Announcing Our NYC Summit Agenda—Help Us Spread the Word and Tune in Online!

In just a few weeks, Food Tank will be hosting our largest Summit yet! 

The theme of the event is “The Food Movement is Growing (and Winning)!” We’ll be live streaming it from New York City for FREE at FoodTank.com, starting on November 1, and you can submit questions using #FoodTank across all social media.

We’ve completely sold out the 800+ seat Skirball Center for the Performing Arts in New York City and have an unforgettable lineup of speakers that includes folks such as: Dan Barber, Marion Nestle, Kimbal Musk, A.C. Gallo, Rep. Adriano Espaillat, Mark Hyman, Leah Penniman, Karen Washington, Rocky Dawuni, Ron Ben-Israel, Sam Kass, Tom Colicchio, and over 60 more speakers, with panels and conversations moderated by top food reporters from the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, and VICE. 

We are so proud to partner on this Summit and Gala Dinner with New York University’s Steinhardt School, the Hunter College NYC Food Policy Center, Great Performances, and Chartwells, and we have just announced the agenda, which I’ve included below so you can get a first look!

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And now, here is our agenda: 

SUMMIT DAY ONE @ Skirball Center for the Performing Arts
November 1st, 2019
BEGINS 12:30 PM EST


WELCOME: Danielle Nierenberg (President, Food Tank)

FIRESIDE CHAT
“Cultivating the New Food Movement”
MODERATOR: Roberto Ferdman (Correspondent, VICE News)
Sam Kass (President Barack Obama’s Senior Policy Advisor for Nutrition Policy and Executive Director for First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! campaign)
Haile Thomas (President, The HAPPY Org)

FIRESIDE CHAT
“A New Era for Whole Foods”
MODERATOR: Beth Kowitt (Senior Editor, Fortune)
A.C. Gallo (President, Whole Foods)

PANEL DISCUSSION
“Can Business Do Good?”
MODERATOR: Jane Black (Writer, The Washington Post, The New York Times, more)
Brigette Wolf (Head of SnackFutures Innovation, Mondelēz International)
Shayna Harris (Co-Founder, Farmer’s Fridge)
Karl Deily (SVP & Chief Commercial Officer, Sealed Air)
Jyoti Stephens (Vice President of Mission and Strategy, Nature’s Path)

FIRESIDE CHAT
“A Roadmap for Small and Big Together.”
Moderator: Danielle Nierenberg (President, Food Tank)
Jim Perdue (Chairman, Perdue Farms)
Paul Willis (Founder, Niman Ranch)

PANEL DISCUSSION
“Creating Environmentally, Economically, and Socially Sustainable Food Businesses”
MODERATOR: Julia Moskin (Food Writer, The New York Times)
Liz Neumark (CEO, Great Performances)
Linda Findley Kozlowski (CEO, Blue Apron)
Britt Lundgren (Director of Organic and Sustainable Agriculture, Stonyfield Farm)
James Rogers (CEO, Apeel Sciences)
Chris Daugherty (Global Head of Agriculture, PepsiCo)

NETWORKING BREAK
Break snacks curated by Great Performances and coffee provided by Think Coffee

FIRESIDE CHAT
“Farming While Black: A Conversation with Leah Penniman”
MODERATOR: Tamar Haspel (Columnist, The Washington Post)
Leah Penniman (Founder, Soul Fire Farm)

POLICY CONVERSATION
“Growing Better Food Policy”
MODERATOR: Florence Fabricant (Food and Wine Writer, The New York Times)
Marion Nestle (Best-Selling Author, New York University Steinhardt School)
Adriano Espaillat (Member of Congress, U.S. House of Representatives)
Tom Colicchio (American restaurateur and celebrity chef on Bravo TV’s Top Chef)

FARMER PANEL
“Putting Farmers in the Drivers Seat of Food System Change”
MODERATOR: Jocelyn Zuckerman (Food Journalist)
Noah M. M. Nasiali (Farmer and Founder, Africa Farmers Club)
Karen Washington (Farmer and Founder, Rise & Root Farm)
Brad Greenway (Farmer and Past Chairman, U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance)

FIRESIDE CHAT
“A Conversation with Mark Bittman”
MODERATOR: Deena Shanker (Food journalist, Bloomberg)
Mark Bittman (Author of How to Cook Everything and editor-in-chief of Heated)

FIRESIDE CHAT
“What’s the Future of Food?”
MODERATOR: Gabriella Gershenson (Columnist, The Wall Street Journal)
Kimbal Musk (Chef, restaurateur, and philanthropist)

CLOSING PERFORMANCE: Jen Chapin (WhyHunger activist and widely acclaimed musician)

Food Tank Reception and Gala Dinner
NOTE: NOT LIVESTREAMED
@ Rosenthal Pavilion (Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Square S, New York, NY)

Reception:
Hors D’oeuvres incorporating school garden produce from Harlem Grown, Green Bronx Machine, and Teens for Food Justice. Musical Performance from Andrei Matorin and his band.

Dinner:
At the reception and dinner, you will be joined by nearly all the Summit speakers, featuring a six-course dinner curated by Great Performances by select rising-star female chefs from each of New York City’s five boroughs.
Just added: a surprise bonus course by Chef Dan Barber (Chef and co-owner of Blue Hill and Blue Hill at Stone Barns)!

“Announcing Food Tank’s Garjana”
MODERATED BY: Danielle Nierenberg (President, Food Tank)
Rocky Dawuni (Grammy-nominated afro roots music star and humanitarian activist)
Mia Yoo (Creative Director, La Mama)
David Peterson (Linguist, HBO’s Game of Thrones)
Jeff Solomon (Co-Writer Garjana)
Stephen Bailey (HBO Documentary Filmmaker)

Interactive Performance, choreographed by Angel Kaba, of “Come Sun” (in Garjanese, “Haya Zhan”)
Rocky Dawuni (Grammy-nominated afro roots music star and humanitarian activist)
Ashley Brown (Broadway star, originating the title role in “Mary Poppins” on Broadway)
Sondazha (An island girl from the Planet Garjana)

“A Fireside Conversation with Ron Ben-Israel”
Moderator: Tamar E Adler (Author, Host of Food Actually and Contributing Editor of Vogue)
Ron Ben-Israel (Israeli pastry chef and star Food Network’s Cake Wars)

Food Tank Summit
SUMMIT DAY TWO @ LOEWE Theater (35 West 4th Street, New York, NY 10012)
9:30 AM

WELCOME: Danielle Nierenberg (President, Food Tank)

PANEL DISCUSSION
“Four NYC Borough Presidents Discuss Food Policy”
MODERATOR: Chloe Sorvino (Staff Writer, Forbes)
Eric L. Adams (Brooklyn Borough President)
Gale Brewer (Manhattan Borough President)
James Steven Oddo (Staten Island Borough President)
Rubén Díaz Jr. (Bronx Borough President)

PANEL DISCUSSION
“A Conversation About NYC Food Policy”
Moderator: Diane Brady (Writer, Author, and BBC Contributor)
Alessandra Biaggi (New York State Senator, 34th District)
Marcos A. Crespo (NYC Assembly Member)
Rafael Espinal (Member, New York City Council)
Ben Kallos (Member, New York City Council)

PANEL DISCUSSION
“Sustainability at the Center of Food Business”
MODERATOR: Tim Carman (Food reporter, The Washington Post)
Michiel Bakker (Director, Global Workplace Services Programs, Google)
Amy Keister (Senior Vice President of Sustainability & Retail Solutions, Compass Group)
Shayna Harris (Chief Growth Officer, Farmer’s Fridge)
Jean De Barrau (Regenerative Agriculture Director, Danone)
Mary Jane Melendez (Chief Sustainability & Social Impact Officer at General Mills; President, General Mills Foundation).

FIRESIDE CHAT [25 minutes]
“A Conversation with Dr. Mark Hyman”
MODERATOR: Lucy Biggers (Sustainability Journalist, NowThis)
Dr. Mark Hyman (Host, The Doctor’s Farmacy)

LUNCH [with special thanks to Farmers Fridge and ‘Witchcraft!]

WELCOME BACK: Beth Weitzman (Professor, New York University Steinhardt)

FIRESIDE CHAT
“A Conversation with Dan Barber”
MODERATOR: Jeff Gordinier (Food & Drinks Editor, Esquire)
Dan Barber (Chef and co-owner of Blue Hill and Blue Hill at Stone Barns)

FIRESIDE CHAT

“Philanthropy for a Better Food Future”
MODERATOR: Bryan Walsh (Author, Currently Editor of OneZero for Medium, Former Foreign Editor for Time Magazine)
Devon Klatell (Managing Director, Food, The Rockefeller Foundation)

PANEL DISCUSSION
“How to Tell the Story of Food”
MODERATOR: Corby Kummer (The Atlantic)
Anna Mulé (Executive Director, Slow Food USA)
Sam Fromartz (Editor, Food and Environment Reporting Network)
Joe Fassler (Editor, The New Food Economy)
Alyshia Gálvez (Author, Eating NAFTA: Trade, Food Policies and the Destruction of Mexico)
Lisa Held (Food and Agriculture Journalist and Host, The Farm Report)

PANEL CHAT
“A New Vision for Food Education and Distribution”
MODERATOR: Tiffany Stecker (Reporter, Bloomberg)
Abhi Ramesh (Founder & CEO, Misfits Market)
Lela May Klein (Founder, Greater Dayton Union Co-Op Initiative)
Marcel Van Ooyen (CEO, GrowNYC)

CLOSING FIRESIDE CHAT
“A Conversation with a Very Special Surprise Guest!”
MODERATOR: Bianca Bosker (American food journalist and bestselling author)
(IT’S A SURPRISE!)