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.

At National Events, Let’s Keep Food Businesses Accountable to People and the Planet

While many companies highlight sustainable practices, accountability is crucial to ensure they are reaching realistic climate goals.

Dr. Mark Hyman Tells Us ‘How To Activate Our Body’s Own Innate Healing System’

Food has a lot of power, helping people live more healthfully at any age. But every body is different and it’s important to identify a way of eating that works for the individual.

What Happens When Alice Waters Jumps On Your Zoom Call to Talk School Food Procurement

The decisions schools make around food procurement shapes how they literally and metaphorically nourish the next generation.

Using Storytelling in Film to Re-Attach Ourselves to Our Food Systems

Films focused on food systems can help tell us specific ways we can make an impact with the information we’re learning and the stories we’re hearing.

What’s in Your Manifesto for Disrupting Global Food Politics?

From investing in women and youth to recognizing the true value of food, these five actions can help us save ourselves, our food systems, and the world.

This Is Your Sign to Take Action in the Food System this Year!

It’s never too late to get involved in the food movement. Now is the perfect moment to pick an organization whose mission inspires you and help build systems that are better for people and planet.

The Food Donation Improvement Act Is Headed to President Biden’s Desk

Advocates call the passing of the Food Donation Improvement Act “a monumental win for food policy.”

As U.N. Nations Meet Again—this Time, on Biodiversity—What Should We Be Paying Attention to?

COP15 presents a once-in-a-decade opportunity to protect and restore biodiversity. But global leaders can’t do it without acknowledging the role of food and agriculture systems.

Let’s Tell Our Kids Bedtime Stories About Food Systems

Activism, advocacy and involvement in food and agriculture issues can and should start at an early age.

Can Food Justice Be a Religion?

Food and faith are both simultaneously deeply personal and inherently community-based.

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