Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg (by Food Tank)

During a special event in Santa Barbara, Dani sits down with Congressmember Salud Carbajal. They discuss the next Farm Bill, equipping farmers with tools to address the climate crisis, expanding SNAP benefits, and more. Carbajal also urges voters to remain hopeful, stay engaged, and write to their representatives.  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.

On “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg”, Dani talks with Rosamond (Roz) Naylor about the blue foods, or foods captured and cultivated from the ocean, rivers, lakes, ponds, and more, and their role in global food systems. Roz Naylor, who is the Co-Chair of the Blue Food Assessment, works to better understand blue foods and help inform future policies that will shape the food system. 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.

On “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg”, Dani talks with Ankita Raturi about her work designing methods and tools to support increased resilience in food and agricultural systems. As assistant Professor in the Department of Agriculture and Biological Engineering at Purdue University, Raturi leads the Agricultural Informatics Lab which focuses on information modeling, software engineering and human-centered design to create sustainable food systems. 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.

On “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg,” Dani talks with Mily Trevino-Sauceda, the Executive Director and Co-Founder of Alianza Nacional de Campesinas. As the first national women farm workers’ organization in the U. S., the Alianza works at the intersection of gender, migrant, labor, and climate justice. They work in education and advocacy to end gender-based violence and pesticide exposure, as well as improve labor and immigrant and migrant justice. 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.

Chef Eric Adjepong sits down with Tim Carman of the Washington Post. They discuss solutions to address food apartheid and improve public health, the importance of engaging community members in problem solving, and Chef Eric's new cookbook, Sankofa. 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.

On "Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg," Dani talks with Amy Healy, GrubHub's Vice President & Head of Government Relations about the new Food Donation Improvement Act. GrubHub, along with several influential food and diet companies, co-authored a letter to Congress calling on lawmakers to amend the 1996 Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act. This amendment would aim to revamp food donation rules to encourage more organizations to donate food rather than throw it away.  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.

On “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg,” David Lobell joins Dani to talk about climate change and its effect on global crop productivity. Lobell is a Professor of Earth System Science at Stanford University and is the recipient of the 2022 NAS Prize for Food and Agriculture Science for his work on crop responses to global climate change and strategies to minimize the environmental impact of agriculture. 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.

On “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg,” Dani talks with Liz Carlisle and Neil Thapar on holistic approaches to regenerative farming that values relationships between people and nature. Liz Carlisle is the author of Healing Grounds, a book that follows BIPOC farmers and their efforts to revive their ancestor’s methods of growing foods. Neil Thapar is the co-director and co-founder of Minnow, a project advancing land justice in California that was featured in Carlisle’s book. 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.

On “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg,” Dani talks with Tom Colicchio, chef and food advocate, working to revitalize the way people eat. In March 2020, Colicchio, along with other chefs, formed the Independent restaurant Coalition (IRC) to advocate for relief for independent restaurants during the Covid-19 pandemic. Join Dani and Tom as they discuss the IRC’s work over the past two years and what the future will hold for the hospitality industry. 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.

On “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg,” Dani talks with Raphaël Podselver, the Head of U.N. Advocacy at ProVeg International. ProVeg’s mission is to reduce global meat consumption by 50 percent by 2040. Raphaël and Dani discuss the impact of industrial livestock production on the environment, the challenge of shifting eaters' diets, and the importance of putting food on the agenda at future global conferences.   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.