Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg (by Food Tank)

505. A Flesh Eating Parasite Spreads, Deportation Fears Hurt Farmers, and a Conversation with Maximo Torero on Why Global Hunger is Falling—But Progress Remains Uneven

Aug 28, 2025

On Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg, Dani speaks with Maximo Torero, Chief Economist for the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization. They discuss what the latest numbers reveal about progress on food and nutrition security in the world, why food price inflation is outpacing global inflation, and the opportunities food and...

504. Environmental Data Erased, Mexico Lifts Millions Out of Poverty, and a Conversation with Dion Dawson on Becoming the Leaders Who End Hunger

Aug 21, 2025

On Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg, Dani speaks with Dion Dawson, the Founder and Chief Dreamer of Dion's Chicago Dream. They discuss how Dawson’s experiences with homelessness and food insecurity fuel his mission to end hunger, why his organization is breaking away from a volunteer-dependent model, and and how...

503. Battling a Seaweed Invasion, a Glyphosate U-Turn, and a Conversation with Zitouni Ould- Dada on Mobilizing Trillions for Food and Agriculture Systems Transformation

Aug 14, 2025

On Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg, Dani speaks with Zitouni Ould-Dada, a Senior Advisor with the FAIRR Initiative, an investor network representing US$80 trillion dollars in assets under management, and former former Depurty Director at the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization. They discuss the clarity investors...

502. Erin Martin on Oklahoma’s Food is Medicine Breakthrough

Aug 7, 2025

On Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg, Dani speaks with Erin Martin, Founder of FreshRx Oklahoma. They discuss the benefits that holistic Food is Medicine programs offer to everyone from patients to farmers, an exciting piece of legislation just signed into law that promises to scale this work further, and what it will take...