Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg (by Food Tank)

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 empathizing completely to advance shared goals for food systems transformation.
Plus, high-level talks on drought and desertification kick off this week, organizations mobilize to help communities impacted by recent earthquakes in Colombia and Indonesia, innovations help women fishers reduce post-harvest waste, a new resource helps decision-makers identify crops worth investing in, and California begins phasing out a toxic weedkiller. 
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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 world's deadliest animal—the mosquito, and private sector collaborations helping icipe scale their innovations around the world.
Plus, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announces two actions focused on food safety and nutrition, the Senate Farm Bill fails to advance out of Committee, research on microorganisms in Mexico's soils show promise for sustainable agriculture, a new proposal aims to strengthen South-South cooperation, and an extension model in Nigeria improves climate- smart farming and nutrition security. 
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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 for farmers, restoring ecosystems, strengthening local economies, while improving health and education outcomes—and the government support needed to sustain these programs well into the future.
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On Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg, Dani speaks with Jerry Glover, a Distinguished Fellow at the Food Security Leadership Council for Part 5 of Food Tank's series exploring the far-reaching impacts of dismantling the U.S. Agency for International Development. They discuss how the agency supported agricultural research and development, why this mattered in the U.S. and abroad, and filling the vacuum left by USAID's closure.
Plus, a record number of schools use a federal meal service option to tackle child hunger, what's missing from the conversation on the cyclospora outbreak, extreme heat dries Europe's farmland, and a new study reveals that restoring soils by just 10 percent offers major benefits to crop yields.
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On Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg, Dani speaks with Maximo Torero, Chief Economist for the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization about the latest report on the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World. They discuss the decline in global hunger, why the cost of a healthy diet is significantly higher than in 2020, and the policies that can help countries expand access to nutritious food for all.
Plus, farmers in Bangladesh protest harmful pesticides, the Rodale Institute announces an ambitious campaign to transition 10 million acres to organic and regenerative organic, USDA employees warn relocation plans threaten the agency, and Brazil's government announces support for a program boosting food security in Namibia.
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