Food Tank at NYC Climate Week 2024

Join Food Tank in New York City during Climate Week NYC from September 23rd-27th!

Check out the events below to enjoy important conversations and delicious food with Food Tank and partners all week.

Click on each link to find out more, access exclusive tickets and get invovled.

For partnership inquiries or to request a ticket, contact Kenzie at Kenzie@FoodTank.com.

Monday, September 23rd

9:00AM-7:00PM. “Restaurants and Farms are Key Solutions to the Climate Crisis.” Food Tank and the James Beard Foundation present a Climate Week NYC Kick-Off Summit held at the Platform by JBF space in Manhattan. A special thank you to our partners Planet FWD, Brightly, Guckenheimer, Astanor and Protein PACT. Breakfast, lunch and evening reception included.

Confirmed speakers include (in alphabetical order): Chef Eric Adjepong; Yemi Amu, Oko Farms; Eric Archambeau, Astanor Ventures; Kiki Aranita, New York Magazine; Rupa Bhattacharya, The Culinary Institute of America; Corey Blumenthal, Shake Shack; Mark Bittman, Founder, The Bittman Project and Community Kitchen, Bestselling Author and Former New York Times Columnist; Julia Collins, Planet FWD; Ertharin Cousin, Food Systems of the Future; Stacy Dean, GW Global Food Institute; Michael K. Dorsey, Arizona State University, Around the Corner Capital; Sheryll Durrant, Just Food; Sara Eckhouse, Executive Director, FoodShot Global; Curt Ellis, FoodCorps; Jess Fanzo, Columbia Climate School; Kathleen Finlay, Glynwood Center for Regional Food and Farming; Brian Fowler, BLACKBARN; Jeff Frank, Organic Valley; Evan Fraser, University of Guelph; Kwan-Yin Graw, Capricorn Investment Group; Sarela Herrada, SIMPLi; Tony Hilery, Harlem Grown; Ora Kemp, NYC Mayor’s Office of Food Policy; Leslie Kapin, Astanor Ventures; Steven Jennings, Ahold Delhaize USA; JJ Johnson, Celebrity Chef; Anna Lappe, The Global Alliance for the Future of Food; Andy Levitt, Founder, Brightly; Paul Lightfoot, Patagonia Provisions; Brandon Lombardi, Sprouts Farmers Market; Hunter Lovins, NOW Partners Foundation; Ron Mardesen, Niman Ranch; Anne McBride, The James Beard Foundation; Bill McKibben, American environmentalist and author; Qiana Mickie, Office of Urban Agriculture, New York City; Eric Mittenthal, North American Meat Institute; Danielle Nierenberg, Food Tank; Marion Nestle; Liz Neumark, Great Performances; Lotanna Obodozie, The National Young Farmers Coalition; Angela Pinhati, Natura; Clare Reichenbach, James Beard Foundation; Dorothy Shaver, Unilever; Chloe Sorvino, Forbes; Pierre Thiam, Yolele & Teranga; Karen Washington, Rise & Root Farm; Kelly Whitaker, winner of James Beard Foundation’s outstanding restaurateur 2024, and many more!

Event is already sold out with limited special tickets still remaining for Food Tank members, press, and partners. Ticketing page HERE (become a Food Tank member today by clicking here: FoodTank.com/Join).

Wednesday, September 25th

9:30AM-12:30PM. “Climate Resilience through Agriculture.” Food Tank and American Farmland Trust are co-convening a Climate Week NYC Summit at WNYC-NPR Studios’ The Greene Space (44 Charlton St, New York, NY 10014). The program includes a delicious thematic breakfast and lunch in partnership with Great Performance catering. Featuring 25+ luminary speakers. Some confirmed speakers include (in alphabetical order): Miles Braxton, Co-Founder and CEO, Okovate Sustainable Energy; Jesse Robertson-Dubois, Bluewave; Simon English, Common Table Creative; Oliver English, Common Table Creative; Miranda Kaiser, President, Rockefeller Family Fund; Paul Lightfoot, Patagonia Provisions; Terrence Nolan, Lodestar Energy; Danielle Nierenberg, Food Tank; John Piotti, American Farmland Trust; Beth Sauerhaft, PhD, Vice President of Programs, American Farmland Trust; Dorothy Shaver, Unilever; Ethan Winters, American Farmland Trust, and many more to be announced soon. Attendance is limited and by-invitation only. Email Kenzie at Kenzie@FoodTank.com if you’d like to be considered for the attendee list. It will also be live-streamed at FoodTank.com. Ticketing page HERE.

1:30PM-6:30PM. “Building Healthy Soils, Reducing Food Waste, and Protecting Pollinators from Pesticides.” Food Tank and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) are co-convening a public Summit at WNYC-NPR Studios’ The Greene Space (44 Charlton St, New York, NY 10014). The program includes a delicious thematic reception in partnership with Great Performance catering. Event features 25+ luminary speakers and is by-invitation only. Some confirmed speakers include (in alphabetical order): Tim Bowles, University of California, Berkely; Sara Farley, Rockefeller Foundation; Sam Kass, American political advisor, chef, and news personality, who served as President Barack Obama's Senior Policy Advisor for Nutrition Policy; Madeline Keating, Natural Resources Defense Council; Emily Broad Leib, Clinical Professor of Law and Founding Director of the Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic; Kate MacKenzie, Mayor’s Office of Food Policy; Gerardo Martinez, Farmer, Wild Kid Acres; Kathy Nolan, NRDC; Danielle Nierenberg, President, Food Tank; Dan Raichel, NRDC; Dr. Daniel Rath, NRDC; Dr. Leslie Ries, Georgetown University; Karen Ross, Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture; Dr. Judy Wu-Smart, Associate Professor & Extension Specialist, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Chloe Sorvino, Forbes; and many more to be announced soon!

Request an invite by emailing Kenzie at Kenzie@FoodTank.com. It will be live-streamed at FoodTank.com. Ticketing page HERE.

SOLD OUT! 7:00PM-10:00PM. Stone Barns Center, Unilever, and Food Tank present an exclusive Climate Week NYC dinner experience. Join Chef Dan Barber, Unilever’s Dorothy Shaver, and Food Tank's Danielle Nierenberg for a "Collaboration Celebration.” An evening of discussion to enable the food system's transition to delicious, nutritious, regenerative food for all. The event will be held at Family Mill at Blue Hill New York City (75 Washington Place, New York, New York 10011). Ticketing page HERE.

Thursday, September 26th

9:30AM-12:30PM. “Food and Agriculture is a Key Solution to the Climate Crisis.” Food Tank is partnering with the World Food Program USA to co-convene a public Summit at WNYC-NPR Studios’ The Greene Space (44 Charlton St, New York, NY 10014) themed “Food and Agriculture is a Key Solution to the Climate Crisis.” The program also includes a delicious thematic breakfast in partnership with Great Performance catering. Event features 25+ luminary speakers and is by-invitation only. Some confirmed speakers include (in alphabetical order): Bailey Bass; Maddy DeVita; Rania Dagash-Kamara, U.N. World Food Programme; Cary Fowler, U.S. Special Envoy for Global Food Security; Katie Lee, Farm Journal Foundation; Rebecca Middleton, World Food Program USA; Barron Segar, World Food Program USA; Roy Steiner, Rockefeller Foundation; Zoya Teirstein, Grist; Manolo Gonzales Vergara; Drea Okeke; Celebrity Chef Andrew Zimmern; and many more to be announced soon!

It will be live-streamed at FoodTank.com. By invitation-only. Request an invite by emailing Kenzie at Kenzie@FoodTank.com Ticketing page HERE.

1:30PM-6:30PM. “Mission Driven Brand Summit: Building the Future of the Food System.” Food Tank, Oatly, Vital Farms, King Arthur Baking and Tony’s Chocolonely to co-convene a closed door working agenda at WNYC-NPR Studios’ The Greene Space (44 Charlton St, New York, NY 10014) featuring the leaders of more than 130 mission driven brands. Attendance is by-invitation only for impact driven CPG brands. Email Kenzie@FoodTank.com if you’d like to be considered for the attendee list.

Confirmed Speakers Include (in alphabetical order): Janis Abbingsole, Chief Operating Officer, King Arthur Baking Company; Jason Buechel, CEO, Whole Foods Market; Jean-Christophe Flatin, CEO, Oatly; Matt O’Hayer, Founder and Chairperson, Vital Farms Inc; Suzanne McDowell, King Arthur Baking Company; Robin Morgan, Washington State University Breadlab; Barry Schumacher, Tony’s Chocolonely; along with interactive sessions facilitated by Andrea Chu, Senior Director of Impact, Vital Farms Inc; Julie Kunen, Oatly; Suzanne McDowell, King Arthur Baking Company; Danielle Nierenberg, President, Food Tank; Aidaly Sosa Walker, Tony’s Chocolonely.

Participating Brands: Acme Smoked Fish Corp, AeroFarms, Apeel, Applegate, Beanstory, Bel Brands USA, Belgian Boys, Bellwether Coffee, CAVA, Certified Origins, Chobani, Eat the Change, Eataly North America, Envisible & Wholechain, Farmer Fridge, Finless Foods, Foodscrolling, FoodShot Global, Handsome Brook Farms, Hello Fresh, Insomnia Cookies, King Arthur Baking, Kipster, Little Sesame, Mama O's Premium Kimchi, Maple Leaf Foods, Matriark Foods, Midwest Foods, Moonshot Snacks, Nature's Fynd, Nature's Path, Nespresso, Niman Ranch, Oatly, Ollie's, Parlor Coffee, Partake Foods, Patagonia Provisions, Inc., Phil's Finest, Plantbaser, Plonts, Quinn Snacks, Reclamation Foods, Remedy Organics, Rootless, Shake Shack, Simple Mills, SIMPLi, Stonyfield Organic, SunOpta, The Jackfruit Company, The Spare Food Co., THEO's Veggies, Tilray Brands, TiNDLE, Tom's of Maine, Tomato Bliss, Tony's Chocolonely, Upfield, Upside Foods, Vermont Creamery, West~Bourne, and more.

Ticketing page HERE.

Friday, September 27th

9:30AM-12:30PM. “Building Resilient Food Systems For All.” Food Tank Climate Week NYC Summit @ WNYC-NPR’s The Greene Space (44 Charlton St, New York, NY 10014) in partnership with the Arrell Food Institute at the University of Guelph. It will be live-streamed at FoodTank.com. By invitation-only. Request an invite by emailing Kenzie at Kenzie@FoodTank.com. Ticketing page HERE. Some confirmed speakers include (in alphabetical order): Julia Collins, Founder, Planet FWD; Devita Davison, Executive Director, FoodLab; Navin Durbhakula, Founder and Executive Director, Food 4 Thought, Student at Harvard; Jessica Fanzo, Columbia Climate School; Evan Fraser, Professor; Director, Arrell Food Institute; Gareth Gransaull, Co-Executive Director, Re-Generation; Riana Lynn, Founder, Journey Foods; Nika Moeini, founder, Youth Climate Save Canada; Danielle Nierenberg, President, Food Tank; John de la Parra, Director, Global Food Portfolio, The Rockefeller Foundation; Xananine Calvillo Ramirez, Indigenous descendent climate justice and food systems youth advocate from Mexico; and many more to be announced soon!

1:30PM-5:00PM. “The Role of Technology at The Nexus of Affordability, Nutrition, and Food Waste.” Food Tank Climate Week NYC Summit @ WNYC-NPR’s The Greene Space (44 Charlton St, New York, NY 10014) in partnership with Flashfood, ReFED, Apeel, and Divert. Topics will include food access, affordability, healthier choices, food is medicine and food loss and waste. It will be live-streamed at FoodTank.com. Some confirmed speakers include (in alphabetical order, many more names to be announced soon): Ryan Begin, Divert; Nick Bertram, Flashfood; Sweta Chakraborty, We Don't Have Time; Jenny Du, Apeel; Dana Gunders, ReFED; Sam Kass, American political advisor, chef, and news personality, who served as President Barack Obama's Senior Policy Advisor for Nutrition Policy; Danielle Nierenberg, Food Tank; Erika Thiem, Feeding America, and many more! By invitation-only. Request an invite by emailing Kenzie at Kenzie@FoodTank.com Ticketing page HERE.

7:00PM-10:00PM. The Stone Barns Center and Food Tank Present a Climate Week NYC Dinner Series.

Join Chef Dan Barber and Food Tank's Danielle Nierenberg at Blue Hill at Stone Barns for a delicious and illuminating Climate Week dinner series fundraiser. Proceeds support Food Tank and Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture.

Blue Hill at Stone Barns (630 Bedford Rd, Tarrytown, NY 10591).

Purchase tickets HERE.

We look forward to celebrating NYC Climate Week with you!