Food Tank : A Food Think Tank, is a 501(c)(3) organization, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 2013 by Danielle Nierenberg, Bernard Pollack, and Ellen Gustafson to reform the food system. Its goal is to highlight environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable ways of alleviating hunger, obesity, and Poverty in the United States, poverty. Nierenberg is the winner of the 2020 Julia Child Award, which celebrates leaders who are impacting the world through food. Nierenberg was also awarded th
2022 Food Policy Changemaker Award
from The Hunter College NYC Food Policy Center for making significant strides to create healthier, more sustainable food environments and using food to promote community and economic development.

Conferences

In 2015, Food Tank launched its first Food Tank Summit in Washington, D.C. Since then, Food Tank has been holding a series of summits in various cities focused on sustainability and equity in food systems. Food Tank has hosted summits in Boston, Chicago, New York City, Sacramento, California, Sacramento, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, D.C. The conferences gather experts across all sectors of the food industry including business, government, nonprofit organizations, farmers, unions, and chefs.

Publications

The organization's website is a publishing platform for news about the food industry and system, and it also provides research and analysis with the goal of building a science-based foundation for changing the food system. Topics covered include sustainable agriculture, climate change, food waste, urban agriculture, and policy and organizing. In 2014, Food Tank partnered with the James Beard Foundation to publish an annual "Good Food Org Guide," a comprehensive directory of nonprofit organizations that are working toward a better food system.

Podcast

In 2018, Food Tank launched an original podcast, "Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg," on which Nierenberg invites chefs, experts, and activists to outline their ideal food system—and how their projects are making a better food system more attainable.

Interactive musical

''WeCameToDance'' is Food Tank's interactive original musical about the climate crisis. It was developed by Creative Producer Bernard Pollack with choreography by House of Jack, original language by David Peterson of "Game of Thrones", and original music by Grammy-nominated Rocky Dawuni. The show debuted a month-long run at 2021 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and is commissioned perform at the U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow. During its initial run, ''WeCameToDance'' was featured in the ''New York Times'', ''The List'', Scotsman, ''The Herald'' (Scotland), and ''Edinburgh Reporter'' and the cast performed live on ''Good Morning Britain'', Al Jazeera, and the BBC.

References

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