Food Tank : A Food Think Tank, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 2013 by Danielle Nierenberg, Bernard Pollack, and Ellen Gustafson to reform the food system. Its goal is to highlight environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable ways of alleviating hunger, obesity, and poverty. Nierenberg is the winner of the 2020 Julia Child Award, which celebrates leaders who are impacting the world through food. Nierenberg was awarded the 2022 Food Policy Changemaker Award from The Hunter College NYC Food Policy Center for making significant strides to create healthier, more sustainable food environments and using food to promote community and economic development. Nierenberg is also one of NYU Steinhardt’s 2022 Scholars in Residence, a program that welcomes distinguished academics, artists, advocates, and other thought leaders to our community to share their expertise. Conferences In 2015, Food Tank launched its first Food Tank Summit in Washington, D.C. Since then, Food Tank has been holding a series of summits in various cities focused on sustainability and equity in food systems. Food Tank has hosted summits in Boston, Chicago, New York City, Sacramento, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, D.C. The conferences gather experts across all sectors of the food industry including business, government, nonprofit organizations, farmers, unions, and chefs. Advocacy Food Tank convened an official listening session in the lead-up to the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health in 2022. The session explored the theme "Dismantling Silos to Strengthen Nutrition and Food Security Research" and key takeaways were compiled into a formal report for the White House’s consideration as they develop a strategy to end hunger, increase healthy eating and physical activity, and eliminate disparities. Food Tank joined a coalition of non-governmental organizations and institutions including the Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic, WeightWatchers International Inc., Grubhub and the Natural Resources Defense Council to help build bipartisan support for the Food Donation Improvement Act, which was signed into law in January 2023. Food Tank's efforts included convening an event on Capitol Hill in partnership with WW, Bread for the World, the Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic (FLPC), and The Healthy Living Coalition where lawmakers, policy experts, and advocates fighting food waste called on Congress to pass the legislation. Publications The organization's website is a publishing platform for news about the food industry and system, and it also provides research and analysis with the goal of building