Food Tank

Food Tank: A Food Think Tank, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 2013 by Danielle Nierenberg, Bernard Pollack,[1] and Ellen Gustafson to reform the food system.[2] Its goal is to highlight environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable ways of alleviating hunger, obesity, and poverty.[3] Nierenberg is the winner of the 2020 Julia Child Award,[4] which celebrates leaders who are impacting the world through food.

MottoBuilding a global community for safe, healthy, nourished eaters
TypeNGO
Legal status501(c)(3)
Purposepublication, advocacy
HeadquartersNew Orleans
President
Danielle Nierenberg
Chairman of the Board
Bernard Pollack
Treasurer
Nabeeha Mujeeb Kazi-Hutchins
Alex Borschow, Brian Halweil, Pedro Diniz, William Burke
Websitehttps://foodtank.com

Conferences

In 2015, Food Tank launched its first Food Tank Summit in Washington, DC. Since then, Food Tank has been holding a series of summits in various cities, each with a different theme within the food system.[5] Food Tank has hosted summits in Boston,[6] Chicago,[7] New York City,[8] Sacramento, California,[9] Seattle,[10] and Washington, D.C.[11] These conferences gather dozens of experts across all sectors of the food industry, including business, government, nonprofit organizations, farmers, unions, and chefs.[12]

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.[2] Topics covered include sustainable agriculture, climate change, food waste, urban agriculture, and policy and organizing.[13]

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.[14]

References
  1. "Q & A: Danielle Nierenberg, Cofounder of Food Tank". Successful Farming. 2018-01-25. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  2. "New sites want you to better understand your food". Washington Post. Retrieved 2017-02-24.
  3. "Food Tank 2015-2016 Annual Report" (PDF).
  4. Chris. "Danielle Nierenberg". The Julia Child Award. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
  5. "Food Tank Summits – Food Tank". Food Tank. Retrieved 2017-02-24.
  6. "A think tank for food - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  7. "Chicago, We Can Change the Food System — The 2016 Food Tank Summit!". The Daily Meal. 2016-11-09. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  8. "How We Can Conserve Nearly Two Billion Tons of Food Thrown Away Annually". Impact. 2017-10-24. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  9. "Sold-out Farm Tank Summit raises frank discussion about agriculture, technology". bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  10. "Food Tank Summit: Growing Food Policy". The Stranger. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  11. Weatherhead, Timothy (2017-04-18). "Public-private partnerships to lead next agricultural revolution". TheHill. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  12. "Food Tank Summit in Washington D.C. on February 2, 2017". Food Tank. 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2017-02-24.
  13. "Food Tank Summit in Washington D.C. on February 2, 2017". Food Tank. 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2017-02-24.
  14. "James Beard Foundation". James Beard Foundation. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
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