About this Event
On Tuesday, September 22nd, join Food Tank and Diestel Family Ranch for “Nourishing the Future: How Farming Practices Shape the Food We Eat, the Health We Build, and the Longevity We Seek" at WNYC-NPR Studios’ The Greene Space in New York City for an exclusive, invitation-only event as part of Climate Week NYC.
Confirmed speakers and performers include:
- Selena Ahmed, Global Director, Periodic Table of Food Initiative; Dean, Food EDU, American Heart Association
- Elder Raymond Bryant, Presiding Elder, AME Church, and Co-Founder, San Antonio Million Gardens Project
- Melissa Clark, Food Reporter and Columnist, The New York Times and NYT Cooking
- Heidi Diestel, Fourth-Generation Family Farmer, Diestel Family Ranch
- Jason Diestel, Farmer, Diestel Family Ranch
- Mercedes Diane Griffin Forbes, Founder, Forbes Food & Ag, and Editor, DG Speaks
- Ann Marie Hourigan, Quality Standards Principal Advisor for Agricultural Programs, Whole Foods Market
- Una Hrnjak, Group Director for International Sustainability, ALDI SOUTH Group
- Clair Rachel Howell, Broadway Performer and former Nessarose in Wicked, currently performing on the Wicked National Tour
- Dariush Mozaffarian, Cardiologist, Public Health Expert, and Director, Tufts Food is Medicine Institute
- Danielle Nierenberg, President, Food Tank
- Noah Turner, Music Director, Conductor, Pianist, and Arranger
- Chef Andrew Zimmern, Emmy- and James Beard Award-winning Chef, Television Host, Author, and Food Advocate
and many more to be announced soon!
“Nourishing the Future: How Farming Practices Shape the Food We Eat, the Health We Build, and the Longevity We Seek” explores how the way food is grown, raised, and produced directly shapes its nutritional value and, ultimately, its impact on human health and longevity. Through farmer stories, regenerative and organic production models, emerging nutrient-density research, and clinical perspectives on food as fuel, this afternoon will examine how better farming practices can produce better food — and why the next frontier in food systems may be measuring value not just by cost, yield, or convenience, but by nourishment.
Join us for a live musical performance, a delicious lunch and networking reception, and important conversations.
Date: Tuesday, September 22nd, 2026
Time: 1:30PM - 4:30PM
Location: WNYC Studios' The Greene Space, 44 Charlton Street, New York, NY 10014
Limited capacity. Join the waitlist to be considered for an in-person invitation!
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Thank you to our 2026 event co-hosts: American Farmland Trust; Amy’s Kitchen; Arrell Food Institute; Bel US; Bonterra; CARE; CookUnity; Diestel Family Ranch; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; Food Planet Prize; Future Food Institute; Global Traceability Framework for Beef and Leather; Groundswell; Halter; Handsome Brook Farms; James Beard Foundation; Mill; New York City Mayor’s Office of Food Policy; New York University; Northstar Recycling; NRDC; Once Upon a Farm; Organic Center; Organic Valley; Organic Voices; Pilot Light; RAAPID; Restaurant Technologies; Rockefeller Foundation; Rodale Institute; Stonyfield; Strong Roots; Support + Feed; United Nations Environment Programme; Whole Foods Market.
See Food Tank’s complete Climate Week NYC 2026 schedule HERE.
Event venue & nearby stays
The Greene Space - WNYC NPR Studios, 44 Charlton Street New, New York, United States
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