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.
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Christopher Gergen
CEO
ROA -
Rebecca Riley
Managing Dir. of Food & Ag
NRDC -
Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin
Founder and Director of Strategic Innovations
Regenerative Agriculture Alliance
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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
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Kish Johnson
Strategic Partnerships
Advancing Eco Agriculture -
Karla Avila
Director of Philanthropy
CAFF -
Cathering Coteus
VP, Sustainability Solutions
Arva Intelligence
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Sarah Kelley
Managing Director
Fibers Fund -
Ben Mand
CEO
Yerba Madre