Join Food Tank in New York City for NYC Climate Week at NPR Studios' The Greene Space from September 21st-26th!

More information coming soon. Join us for a week-long series of delicious food, luminary conversations, and 250+ speakers and performers at WNYC NPR Studios!

All events curated by invitation only.

To request an invitation or press passes please email Bernard at Bernard@FoodTank.com with the specific event you are interested in attending.

Register to stay up-to-date as NYC Climate Week 2025 approaches. Events are by invite-only and Food Tank Members recieve exclusive access to early tickets. Become a Food Tank Member at any level HERE and you will recieve an access code that unlocks a hidden ticket for you and a +1.

Sunday, Sept 21st

Sunday, Sept 21st. Evening Arts Session: 5:30PM Doors. 6:00PM Program. Theme: “Hope on a Plate: An Interactive Celebration of Regenerative Agriculture and Shared Possibility.” A multisensory event featuring a chef-driven meal, immersive storytelling, and live performances, all highlighting regenerative farming as a scalable climate solution. In partnership with Lundberg Family Farms. Speakers to be announced soon, including Sam Kass, former White House Chef and Senior Policy Advisor for Nutrition and Partner at Acre Venture Partners; Oliver English (Co-Founder & CEO, filmmaker, chef, and food advocate); Simon English (Co-Founder & Creative Director, film director and cinematographer); and many more. Register for this event HERE.

Monday, Sept 22nd

-Monday, Sept 22nd. Morning Session. Theme: “Climate Action: A Food Waste Breakthrough.” In partnership with the UN Environment Program, Apeel, the American Frozen Food Institute, Flashfood, and ReFED. Confirmed speakers include Ligia Noronha, Assistant Secretary-General and Head of the New York Office at UNEP; Dana Gunders, President of ReFED; Alison Bodor, President and CEO of the American Frozen Food Institute; Jordan Schenck, CEO of Flashfood; and legendary chef and food waste champion Massimo Bottura, whose global initiatives are redefining how we value surplus food with many more to be announced soon! Special performance from Antoine L. Smith, Broadway actor and singer whose credits include MJ the Musical, Carousel, Miss Saigon, The Color Purple, and Cinderella. He has performed at the Tony Awards and received a Grammy nomination for the Color Purple cast album. Register for this event HERE.

-Monday, Sept 22nd. Afternoon Session. Theme: “A Roadmap to a Delicious, Nutritious, and Regenerative Food Future for All.” In partnership with Unilever. Confirmed speakers and performers to be announced soon including Mark Bittman, New York Times bestselling author, former New York Times food writer, Chef, and Founder of Community Kitchen and many more! Register for this event HERE.

-Monday, Sept 22nd. Evening Arts Session: “The Performing Arts Lights the Way: A Climate Week Celebration.” In partnership with the McKnight Foundation. Confirmed speakers and performers to be announced soon including Sean Sherman, Chef and Founder, The Sioux Chef and North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems (NATIFS) and many more! Register for this event HERE.

Tuesday, Sept 23rd

-Tuesday, Sept 23rd. Morning Session. Theme: “Keeping Farmers on the Land.” In partnership with American Farmland Trust. Confirmed speakers to be announced soon including Alice Waters, pioneer of the farm-to-table movement and the founder of the legendary restaurant Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California and many more! Register for this event HERE.

-Tuesday, Sept 23rd. Afternoon Session. Theme: “Humanitarian Innovation in a World of Climate Extremes.” In partnership with World Food Program USA. Confirmed speakers include Andrew Zimmern, renowned American chef, restaurateur, TV and radio personality, food writer, director, producer, and businessman, and many more. Register for this event HERE.

-Tuesday, Sept 23rd. Evening Arts Session: “Little Peasants” by Food Tank theatrical immersive workshop reading featuring an all-Broadway cast. Register for this event HERE.

Wednesday, Sept 24th

-Wednesday, Sept 24th. Morning Session. Theme: “The Sustainability Leadership Summit: Strategies for Founders, CSOs, and Changemakers.” In partnership with Nature’s Fynd, Applegate, King Arthur Baking, Certified Origins, and Butcher Box. Register for this event HERE

-Wednesday, Sept 24th. Afternoon Session. Theme: "2nd Annual Sustainable Foods Showcase." In partnership with J.P. Morgan. Confirmed speakers include Sarela Herrada, Co-Founder of SIMPLi; Anna Hammond, Founder & CEO of Matriark Foods; Pierre Thiam, Co-Founder of Yolélé; Mark Kaplan, Founder of Wholechain; Michael Fox, Founder & CEO of Fable Food; Eben Bayer, Co-Founder of MyForest Foods; Hiroki Koga, Co-Founder & CEO of Oishii; and Julia Collins, Founder of Planet FWD with many more to be announced soon! Register for this event HERE.

Thursday, Sept 25th

-Thursday, Sept 25th. Morning Session. Theme: “Nourishing People, Planet, and our Future.” In partnership with The Rockefeller Foundation. Register this event HERE.

-Thursday, Sept 25th. Afternoon Session. Theme: “Food is Medicine and Eating for Health.” In partnership with the Sprouts Healthy Communities Foundation. Confirmed speakers will be announced soon, including Grace Young, James Beard Award–winning cookbook author and renowned food historian, and many more. Register for this event HERE.

-Thursday, Sept 25th. Evening Session. 7:30PM Reception. 8:00-9:30PM. Program. 9:30-10:00PM Reception. Theme: "Traceable Futures: A Better Food Celebration at Climate Week NYC." In partnership with Wholechain, Better Food Future in support of the UN Global Compact Ocean Stewardship Coalition.

Friday, Sept 26th

-Friday, Sept 26th. Morning Session. Theme: “Chefs Change the World.” In partnership with The James Beard Foundation and Organic Valley. Confirmed speakers will be announced soon, including Ruth Reichl, renowned food writer and six-time James Beard Award winner; Clare Reichenbach, CEO of the James Beard Foundation; Joshua McFadden, James Beard Award–winning chef and champion of seasonal, sustainable cooking; Michael Anthony, Executive Chef at Gramercy Tavern; and Rick Bayless, Chef and Owner of Frontera Grill and Topolobampo, and Founder of the Frontera Farmer Foundation. More to come! Register for this event HERE.

-Friday, Sept 26th. Afternoon Session. Theme: "Regenerative Food Systems: Scaling Impact from Soil to Shelf." Confirmed speakers to be announced soon, including Patrick Brown, fourth-generation farmer and Director of Farmer Inclusion at Nature for Justice, who leads Brown Family Farms in North Carolina and champions regenerative agriculture and racial equity in the food system. In partnership with Arva and Kiss the Ground. Register for this event HERE.

-Friday, Sept 26th. Evening Experience. Theme: “A Night Honoring Our Farmers - Food and Agriculture Storytelling.” In partnership with Niman Ranch. Confirmed farmers include Will Harris, a fourth-generation cattleman and national leader in regenerative agriculture at White Oak Pastures in Georgia, where he’s pioneered a zero-waste, carbon-negative model that revitalized his rural community; Sabrina Servais, a passionate young dairy farmer and Assistant Herd Manager at her family’s Organic Valley member farm in Wisconsin; Sea Matias, a regenerative farmer and community organizer growing culturally relevant crops and advancing food sovereignty through mutual aid; and Brian Mattingly, a hands-on regenerative farmer who stewards 1,100 acres of farmland and forest as Director of Star Hill Farm for Maker’s Mark, focusing on soil health, biodiversity, and sustainable grain production. Many more names to be announced! Register for this event HERE.

For partnership inquiries contact Bernard at Bernard@FoodTank.com.

We look forward to celebrating NYC Climate Week with you!