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With Adam Met (Founder, Planet Reimagined), Kate Mackenzie (Dir., Mayor's Office of Food Policy), Gunhild Stordalen (Founder, EAT), Paul Polman (Author, Net Positive), Sara Farley (VP Food Portfolio, Rockefeller Foundation), Isabelle Kamariza (President, Solid'Africa), Emily Chapman (The World Bank).

	Greene Space, 44 Charlton St
	Sep 25 (Thu) , 2025 @ 09:00 AM
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Food Tank & The Rockefeller Foundation present Nourishing People, Planet, & our Future at Climate Week NYC on September 25th, 2025

Food Tank at Climate Week NYC: Nourishing People, Planet, & our Future.

Presented by Food Tank & The Rockefeller Foundation

WNYC-NPR Studios' The Greene Space, 44 Charlton St, New York, NY 10014

Thursday, September 25, 2025 | 9:00AM-1:00PM

Join Food Tank & The Rockefeller Foundation for an unforgettable morning at Climate Week NYC!

This invite-only summit will feature a delicious thematic breakfast & lunch, live performances, & more than a dozen luminary speakers sharing innovative solutions to nourish people & build climate resilience. Held in the iconic Greene Space at WNYC-NPR Studios, this event brings together leading thinkers, changemakers, & storytellers who are transforming food systems for the better.

This event will also be streamed live on Food Tank at FoodTank.com & on Food Tank's YouTube Channel. Subscribe to us on YouTube HERE & please join the Food Tank newsletter list for reminders.

Confirmed speakers include Adam Met, multi-platinum, Grammy-nominated musician with AJR & Founder of Planet Reimagined; Paul Polman, the former CEO of Unilever & co-author of Net Positive, Eitan Bernath, 23-year-old chef, author, & social media star with millions of followers & 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 & 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); Carmen Burbano de Lara, Director, School-Based Programmes, World Food Programme; 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 & 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 & agroecology; Emily Weedon Chapman, The World Bank; & Sweta Chakraborty, behavioral scientist & U.S. President of We Don't Have Time. Special musical performance by Cajai Kennedy, a Broadway dancer & actress currently appearing in Wicked, who began her professional career at age 10 in The Lion King national tour & previously performed in Frozen on Broadway. Cajai will be accompanied by Elijah Caldwell, OBIE Award-winning pianist, vocalist, & multifaceted artist based in New York City, featured in the Pulitzer Prize- & Drama Desk Award-winning musical A Strange Loop.

Program Highlights:

Delicious breakfast & networking at 9:00AM

Main program from 9:30AM-12:00PM

Thematic lunch till 1:00PM.

If you would like to request to be considered for an invitation or for press passes, please email Bernard at Bernard@FoodTank.com. This event is also open to all for live-streaming.

A livestream will also be available for virtual participants.

Checkout Food Tank's full lineup of events during Climate Week NYC from Sunday, Sept 21-Friday, Sept 26 by clicking HERE.