Food Tank

Food Tank is planning an extraordinary evening on April 1st at The Greene Space at WNYC/WQXR in New York City with Compass Group, NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, and Mill in celebration of 2025 Stop Food Waste Day! This is a wonderful evening that will showcase?Broadway performers, celebrity chefs, youth poetry spoken word performances, luminary speakers, and delicious bites and cocktails. Confirmed speakers include: Jennifer Berg, Department Chair of Food Studies, NYU Steinhardt; Natasha Bernstein Bunzl, Doctoral Student, NYU Steinhardt; Andrew Fisher Jr., 10 Year-old Youth Poet, Brooklyn; Harrison Herz, Undergraduate Student, NYU Steinhardt; Chris Ivens-Brown, Chief Culinary Officer, Compass Group; Sam Kass, Investor & Strategist for Healthier Climate Smart Food; Amy Keister, Global Director of Sustainability, Compass Group; Robert Lee, CEO, Rescuing Leftover Cuisine; Priyanka Naik, Celebrity Chef and Cookbook Author; Danielle Nierenberg, Co-Founder and President, Food Tank; Jennifer Noble, Broadway Actor, Singer and Dancer most known for her performances in King Kong, Ghost, Kinky Boots and We Will Rock You; Prahlada Rastogi, 10 Year-old Youth Poet, Princeton, NJ; Merrill Schaefer, 13 Year-old Youth Poet, New York City; Harry Tannenbaum, Cofounder and President, Mill; and more surprise guests to be announced soon! Details here: https://lnkd.in/emTP3VxA

???? Do you know where your seafood, beef, or leather is really coming from? Industry leaders are working to standardize how traceability data is shared and collected along the supply chains to reduce fraud, eliminate labor abuse, and prevent deforestation. The ultimate goal? Use this as a tool across sectors and ensure ethically sourced materials. ?? Key Takeaways: ?? What is traceability? The "who, what, when, where, and why" of a product's journey, across both food and fashion. ?? "Supply chains, by nature, are partnership-based." ?? "Collaboration is good for business, and good business is collaborative." ?? "Fast food & fashionistas, take note! Traceability standards from the seafood industry are the ultimate 'cheat code' for beef & leather supply chains." ?? "Standardization is the foundation of transparency: just like how barcodes revolutionized retail, we need a universal data language for supply chains." Power-house line-up today at the Better Food Future Summit. In attendance: Danielle Nierenberg (Food Tank) Jean-Stéphane Naas (United Nations Global Compact Ocean Stewardship Coalition) Mark K. (Wholechain) Karly Kelso (Environmental Defense Fund / Aquatic Blue Food Coalition) Leyland Seto (Plug and Play Tech Center) Jayson Berryhill (Wholechain) Cliona Howie del Río (EIT Food) Huw Thomas (Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability (GDST)) Blake Harris CSCP (Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) / Global Food Traceability Center) Steve Hart (Global Seafood Alliance) Michael McNicholas (Culinary Collaborations LLC / GDST Chairman) Joe Sellwood (Reflect) ?istein Thorsen (FAI) Fernando Bellese de Cesaro (World Wildlife Fund) Earl W. Shank (Tapestry) Food Tank is a proud fiscal sponsor of the Better Food Future Summit: enabling companies to donate alongside philanthropies and other corporates to de-risk investments and accelerate impact. #BetterFoodFuture #SupplyChain #Traceability #Sustainability #Innovation #FoodSystems

Former NFL player Sam Acho shares how he turned a liquor store into a food mart, while food justice activist Karen Washington advises on organizing to leverage communal wealth and how to fight back against rollbacks on DEI. They cover: ?? Letting go of ego to create change ?? Organizing communities for real impact ?? Why food justice is racial justice ???Listen now: https://lnkd.in/gYcJpCua

ICYMI: Last week, Rachel Ferencik, director in the Noninfectious Disease department, spoke at Food Tank's All Things Food at #SXSW about our Hunger, Nutrition and Health program. ??

SURVEY: The Trump Admin's funding decisions have had a wide impact. We want to hear from you on both the positive & the negative: How are these changes affecting you? Share your answers for an upcoming story: https://lnkd.in/d2Jf8Kjc

“How we eat has the power to hurt or heal us — and the planet.” At Food Tank’s All Things Food #SXSW Summit today, panelists stressed how food is so much more than what’s on the plate. Food is connection, community, resilience. What will it take to build sustainable food systems? ·?Center the farmers: Knowing the story behind your food matters. Producers devote their lives and livelihoods to stewarding their ecosystems to nourish their communities. ·?Seek out allies: True change will take partnership and unusual collaborations. Retailers, for example, have an active role to play in responsible sourcing, fair prices for farmers and helping consumers understand nutrition. ·?Embracing regenerative for holistic planetary health: We’re on the cusp of an incredible nutrition revolution, said Roy Steiner of the The Rockefeller Foundation, with research showing huge molecular differences between food grown organically, regeneratively or conventionally. ·?Look to the “Earth Guardians”: Filmmaker Josh Tickell highlighted the cadre of scientists, activists, farmers, ranchers, Indigenous people already on the front lines of rebuilding ecosystems. ·?Embrace conscious consumption: When possible, buy local. Everyone can play a role in considering what you buy, what you eat, who you support is aligned with your values. “Know where your food comes from,” urged Paul Willis, founding hog farmer of Niman Ranch. “It’s not a slogan that wears out.”

We're uncovering the real impact of healthy food access on communities, and how much we truly know about our food during?#SXSW. We just heard from: - Selena Ahmed, American Heart Association - Rachel Ferencik, CDC Foundation - Emily Diemer, PhD, RD, LD, CNSC, CLC, US Army, Baylor University Master’s Program of Nutrition

She is *serving* the audience with these hilarious food jokes ?? Huston-Tillotson University president Melva K. Wallace, Ph.D. won us over with humor in welcoming remarks for "All Things Food" at SXSW. #FoodTank

WE'RE LIVE FROM #SXSW! In welcoming remarks, Food Tank's President Danielle Nierenberg addressed the challenges our food system faces, but maintained that "The solutions already exist they just need more attention, investment, and support." Thank you so much to our sponsors: SXSW Driscoll's Huston-Tillotson University Organic Valley Ahold Delhaize USA Arva Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation !

When we talk about culture and media, we’re talking about food. We're at SXSW because the good food movement needs to keep meeting cultural conversations where they’re happening. https://lnkd.in/eYnbwzJw #SXSW #FoodTank #AllThingsFood