Danielle Nierenberg
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Danielle Nierenberg is President of Food Tank and an expert on sustainable agriculture and food issues. She has written extensively on gender and population, the spread of factory farming in the developing world and innovations in sustainable agriculture.

COP30 Could Be Make-or-Break for Food and Climate Solutions

The challenges facing our global climate systems are dramatic, and we need dramatic action to set us on a better course. 

Can Food Systems Remind Politicians that Dialogue Is More Powerful than Partisan Debate?

Durable, long-lasting food systems transformation requires us to come together, find common ground and shared goals, and work in good faith to nourish our communities.

A Story of Two Maize Plans—and a Better Farmer-Led Food System

With access to high-quality seeds, technical support, and new technologies, Ethiopia’s smallholder farmers are becoming more resilient to climate variations.

Let’s Work Hand-In-Hand for a Better Future on World Food Day

Join us this World Food Day 2025 to explore powerful solutions to fight hunger, promote healthy diets, and build a sustainable food future—because together, we can nourish the world.

‘You Can’t Have the Practices Without the People’ When Building Just Food Systems

It matters not only who has a seat at the table, but who is actively contributing to the conversation.

On the Ground with Dani Nierenberg: To Roundup or Not to Roundup

Farmers are experimenting with conservation agriculture and debating the role of fertilizers and herbicides in building resilience.

The Roots of Regeneration: ‘What You Do To The Planet, You Do To Yourself’

The way farmers treated soils a generation ago influences how healthy they—and our food and agriculture systems—are today.

On the Ground with Dani Nierenberg: What Ethiopian Farmers Taught Me About Resilience

Regenerative agriculture means protecting and improving soil health, enhancing biodiversity, creating diverse and nutritious diets, and ensuring economic sustainability for farmers.

Through Indigenous Seasonal Growing, Local Ingredients and Animals Boost Resilience

From Minnesota to Ethiopia, leaders are proving that food resilience is rooted in community and tradition.

On the Ground with Dani Nierenberg: ‘Immediate and Disastrous’ Impacts from the Dismantling of USAID

With no transition time, organizations supported by USAID couldn’t prepare their staff or the communities they served for what was coming.

On the Ground with Dani Nierenberg: Why Farmers Must Be at the Table in Addis and Beyond

Too often, leaders develop and implement legislation without farmer input. That means laws that affect farmers’ daily lives are written without their lived experience in mind.

240+ Speakers Are Joining Us at Climate Week NYC. Will You Be There Too?

Now more than ever, as a food and agriculture movement, we need to show the world that our systems are both a key solution to the climate crisis and that the climate crisis demands urgent attention.

Dispatch from London Climate Action Week 2025

Action starts with education: See what Food Tank is doing at London Climate Action Week and discover 20 books shaping the future of food.

At London Climate Action Week, Let’s Talk Food Industry Sustainability

At London Climate Action Week Food Tank is spotlighting climate-smart food solutions with top business leaders, farmers, chefs, advocates, and other changemakers.

‘Hungrier, Poorer, And Sicker’: The Cost of the House Budget Bill

The Bill represents the largest cuts to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in history.

A Message to Graduates: Remarks from the 44th Commencement of the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy

It’s an incredibly uncertain time to be going out into the world. But that is exactly why the world needs young people act.

Let’s Go to Capitol Hill to Create Action on Food Is Medicine!

Food has incredible power to help us address complex challenges—especially when we consider how transformative Food is Medicine can be.

In a Hotter and Drier World, How Can Food and Farming Systems Adapt?

Over the past 40 years, drought has affected more people around the globe than any other natural disaster.

Could Eating Well Save Our Lives?

Illnesses caused by poor dietary health contribute to millions of deaths each year.

Your Field Guide to Building Hope and Community Strength in Today’s World

We owe it to ourselves, our communities, and the next generations to push back against that destructive fear and strengthen our sense of hope.

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