel Howell, Broadway Performer and former Nessarose in Wicked, currently performing on the Wicked National Tour; Anne Marie Hourigan, Quality Standards Principal Advisor for Sourcing Standards, Whole Foods Market; Danielle Nierenberg, President, Food Tank; Noah Turner, Broadway Music Director; Chef Andrew Zimmern; and many more to be announced soon! 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: 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!; Ora Kemp, Senior Policy Advisor, New York City Mayor’s Office of Food Policy; New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani; Kevin Nakagawa, Community Organizer and Food Stories Lead, Open Doors; Danielle Nierenberg, President, Food Tank; Norman Priester, Executive Director, Nutrition Service Division, NYC Department of Corrections; Siddhartha Sanchez, Executive Director, New York City Mayor’s Office of Food Policy. 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; William Brinkerhoff, Soil Scientist, Chef, and Science Communicator; Marcia Brown, POLITICO; Amy Bruch, Cyclone Farms; Taylor Clayton, The Adam's Group; Beatriz Daim, Tradin Organic; 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; Gary Hirshberg, Stonyfield Farm; Taylor Hurd, Singer-Songwriter; Chef Johanna Hellrigl, AMA; 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 Author; Danielle Nierenberg, Food Tank; Kousha Navidar, Writer, Host, and Producer; Shawna Nelson, Organic Valley; Priyanka Naik, Chef; Sandy Pfaff, Organic Trade Association; Gwyneth Rampton, Compass Group USA; Maria Rodale, Rodale, Inc.; Amber Rubarth, Singer-Songwriter; Paul Schiefer, Amy’s Kitchen; Amber Sciligo, The Organic Center; Suzanne Sengelmann, Lundberg Family Farms; Erin Silva, UW-Madison; Sarela Herrada, SIMPLi; Kathleen Davis, Science Friday; Travis Taber, Fiyero in Wicked on Broadway; Annie Watson, Stonyfield Farmer; Jake Wedeberg, Organic Dairy Farmer; Stefanie Wilbur, Lazy Dog Farm; Jayke Workman, Chicago on Broadway; Nijia Zhou, Amazon Worldwide Grocery. 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 Bleu Adams, Director, IndigeHub; Elijah Caldwell, OBIE Award-winning Actor, Singer, Pianist, and Music Director; Nick T. Daly, Broadway Actor, Singer, and Dancer currently appearing in MJ the Musical; Erica Helms, Chief Growth Officer, James Beard Foundation; Emily Janoch, Associate Vice President for Evidence and Learning, CARE; Ellie Krieger, Dietitian and Nutritionist, Host of Healthy Appetite with Ellie Krieger on Food Network, and Ellie's Real Good Food on PBS; Anne E. McBride, PhD, James Beard Foundation; Liz Murray, Chief Operating Officer, The Marlow Collective; Danielle Nierenberg, President, Food Tank; Chris Noble, Head of Corporate Partnerships, CARE; Chef Sean Sherman, Founder and Executive Director, NĀTIFS. 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, Board Member, Rockefeller Foundation, Former Governor of South Carolina, and Former Executive Director of the World Food Program; Inbal Becker-Reshef, Founder, RAAPID; Ertharin Cousin, Chief Executive Officer, Food Systems for the Future; Evan Fraser, Executive Director, Arrell Food Institute; Danielle Nierenberg, President, Food Tank; Oluchi Nwaokorie, Broadway Actor and Singer currently appearing as Elphaba in Wicked; Máximo Torero Cullen, Chief Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; Noah Turner, Broadway Music Director; Michael Werz, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations. 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, NYU Food Studies; Mark Bittman, Author and Food Journalist; Maria Caputo, New York-based Composer, Pianist, Vocalist, Music Director, and Broadway Music Copyist; Nancy Easton, Wellness in the Schools; Kathleen Finlay, Glynwood Center for Regional Food and Farming; 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; Jake Pedersen, Broadway and Television Actor currently appearing in Ragtime on Broadway; Ruth Reichl, Author and Food Journalist; Maria Rodale, Rodale Inc; Kim Severson, The New York Times. Event page HERE.

Friday, September 25th. Morning. Planet Aqua, Planet Peace: The Paideia Vision For Integral Ecology, Food Systems, Public Health, and Global Justice. In partnership with Future Food Institute and the UN FAO. Confirmed speakers and performers include: Blu Allen, Broadway Actor, Singer, and Dancer currently appearing in MJ the Musical; Elijah Caldwell, OBIE Award-winning Actor, Singer, Pianist, and Music Director; David Laborde, Director, Agrifood Economics Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; Kaveh Madani, Director, United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health; Danielle Nierenberg, President, Food Tank; Sara Roversi, Founder, Future Food Institute; Simone Venturini, Mayor of Venice; and many more to be announced soon! 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 starring as Nessarose in Wicked; 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; Danielle Nierenberg, President, Food Tank; Kim Severson, Journalist, The New York Times; Jeremy Walter, Deputy Executive Director, Office of School Wellness Programs, New York City Department of Education; Karen Washington, Food Justice Advocate, Farmer, and Author. Event page HERE.

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