NYC CLIMATE WEEK 2025

NYC CLIMATE WEEK 2025

Roadmap for the Future

09/24 | 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Join Forum for the Future and Why Regenerative for a participatory workshop to reflect on what the regenerative agriculture movement has learned—and imagine what comes next. Together, we’ll identify bold actions, promising approaches, and shared priorities to shape a refreshed roadmap for the next five years of collective impact. Drawing on insights from a landmark 2020 landscape analysis and five years of cross-sector collaboration, this session will center thriving farming communities and equitable systems change.

Regenerative Textiles Forum

09/24 | 11:00AM - 1:00PM

The Regenerative Textiles Forum will focus on cotton and textiles as powerful leverage points for climate action, exploring how regenerative organic practices can transform supply chains from soil to finished product. Set against the backdrop of NYC Climate Week and the city’s fashion ecosystem, the session will showcase how brands are advancing solutions that are both climate-smart and culturally resonant. Topics will include scaling regenerative cotton, building transparency, linking soil health to labor equity, designing for circularity, and storytelling that drives consumer engagement.

The State of Regenerative Agriculture

09/24 | 2:00PM - 6:30PM

Sessions will include investment, research, policy, supply chain, nutrient density, and brand leadership in regen systems. Case study panels include Regenerative Organic Alliance, Green America, and Rodale Institute. Confirmed speakers include: Paul Lightfoot (GM, Patagonia Provisions), Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin (CEO, Tree-Range Farms), Rebecca Riley (Managing Director of Food & Ag, NRDC), Christopher Gergen (CEO, ROA), Phil Taylor (ED, Mad Ag), Carolyn Gahn (Senior Director, Mission & Advocacy at Applegate), and more…

ROA Happy Hour

09/24 | 6:30PM - 7:30PM

A nice light cocktail hour with industry leaders. Sponsored by the Regenerative Organic Alliance (ROA) and catered by the Anne Saxelby Legacy Fund (ASLF) with an assortment of food and beverage brands. Featuring Patagonia Provisions Kernza Beer, Anytime Spirits cocktails, Grgich Hills wine, and regenerative fare.

This session is available to those attending SORA.

Regenerative Systems Summit

09/23 | 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM

The Regenerative Systems Summit will convene leaders across the buy and sell side of nature-based solutions, including food and agriculture companies, MMRV leaders, financial institutions, food waste companies, and broader food system innovators to explore how funding can be accelerated toward credible, high-integrity solutions in regenerative systems. Through a series of panels and interactive workshops, participants will look at robust projects in carbon and biodiversity, their investment hurdles, and regenerative system solutions - including food waste. Audience dialogue will be central, with insights captured throughout the sessions and synthesized into a white paper that distills the event’s findings and next steps for action.

  • Christopher Gergen

    CEO
    ROA

  • Rebecca Riley

    Managing Dir. of Food & Ag
    NRDC

  • Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin

    Founder and Director of Strategic Innovations

    Regenerative Agriculture Alliance

  • Tara Swibel

    Managing Partner
    Terra Regenerative Capital

  • Phil Taylor

    Executive Director
    Mad Agriculture

  • Jeff Tkach

    CEO
    Rodale Insitute

  • Nicole Scott

    Farm Director
    Glynwood Center for Regional Food & Farming

  • Philip Lymbery

    CEO
    Compassion in World Farming

  • Jessica Hulse Dillon

    Senior Director
    Soil & Climate Alliance

  • Carolyn Gahn

    Senior Director, Mission
    Applegate

  • Paul Lightfoot

    General Manager
    Patagonia Provisions

  • Eric Smith

    CEO
    Edacious

  • Elizabeth Candelario

    CSO
    Mad Agriculture

  • Andrew Watman

    Contributor
    Forbes

  • Tom McDougall

    Founder and CEO
    4P Foods

  • Chanel Ford

    Director Of Programs
    Native American Agriculture Fund

  • Annie Leeson

    CEO
    Agricarbon

  • Steve Brunn

    Senior Director
    Winrock International

  • Priya Kvam

    Director, Global Development
    Forum For the Future

  • Lauren Gifford

    Director of the Soil Carbon Solutions Center
    Colorado State University

  • Annie-Sophie Albert

    Key Accounts Director
    PUR

  • Vikrant Giri

    CEO
    Gallant International

  • Christopher Marquis

    Professor

    Cambridge University

  • Karla Avila

    Director of Philanthropy
    CAFF

  • Catherine Coteus

    VP, Sustainability Solutions

    Arva Intelligence

  • Sarah Kelley

    Managing Director
    Fibers Fund

  • Ben Mand

    CEO
    Yerba Madre

  • Sara Tajik

    Brand Manager
    Dr. Bronner’s

  • Matt Cohen

    co-founder and co-CEO
    SIMPLi

  • Chelli Pingree

    U.S. Representative
    Maine's 1st Congressional District

  • Carmen Gama

    Director of Circular Design
    Eileen Fisher

  • Bernhard Kowatsch

    Director Global Accelerator & Ventures
    UN World Food Programme

  • Vanessa Garcia Polanco

    Director of Government Relations National Young Farmers Coalition

  • Julia DeSantis

    Director of Sustainability
    Farm Link Project

  • Jeff Yorzyk

    Sr. Director, Sustainability
    Hello Fresh

  • Allison Owens

    Frameworks Lead
    PUR

  • Matt Silveira

    Associate Director, Sustainability Services
    Winrock International

  • Eric Cooper

    President & CEO
    San Antonio Food Bank (Representing Feeding America)

  • Andy Levitt

    Founder & CEO
    Brightly

  • Cara Piazza

    Creative Director
    Botanical Colors

  • Christopher Ramsay

    Partner
    Pelican Ag

  • Victoire De Wever

    Partnerships & Engagement Manager
    Olam Agri

  • Alexandra Payne

    Programme Officer
    Rockefeller Foundation