Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg (by Food Tank)

On “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg,” Dani speaks with Nancy Dalton, the Head of Community
Experience and Customer Marketing for Amazon Access. They discuss the benefits of online
grocery shopping, which extend far beyond convenience for some eaters; the community
outreach work that has helped to guide Dalton and her team; and what the private sector is
doing to advance food is medicine initiatives.

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At a recent Summit during the Sundance Film Festival, Food Tank and 360 Communications
presented a day of programming focused on food, environment, and the arts. This episode of
“Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg” features a panel from the event about the new documentary“Susan Feniger. FORKED.” The film follows award-winning Chef Susan Feniger’s passionate
struggle and quest to bring global street food under one roof in the form of a new LA restaurant:
STREET. During the panel, Chef Feniger, Liz Lachman, the film’s Writer, Director, and
Producer; and Lisa Donmall-Reeve, Producer and Creative Director at LDR Creative LLC,
discuss the male-dominated culinary industry that Chef Feniger navigated throughout her
career; the friendship between Chef Feniger and Chef Mary Sue Milliken that is central to the
documentary; and the story of how the film came to be.

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At a recent Summit during the Sundance Film Festival, Food Tank and 360 Communications
presented a day of programming focused on food, environment, and the arts. This episode of
“Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg” features a panel about a chef’s perspective on food systemschange. Chef Adrian Lipscombe, Founder of the 40 Acres Project; Chef Eric Gephart, Director
of Culinary Inspiration for Kamado Joe; and Chef Dave White, author of Salted: A Recipe Book
with a Story to Tell discuss the leadership role that chefs play in times of uncertainty, the work
being done to address the toxic environment fostered in many restaurants, and the mental
health challenges that many hospitality workers face.

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At a recent Summit during the Sundance Film Festival, Food Tank and 360 Communications
presented a day of programming focused on food, environment, and the arts. This episode of
“Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg” features two conversations from the event.

First, hear from Chef Bleu Adams, Founder and Director of IndigeHub and a member of the
American Culinary Corps. She discusses strategies to bring more equity to the restaurant
industry, why it’s important for her to be a part of the American Culinary Corps; and how
IndigeHub is working to address the challenges that the Navajo Nation face. Then hear from
Kimbal Musk, a chef, entrepreneur, food advocate, and author of The Kitchen Cookbook and
Christiana Musk, Chair of Unreasonable Group and the Founder of Flourish Trust. They discuss
the challenges of navigating conflicting research on livestock, and the role technology will play
in the future of the food system, and how they’re reaching eaters with their new projects.

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At a recent Summit during the Sundance Film Festival, Food Tank and 360 Communications
presented a day of programming focused on food, environment, and the arts. This episode of
“Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg” features two conversations from the event focused on impact
storytelling. First hear about the ways that documentaries are being used to not just inspire
hope, but also drive action. Then hear a fireside chat that explores why we need to create space
for new storytellers and what it will take to achieve this.

Speakers include Jared Lipworth, Head of HHMI Tangled Bank Studios and Executive Producer
of Wild Hope; Bettina Dalton, Producer of Rachel's Farm and Every Little Thing; Josh Tickell, a
Sundance Award Winning Filmmaker and the Co-Founder of Big Picture Ranch; and Sanjay
Rawal, a film director behind documentaries including Gather and Food Chains.

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On “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg,” Dani speaks with Dr. Cary Fowler, Special Envoy for
Global Food Security at the U.S. Department of State about the Vision for Adapted Crops and
Soils, an initiative that aims to boost agricultural productivity and nutrition by developing diverse,climate-resilient crop varieties and building healthy soils. They discuss the promise of
“opportunity crops,” how the initiative is trying to kickstart a new way of thinking, and why it’s so
important for VACS to go back to basics with a focus on crops and healthy, fertile soils.

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On “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg,” Dani speaks with Saru Jayaraman, President of One Fair Wage, an organization working to end subminimum wages in the United States. They discuss the inspiring progress that workers have celebrated, why the only future for the restaurant industry is one that provides life-sustaining wages to employees, and what it means to be a part of the fight for fair pay at a time when, as Jayaraman says, “we’re finally winning.”

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This week’s episode of “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg” features two recent, live fireside chats,
moderated by Dani. First, hear from Million Belay, General Coordinator of the Alliance for Food Sovereignty inAfrica, who discusses the need to invest in youth, the differences he sees between theagroecology and regenerative agriculture movements, and why he is pushing for a model forfood systems that is grounded in community. Then, hear from Sandra Uwera, Global CEO ofFairtrade International. She touches on opportunities to empower women in agriculture, theconnection between fair prices for farmers and environmental sustainability, and the regionalnetworks that are helping producers improve their resilience.Both conversations were organized by Food Tank and the Food and Agriculture Pavilion during
the U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP28).

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On this special episode of "Food Talk With Dani Nierenberg," Dani reflects on some of the greatest achievements in food and agriculture systems in 2023 and what lies ahead. And hear from special callers Reverend Eugene Cho of Bread for the World, Seth Goldman of Eat the Change, Erika Allen of Urban Growers Collective, Rupa Bhattacharya of the Culinary Institute of America, and Tambra Raye Stevenson of WANDA as they discuss what they're expecting—and hoping—to see in the new year. While you’re listening, subscribe, rate, and review the show; it would mean the world to us to have your feedback. You can listen to “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg” wherever you consume your podcasts.

During the recent U.N. Climate Change Conference, Food Tank participated in more than 30 conversations to underscore the importance of transforming food and agriculture systems to address the climate crisis. This week’s episode of “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg” features two fireside chats, moderated by Dani, from the Conference.

First, in a session organized by Food Tank and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, hear from Karen Ross, Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture. She discusses how California’s food producers are impacted by the climate crisis and the steps that they and the state government are taking to adapt. Then, in a session organized by Food Tank at the Food and Agriculture Pavilion, hear Dorothy Shaver, Global Food Sustainability Director for Unilever explain why the private sector doesn’t have time to waste on pilot projects and what she’s looking for in relationships with producers and fellow food businesses.

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