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She is also known for her work addressing [[sustainable agriculture]], on behalf of ''[[The Guardian]]'',<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/danielle-nierenberg |title=Danielle Nierenberg &#124; Global development |publisher=Guardian.co.uk |date=28 December 2010 |accessdate=19 November 2012 |location=London}}</ref> ''BloombergBusinessweek'',<ref>[http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-12-31/a-new-year-s-recipe-for-fixing-the-food-system "A New Year’s Recipe for Fixing the Food System"] ''BloombergBusinessweek''. Retrieved 2014-10-7.</ref> and the ''[[Huffington Post]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/danielle-nierenberg/ |title=Danielle Nierenberg |publisher=Huffingtonpost.com |date= |accessdate=19 November 2012}}</ref> and has had opinion-editorials published in the largest circulating newspapers in 40 states and also ''[[The New York Times]]'',<ref name="The Kindest Cut of Meat Is Ground">{{Cite news |title=The Kindest Cut of Meat Is Ground |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/01/opinion/sunday/the-kindest-cut-of-meat-is-ground.html?_r=0 |accessdate=13 December 2012 | work=The New York Times |first1=Brian |last1=Halweil |first2=Danielle |last2=Nierenberg |date=30 June 2012}}</ref> [[The Wall Street Journal]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324461604578191860349076882.html|publisher=The Wall Street Journal|accessdate=1 October 2013|title=Hungering for a Solution to Food Losses}}</ref> ''[[USA Today]]''<ref name="usatoday30.usatoday.com">{{Cite news |title=In a world of abundance, food waste is a crime |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/opinion/forum/2010-06-16-column16_ST1_N.htm?csp=34 |accessdate=13 December 2012 | work=USA Today |first1=Danielle |last1=Nierenberg |first2=Abby |last2=Massey |date=15 June 2010}}</ref> as well as the largest circulation newspaper in more than 70 countries including ''[[The China Daily]]''.<ref name="Higher income versus better health">{{Cite news |title=Higher income versus better health |url=http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/opinion/2012-11/02/content_15867403.htm |accessdate=13 December 2012}}</ref><ref name=ECO>{{cite web|url=http://eco-chick.com/2010/03/5359/eco-chicks-heroines-for-the-planet-danielle-nierenberg/|title=Eco Chick’s Heroines for the Planet: Danielle Nierenberg|first=Stephanie|last=Rogers|accessdate=1 October 2013|publisher=Eco-Chick}}</ref> She routinely appears in major broadcast media including MSNBC, Fox News and Al Jazeera.
She is also known for her work addressing [[sustainable agriculture]], on behalf of ''[[The Guardian]]'',<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/danielle-nierenberg |title=Danielle Nierenberg &#124; Global development |publisher=Guardian.co.uk |date=28 December 2010 |accessdate=19 November 2012 |location=London}}</ref> ''BloombergBusinessweek'',<ref>[http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-12-31/a-new-year-s-recipe-for-fixing-the-food-system "A New Year’s Recipe for Fixing the Food System"] ''BloombergBusinessweek''. Retrieved 2014-10-7.</ref> and the ''[[Huffington Post]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/danielle-nierenberg/ |title=Danielle Nierenberg |publisher=Huffingtonpost.com |date= |accessdate=19 November 2012}}</ref> and has had opinion-editorials published in the largest circulating newspapers in 40 states and also ''[[The New York Times]]'',<ref name="The Kindest Cut of Meat Is Ground">{{Cite news |title=The Kindest Cut of Meat Is Ground |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/01/opinion/sunday/the-kindest-cut-of-meat-is-ground.html?_r=0 |accessdate=13 December 2012 | work=The New York Times |first1=Brian |last1=Halweil |first2=Danielle |last2=Nierenberg |date=30 June 2012}}</ref> [[The Wall Street Journal]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324461604578191860349076882.html|publisher=The Wall Street Journal|accessdate=1 October 2013|title=Hungering for a Solution to Food Losses}}</ref> ''[[USA Today]]''<ref name="usatoday30.usatoday.com">{{Cite news |title=In a world of abundance, food waste is a crime |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/opinion/forum/2010-06-16-column16_ST1_N.htm?csp=34 |accessdate=13 December 2012 | work=USA Today |first1=Danielle |last1=Nierenberg |first2=Abby |last2=Massey |date=15 June 2010}}</ref> as well as the largest circulation newspaper in more than 70 countries including ''[[The China Daily]]''.<ref name="Higher income versus better health">{{Cite news |title=Higher income versus better health |url=http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/opinion/2012-11/02/content_15867403.htm |accessdate=13 December 2012}}</ref><ref name=ECO>{{cite web|url=http://eco-chick.com/2010/03/5359/eco-chicks-heroines-for-the-planet-danielle-nierenberg/|title=Eco Chick’s Heroines for the Planet: Danielle Nierenberg|first=Stephanie|last=Rogers|accessdate=1 October 2013|publisher=Eco-Chick}}</ref> She routinely appears in major broadcast media including MSNBC, Fox News and Al Jazeera.

Her organization Food Tank is the official North American Partner of the United Nation’s International Year of Family Farming with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, the Global Forum on Agriculture Research, and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).<ref>[http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/forum/discussions/FF2 "Discussions"] FAO. Retrieved 2014-10-7.</ref>

She has spoken at numerous international and United States events focused on food and agriculture issues including the World Food Prize,<ref>[http://www.worldfoodprize.org/index.cfm?nodeID=51372&audienceid=1&preview=1 "Partnerships & Priorities: Transforming the Global Food Security Agenda"] The World Food Prize. Retrieved 2014-10-7.</ref> the Clinton School of Public Service,<ref>[http://clintonschoolspeakers.com/content/danielle-nierenberg "Danielle Nierenberg"] Clinton School Speakers. Retrieved 2014-10-7.</ref> ''The New York Times'' Food for Tomorrow Conference,<ref>[http://www.nytfoodfortomorrow.com/speakers.aspx "Speakers"] NYT Food for Tomorrow. Retrieved 2014-10-7.</ref> TedX Manhattan,<ref>[http://www.tedxmanhattan.org/speakers/2015-speakers/danielle-nierenberg/ "Speakers"] TedX Manhattan. Retrieved 2014-5-7.</ref> Edible Institute,<ref>[http://www.ediblebrooklyn.com/foodshed-2/food-policy/food-tanks-danielle-nierenberg-discusses-food-movement-tells-us-make-change/Food Tank’s Danielle Nierenberg Discusses the Food “Movement” and Tells Us How to Make Change"] ''Edible Brooklyn''. Retrieved 2014-10-7.</ref> and Terra Madre,<ref>[http://www.salonedelgusto.com/look-whos-coming-to-salone/ "Look Who's Coming to Salone"] Salone del Gusto. Retrieved 2014-10-7.</ref> among others.


She founded [[Nourishing the Planet]] while working at the [[Worldwatch Institute]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyrft/2011/01/danielle_nierenberg_state_of_world_nourishing_planet.php |title=Danielle Nierenberg: Former Resident of Defiance Reports on State of the World from Africa |publisher=River Front Times |date= |accessdate=21 November 2012}}</ref>
She founded [[Nourishing the Planet]] while working at the [[Worldwatch Institute]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyrft/2011/01/danielle_nierenberg_state_of_world_nourishing_planet.php |title=Danielle Nierenberg: Former Resident of Defiance Reports on State of the World from Africa |publisher=River Front Times |date= |accessdate=21 November 2012}}</ref>

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Danielle Nierenberg
Danielle Nierenberg in 2012
Born (1978-02-27) February 27, 1978 (age 46)
Missouri
NationalityAmerican
Alma materTufts University; Monmouth College
Occupation(s)Author, journalist
Websitedaniellenierenberg.com

Danielle J. Nierenberg (born February 27, 1978) is an American activist,[1] author and journalist.

In 2013, Nierenberg co-founded Food Tank: The Food Think Tank and current serves as president of that organization.

She is also known for her work addressing sustainable agriculture, on behalf of The Guardian,[2] BloombergBusinessweek,[3] and the Huffington Post.[4] and has had opinion-editorials published in the largest circulating newspapers in 40 states and also The New York Times,[5] The Wall Street Journal,[6] USA Today[7] as well as the largest circulation newspaper in more than 70 countries including The China Daily.[8][9] She routinely appears in major broadcast media including MSNBC, Fox News and Al Jazeera.

Her organization Food Tank is the official North American Partner of the United Nation’s International Year of Family Farming with the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, the Global Forum on Agriculture Research, and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).[10]

She has spoken at numerous international and United States events focused on food and agriculture issues including the World Food Prize,[11] the Clinton School of Public Service,[12] The New York Times Food for Tomorrow Conference,[13] TedX Manhattan,[14] Edible Institute,[15] and Terra Madre,[16] among others.

She founded Nourishing the Planet while working at the Worldwatch Institute.[17]

Nierenberg has authored and contributed to several reports and books, including Correcting Gender Myopia: Gender Equity, Women's Welfare, and the Environment, Happier Meals: Rethinking the Global Meat Industry, State of the World 2011: Innovations that Nourish the Planet, Eating Planet 2012, Food and Agriculture: The Future of Sustainability.[18]

Early life and education

Nierenberg was born and raised in Defiance, Missouri.[19][20] She holds an MSc in agriculture, food, and environment from Tufts University[21] and a BA in environmental policy from Monmouth College, Illinois.[22] She has been a vegetarian since she was a teenager.[9]

Career

After she completed her education at Monmouth College, she joined the Peace Corps as a volunteer in Dominican Republic[23] and worked with farmers and urban school kids.[19] Since then, she has been working to highlight how food system can become more sustainable.[20] Following her volunteer work at Peace Corps, she joined Tufts University and then joined Science and Environmental Health Network as an Internee. Later on she joined Worldwatch Institute.[19]

According to her, she has been focused on raising awareness about food quality and availability because she "is obsessed with food." She wants "to know what she’s having for dinner at lunchtime."[20] Nierenberg also volunteers as a food security adviser for Citizen Effect.[24] She is a reviewer for the Africa Chapter for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change WGII AR5 First Order Draft and serves on the Advisory Group for the Zero Hunger Partnership, along with Sir Gordon Conway and Heifer International President Pierre Ferrari. In 2013, she joined the Young Professional's Platform for Agricultural Research for Development (YPARD) steering committee.[25]

Worldwatch Institute

Further information: Worldwatch Institute

Nierenberg was appointed at the Worldwatch Institute in 2001 as a Food and Agricultural Senior Researcher. In this position she managed several research projects on emerging infectious diseases related to the food system, gender and population, climate change and agriculture, the global meat economy, and innovations in sustainable agriculture.[26]

She was the co-founder and director of the Nourishing the Planet project housed at the Worldwatch Institute.[27] This post involved overseeing environmental research, communications and development for the Nourishing the Planet project, as well as leading the Nourishing the Planet Advisory Group. As part of this role, she spent 18 months in Sub-Saharan Africa, looking for solutions to poverty and hunger in 30 different countries.[28] While working there, she managed a grant of US$1.34 million to assess the state of agricultural innovations.[24][26]

Nierenberg produced State of the World 2011 with the help of 60 authors from all over the world. She also organized The State of the World Symposium in January 2011. She left Worldwatch Institute and Nourishing The Planet in 2012.[26]

Food Tank

In 2013, she co-founded Food Tank: The Food Think Tank, a non-profit organization with Ellen Gustafson.[20] The organization aims to offer solutions and environmentally sustainable ways of alleviating hunger, obesity, and poverty by creating a network of connections and information.[29] Nierenberg and Gustafson's partnership started when they met each other often at food conferences. According to Nierenberg, FoodTank will focus on becoming a “clearinghouse of reports and information” at first and later on provide a way for food experts to communicate with each other. The duo also plan to start raising money for “Johnny Appleseed Fund” to fund organizations in the field.[1] The founders intend to arrange events through Food Tank to bring together the people working in the field of food movement.[30]

Published work

She has written extensively on gender and population, the spread of factory farming in the developing world, and innovations in sustainable agriculture.[26] Nierenberg has written several articles for The Guardian, the Christian Science Monitor and USA Today.[31][32][33] She has been cited, interviewed, and published in over 3,000 print and broadcast media outlets[34] including The Wall Street Journal,[35] The New York Times,[5] the Chicago Tribune,[36] USA Today,[7] The China Daily.[8] The Washington Post,[37] Le Monde,[38] Bloomberg Businessweek,[39] MSNBC,[40] Al Jazeera,[41] the Australian Broadcasting Corporation[42]

Nierenberg's first book was titled Correcting Gender Myopia: Gender Equity, Women's Welfare, and the Environment and was published by the Worldwatch Institute in 2002. In 2005, she wrote Happier Meals: Rethinking the Global Meat Industry, which is a paper that presents the effects of the growth of factory farming, cataloging the harmful effects it can have on the world, especially in developing countries.[43] In 2012, she wrote Eating Planet 2012. The book was presented during an event, A Sustainable Hunger, at the Literature Festival in Mantua in September.[44]

Speaker

Nierenberg regularly speaks on food and agriculture issues at national as well as international events. She was a speaker at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting in 2008, the European Commission Green Week in 2010, Borlaug Dialogues in 2010 and 2012,[23] the Aspen Institute Environment Forum in 2011, the Rio+20 Conference on Sustainable Development in 2012,[45] the Urban Agriculture Summit 2013[46] SANA: Feeding the Planet Sustainably 2013[47] 4th National Conference for Women in Sustainable Agriculture[48] and the Third Annual James Beard Foundation Leadership Awards in 2013.[18]

Nierenberg was a speaker at the Barilla Center for Food Nutrition Annual Forums for three consecutive years in 2011, 2012 and 2013.[18] She served as a juror for the 2011 Buckminster Prize Challenge and as an evaluator for the 2012 AGFUND International Prize for Pioneering Human Development Projects.[25]

Selected bibliography

  • Correcting Gender Myopia: Gender Equity, Women's Welfare, and the Environment (2002) ISBN 978-1878071644
  • Happier Meals: Rethinking the Global Meat Industry (2005) ISBN 978-1878071774
  • State of the World 2007 (Chapter 3 – Farming the Cities) (2007) ISBN 978-0393329230
  • State of the World 2011: Innovations that Nourish the Planet (2011) ISBN 978-0393338805
  • Eating Planet–Nutrition Today: A Challenge for Mankind and for the Planet (2012) ISBN 978-8866270294
  • Eating Planet 2012 (2012)
  • Food and Agriculture: The Future of Sustainability (2012)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Shreeves, Robin. "FoodTank: Planting the seeds of activism". Mother Nature Network. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  2. ^ "Danielle Nierenberg | Global development". London: Guardian.co.uk. 28 December 2010. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  3. ^ "A New Year’s Recipe for Fixing the Food System" BloombergBusinessweek. Retrieved 2014-10-7.
  4. ^ "Danielle Nierenberg". Huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  5. ^ a b Halweil, Brian; Nierenberg, Danielle (30 June 2012). "The Kindest Cut of Meat Is Ground". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
  6. ^ "Hungering for a Solution to Food Losses". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  7. ^ a b Nierenberg, Danielle; Massey, Abby (15 June 2010). "In a world of abundance, food waste is a crime". USA Today. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
  8. ^ a b "Higher income versus better health". Retrieved 13 December 2012.
  9. ^ a b Rogers, Stephanie. "Eco Chick's Heroines for the Planet: Danielle Nierenberg". Eco-Chick. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  10. ^ "Discussions" FAO. Retrieved 2014-10-7.
  11. ^ "Partnerships & Priorities: Transforming the Global Food Security Agenda" The World Food Prize. Retrieved 2014-10-7.
  12. ^ "Danielle Nierenberg" Clinton School Speakers. Retrieved 2014-10-7.
  13. ^ "Speakers" NYT Food for Tomorrow. Retrieved 2014-10-7.
  14. ^ "Speakers" TedX Manhattan. Retrieved 2014-5-7.
  15. ^ Tank’s Danielle Nierenberg Discusses the Food “Movement” and Tells Us How to Make Change" Edible Brooklyn. Retrieved 2014-10-7.
  16. ^ "Look Who's Coming to Salone" Salone del Gusto. Retrieved 2014-10-7.
  17. ^ "Danielle Nierenberg: Former Resident of Defiance Reports on State of the World from Africa". River Front Times. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
  18. ^ a b c "Danielle Nierenberg". Food Tank. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  19. ^ a b c Richardson, Jill. "Interview with Danielle Nierenberg". lavidalocavore.org. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  20. ^ a b c d Brown, Corie. "Danielle Nierenberg Wants To Save The World". Zester Daily. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  21. ^ "Danielle Nierenberg". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  22. ^ "Monmouth Alumni". Forbes. 5 August 2009. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
  23. ^ a b "Danielle Nierenberg". 2012 Borlaug Dialogue. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  24. ^ a b "Danielle Nierenberg". Impatientoptimists.org. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
  25. ^ a b "Welcoming a new YPARD Steering Committee member: Danielle Nierenberg!". Young Professional's Platform for Agricultural Research for Development. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  26. ^ a b c d "About Me". Danielle Nierenberg. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  27. ^ "African land grab threatens food security: study". Reuters. 26 July 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
  28. ^ "African agricultural innovations boost continental food production". Voice of America. 5 June 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
  29. ^ "About Food Tank". Foodtank.org. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  30. ^ "Those non-silver bullet technologies make a big difference—An interview with food sustainability activist Danielle Nierenberg". Global Comment. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  31. ^ Nierenberg, Danielle (28 December 2010). "To reduce hunger, put innovation on the menu". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  32. ^ "Could Acacia trees solve Africa's hunger problems?". CSMonitor.com. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  33. ^ Nierenberg, Danielle (15 June 2010). "In a world of abundance, food waste is a crime - USATODAY.com". Usatoday30.usatoday.com. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  34. ^ "Ms. Danielle Nierenberg". Urban Agriculture Summit. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  35. ^ "Hungering for a Solution to Food Losses". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  36. ^ Cite error: The named reference Going green: 12 simple steps was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  37. ^ Carmon, Tim (8 January 2013). "New sites want you to better understand your food". The Washington Post. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  38. ^ "L'agriculture est une solution aux problèmes du monde" (PDF). La Monde. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  39. ^ "Danielle Nierenberg and Ellen Gustafson". Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  40. ^ "MSNBC - U.S. Cable". TVEyes. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  41. ^ "World Bank: Food costs at record levels again". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  42. ^ "Reduce food waste to feed the hunger: Worldwatch Institute" (PDF). Worldwatch. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  43. ^ Happier Meals: Rethinking the Global Meat Industry. Google Books. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
  44. ^ "Danielle Nierenberg and Andrea Segrè will talk about Eating Planet at the Mantua International Literature Festival". BCFN Schedule. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  45. ^ "Agriculture and Rural Development Day at Rio+20". The Global Forum of Agriculture Research. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  46. ^ "Speakers". Urban Agriculture Summit. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  47. ^ "Danielle Nierenberg to Speak at Italy's Foremost Organic Food Exhibition". Food Tank. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  48. ^ "4th National Conference for Women in Sustainable Agriculture". Women Food & AG Network. Retrieved 1 October 2013.

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