The event, held in Santiago, brought together children and families for an educational and recreational day highlighting the importance of healthy eating and physical activity for people's well-being.

FAO Director-General and Pope Leo XIV emphasize the role of farmers and people in the use and development of new technologies.

Through sport, cooking and responsible fashion, the event showed young people how innovation and everyday choices can help build healthier, more sustainable food systems.

Behind every piece of food lost or wasted sits an invisible ledger of land, water, energy and labour - resources poured in and then thrown away along with the food itself.

Rome, Italy – On 12 and 13 September, just over a month before World Food Day 2026 and the first anniversary of the Food and Agriculture Museum and Network (FAO MuNe), FAO took part in Jovanotti’s Jova Summer Party, where around 100,000 people gathered to celebrate music and culture.

A medieval Italian citrus fruit sparks collaboration between a woman farmer and a chef.

Sustainable gastronomy recognises that food is never only about consumption. It connects agriculture, culture, health, livelihoods and the environment - and reminds us that what we grow, cook and eat has a direct impact on both people and planet.

FAO has been awarded Gold at the 15th Deauville Green Awards in Paris for its World Food Day 2025 video spot, voiced by the actors and FAO Champions Charlotte Rampling and Lambert Wilson.

FAO Goodwill Ambassadors, Champions and other supporters have joined forces for a campaign spotlighting the importance of safe food through the universal language of cooking. 

At World Nutrition Day 2026, FAO Director-General calls for effective collaboration to ensure that basic, nutritious, healthy, and functional foods reach those who need them most.