14 Facts About Danielle Nierenberg

Danielle J Nierenberg is an American activist, author and journalist.

In 2013, Nierenberg co-founded Food Tank: The Think Tank For Food and currently serves as its president.

Danielle Nierenberg founded Nourishing the Planet while working at the Worldwatch Institute.

Danielle Nierenberg is 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.

Danielle Nierenberg is a member of the UN Environmental Programme's Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity Steering Committee.

In 2001, Danielle Nierenberg joined the Worldwatch Institute as its Food and Agricultural Senior Researcher, where 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.

Danielle Nierenberg produced State of the World 2011 with the help of 60 international authors.

Danielle Nierenberg organized The State of the World Symposium in January 2011.

Danielle Nierenberg left Worldwatch Institute and Nourishing The Planet in 2012.

In 2013, Danielle Nierenberg co-founded Food Tank: The Think Tank For Food, a non-profit organization.

Danielle Nierenberg has written extensively on gender and population, the spread of factory farming in the developing world, and innovations in sustainable agriculture.

Danielle Nierenberg has written for The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, USA Today, The China Daily.

Danielle Nierenberg has written on sustainable agriculture, in The Guardian, Bloomberg Businessweek, and the Huffington Post.

Danielle Nierenberg routinely appears in major broadcast media including MSNBC, Fox News and Al Jazeera.