Nourishing People, Planet, and our Future

Food Tank and the Rockefeller Foundation present the Climate Week NYC event, “Nourishing People, Planet, and our Future.” This event brings together leading thinkers, change-makers, and storytellers who are transforming food systems for the better.

Confirmed speakers include Adam Met, multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated musician with AJR and Founder of Planet Reimagined; Paul Polman, the former CEO of Unilever and co-author of Net Positive, Eitan Bernath, 23-year-old chef, author, and social media star with millions of followers and billions of views, serves as a High-Level Supporter for the United Nations World Food Programme, inspiring young people worldwide to fight hunger; Gunhild A. Stordalen, Founder and Executive Chair, EAT; Deena Shanker, Journalist, Bloomberg; Sara Farley, Vice President, Global Food Portfolio, The Rockefeller Foundation; Aulo Gelli, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); Appolinaire Djikeng, Director General, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI); Jennifer Burney, Professor of Environmental Social Sciences & Earth System Science, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability; Isabelle Kamariza, Founder & President, Solid’Africa, Rwanda; Gerardo Martinez, Founder and Owner, Wild Kid Acres in Edgewater, Maryland; Kate Mackenzie, Executive Director, Mayor’s Office of Food Policy, New York City; Will Brikerhoff, PhD Candidate, University of Michigan studying crop-livestock integration and agroecology; Emily Weedon Chapman, The World Bank; and Sweta Chakraborty, behavioral scientist and U.S. President of We Don’t Have Time. Special musical performance by Cajai Kennedy, a Broadway dancer and actress currently appearing in Wicked, who began her professional career at age 10 in The Lion King national tour and previously performed in Frozen on Broadway. Cajai will be accompanied by Elijah Caldwell, OBIE Award–winning pianist, vocalist, and multifaceted artist based in New York City, featured in the Pulitzer Prize– and Drama Desk Award–winning musical A Strange Loop.