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Danielle Nierenberg

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Danielle Nierenberg is an expert on sustainable agriculture and food issues. She recently spent two years traveling to more than 35 countries across sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and Latin America meeting with farmers and farmers’ groups, scientists and researchers, policymakers and government leaders, students and academics, and journalists collecting their thoughts on what’s working to help alleviate hunger and poverty, while also protecting the environment. She has spoken at major conferences and events all over the world and her knowledge of global agriculture issues has been cited widely in more than 3,000 major publications including  The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, the International Herald Tribune, The Washington Post, BBC, the Guardian (UK),  and other major publications. Danielle served as the Director of the Food and Agriculture program at the Worldwatch Institute. She also worked for two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Dominican Republic.

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(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, November 25, 2013
The holidays are all about excess. Overpriced gifts, overbooked schedules, and--of course--too much food Some five million tons of food--enough to fill the John Hancock Building more than 14 times--will be wasted between Thanksgiving and the end of 2013. Worldwide, some 1.3 billion tons of food is wasted annually, according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization.
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24 TED Talks About Food Worth Watching We've decided to highlight 24 TED talks specifically around food issues that we found compelling and worth sharing.
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(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, March 18, 2013
Celebrating World Water Day by Reducing Water Use in the United States The United States is one of the world's biggest users of water--many Americans use as much water as approximately 900 Kenyans. As a result, water resources in the U.S. are shrinking.

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