Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg (by Food Tank)

570. Land Restoration Gains Ground, Water Rises in the African Sahel, and a Conversation with Alice C. Hill on Dismantling USAID: What it Means, Part 6

Aug 27, 2026

On Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg, Dani speaks with Alice C. Hill, the David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment at the Council on Foreign Relations, for Part 6 of Food Tank’s series exploring the far-reaching impacts of dismantling the U.S. Agency for International Development. They discuss how...

569. California Phases Out Paraquat, Women Fishers Cut Waste, and a Conversation with Kat Taylor on Building the Conditions for Regeneration

Aug 20, 2026

On Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg, Dani speaks with Kat Taylor, Founder of TomKat Ranch and TomKat Ranch Educational Foundation. They discuss how we scale regenerative agriculture and mitigate risk for food producers, why school meals are such an incredible lever for change, and the power of listening deeply and...

568. HHS Moves on Food Policy, Microorganisms Offer Farming Solutions, and a Conversation with Abdou Tenkouano on the Unexpected Potential of Insects

Aug 13, 2026

On Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg, Dani speaks with Dr. Abdou Tenkouano, Director General for the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe). They discuss the insect being used to create everything from biofertilizers to animal feed, the efforts underway to control diseases transmitted by the...

567. A Conversation with Betty Kibaara on the Power of Regenerative School Meals

Aug 6, 2026

On Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg, Dani speaks with Betty Kibaara, Director for the Food Initiative at The Rockefeller Foundation, where she leads the implementation of the Regenerative School Meals Initiative in Africa. They discuss how school meals can do far more than feed children—creating reliable markets...