A report of the thirty-fourth World Food Day celebration held at the FAO regional office in Bangkok in commemoration of the Organization’s founding in 1945. This year’s theme focused on family farming: Feeding the world, caring for the earth. Highlights of the day include a keynote speech on the theme of the celebration by Maria Estrella Penunia, the Special Ambassador of the International Year of Family Farming for Asia and the Pacific and the Secretary General of the Asian Farmers’ Association (AFA), as well as presentation of five awards by Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn to outstanding farmers from China, India, Myanmar, New Zealand and Thailand.