Climate Week NYC: Putting Farmers First.

Food Tank and Whole Foods Market present "Putting Farmers First: How Young Farmers are Shaping the Future of Food" at Climate Week NYC.
About this Event

On Sunday, September 20th, join Food Tank and Whole Foods Market at WNYC-NPR Studios’ The Greene Space in New York City.

Kick off Climate Week NYC with an inspiring celebration of the next generation of farmers and food systems leaders who are redefining agriculture through innovation, resilience, and climate leadership.

Date: Sunday, September 20th, 2026

Location: WNYC Studios' The Greene Space, 44 Charlton Street, New York, NY 10014

Time: 6:30PM - 9:30PM. Including live musical performance and a delicious networking reception.

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.

Limited capacity. Join the waitlist to be considered for an in-person invitation!

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Become a Food Tank member today and receive tickets to the 2026 Climate Week NYC Summit of your choice: FoodTank.com/Join.

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; 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; Whole Foods Market.

See Food Tank’s complete Climate Week NYC 2026 schedule HERE.