Danielle  Nierenberg

Danielle Nierenberg

Danielle Nierenberg is President of Food Tank and an expert on sustainable agriculture and food issues. She has written extensively on gender and population, the spread of factory farming in the developing world and innovations in sustainable agriculture. Danielle has an M.S. in Agriculture, Food, and Environment from the Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and spent two years volunteering for the Peace Corps in the Dominican Republic. Danielle co-founded Food Tank, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, in 2013 as an organization focused on building a global community for safe, healthy, nourished eaters. Prior to starting Food Tank, Danielle spent two years traveling to more than 35 countries documenting what’s working to help alleviate hunger and poverty, while protecting the environment. Her knowledge of global agriculture issues has been cited widely and she has built a worldwide social media and web following of more 500,000. Learn more at www.FoodTank.com.