Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg
Interviews with food-system leaders, researchers, farmers and advocates working toward a more sustainable and equitable food system.
- Host
- Dani Nierenberg
- Published by
- Food Tank
- Topic
- Food & Agriculture
- Format
- Interview
- Orientation
- Systems Change
- Themes
- Community-Led, Regenerative, Just Transition
- Made for
- General Public, Corporate Leader, Policymaker / Public Sector
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Latest episodes
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- Open episode
22 Oct 2026 · 48 min
577. Ebola in Kenya, the Power of Farmers' Cooperatives, and Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian on the Promise of Food is Medicine
On Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg, Dani speaks with Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, a cardiologist and Director of the Food is Medicine Institute at Tufts University, about his new book Food Is Medicine: Healing Our Bodies, Nourishing Our Minds and Transforming Our Food System. They discuss how food has become one of the biggest issues facing humanity today, framing nutrition as a celebration of the good in our diets—not a fight against the bad, and why transforming our food and farming systems may be achievable more quickly than we think. Plus, cases of Ebola climb in Kenya, experts warn food inflat
- Open episode
15 Oct 2026 · 38 min
576. A New Approach to Childhood Obesity, Food Worker Exploitation, and Cat Oakar on Farmers Markets as Community Infrastructure
On Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg, Dani speaks with Catherine Oakar, Executive Director of FRESHFARM. They talk about the mounting pressure eaters face after federal funding cuts, how farmers markets serve as community gathering spaces and economic engines, and why supporting our local food systems helps us build resilience. Plus, clean energy may be out of reach for farmers, a report exposes the widespread exploitation of food workers, the WHO calls for a new approach to tackle childhood obesity, tens of millions may face crisis-level hunger, and one organization connects food banks with prot
- Open episode
8 Oct 2026 · 38 min
575. Medically Tailored Groceries Transform Health, African Union Pushes Climate-Resilient Seeds, and Ertharin Cousin on Building Community-Centered Food Retail
On Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg, Dani speaks with Ambassador Ertharin Cousin, CEO of Food Systems for the Future Institute. They answer the question if the next food crisis has begun, the forces putting groceries out of reach for families, and where publicly-supported supermarkets and strong policy fit into food access solutions. Plus, new research shows the benefits of medically tailored grocery programs, food scrap programs convert waste into compost, businesses fail to grasp supply chain vulnerabilities, and calls grow for more food systems investment, from dryland farming to climate-resi