Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg (by Food Tank)

553. NY Acts on GRAS Loophole, Bolivia’s Farmers Defend their Future, and a Conversation with Nabeeha Kazi Hutchins on Dismantling USAID: What it Means, Part 2

Apr 30, 2026

On Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg, Dani speaks with Nabeeha Kazi Hutchins, President and CEO of PAI, for Part 2 of Food Tank’s series exploring the far-reaching impacts of dismantling the U.S. Agency for International Development. They discuss what USAID’s closure means for clinics and the women they cared for, the...

552. Women Producers Challenge Taboos, Anti-Immigration Laws Fail, and a Conversation with Niaz Dorry on Reclaiming the Ocean for Fishing Communities

Apr 23, 2026

On Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg, Dani speaks with Niaz Dorry, the Coordinating Director for the North American Marine Alliance. They discuss the forces consolidating and controlling our blue foods systems, celebrating the gifts of the ocean by diversifying our diets, and how we rebuild regional fisheries that...

551. Development Aid Plummets, Bangladesh Connects Farmers to Key Resources, and a Conversation with Amanda Koehler on the Termination of a USDA Land Access Program

Apr 16, 2026

On Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg, Dani speaks with Amanda Koehler, Manager of the Land, Capital, and Market Access Network. They discuss the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s decision to terminate 49 of the 50 land access projects, the barriers that young and beginning farmers face, and how we can support our...

550. Sunday Ekesi on Harnessing Insects for the Health of People and Planet

Apr 9, 2026

On Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg, Dani speaks with Dr. Sunday Ekesi, the Deputy Director General of Research for Development at icipe. In this interview, recorded on the ground in Kenya, they discuss why research into insects and other arthropods is so important to managing infectious diseases, the...

549. Amanda Leland on a Global Blueprint to End Overfishing

Apr 2, 2026

On Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg, Dani sits down with Amanda Leland, Executive Director of the Environmental Defense Fund to talk about her new book Sea Change: Unlikely Allies and a Success Story of Oceanic Proportions. They discuss the forces driving overfishing, the heroes of our food systems hiding in plain...