As governments worldwide impose lockdowns in an attempt to halt the spread of the coronavirus, many industries are expected to suffer the consequences. The forest sector is no exception, and this comes after a couple of particularly tough years marked by a rise in pest infestations, wildfires ...

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October 16th has always been a significant date for FAO. It marks the start of our journey from Québec City in 1945. This October 16th was special. FAO turned 75 - a major milestone to celebrate, to introspect and to plan ahead. With nearly 700 million people still ...

I am Emily Pliscott, a Communications Intern at FAO North America. I grew up in Kenyon, a rural town in Southeastern Minnesota. I graduated from the University of Minnesota with a Bachelor of Science in Applied Economics and Agricultural Communication and Marketing. Currently, I am a master’s ...

The 2020 World Food Day marked 75 years of FAO’s work to defeat global hunger and highlighted the Organization’s deep roots in North America. FAO was conceived in Hot Springs, Virginia in 1943, when 44 governments gathered and agreed on the need for a permanent organization in the field of foo...

Communities, businesses, governments and non-profits are developing creative mechanisms for purchasing and transforming “food loss” from harvest, slaughter and catch into foods and other products to support rural economies and the nutrition needs of consumers.

The 2020 World Food Law In...

22-23 October 2020, Québec City/ Washington, D.C./ Rome - Many of the global challenges that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) was set up to address 75 years ago, such as chronic undernourishment, are still prevalent today, as highlighted by participants of...

Collective action across 150 countries is what makes World Food Day one of the most celebrated days of the UN calendar. Hundreds of events and outreach activities bring together governments, businesses, NGOs, the media, and general public. They promote worldwide awareness and action for those ...

Collective action across 150 countries is what makes World Food Day one of the most celebrated days of the UN calendar. Hundreds of events and outreach activities bring together governments, businesses, NGOs, the media, and general public. They promote worldwide awareness and action for those ...

COVID-19 has disrupted nearly every element of every food system on earth. From international commodity markets to local cooperatives, from consumption patterns to transport protocols, from access to farm labour to reforming the retail sector – the pandemic is stress-testing ever...

Aujourd'hui plus que jamais, il est important de promouvoir la Journée mondiale de l'alimentation 2020 pour sensibiliser le public aux réalités de ceux qui souffrent de la faim dans le monde et aux actions que nous pouvons prendre pour offrir une alimentation saine à tous.

Cette année, ...

As a global community, we share a common responsibility to feed the growing world population. Farmers and food producers around the world face the same two overarching challenges to achieve this goal. First, to produce enough food to meet the needs of growing populations and rising standards o...

Today more than ever, it’s important to promote World Food Day 2020, to make the public aware of the realities faced by those who suffer from hunger in the world, and of the actions we can take to ensure healthy diets for all.

This year, we also celebrate the 75^th anniversary...

The world’s demand for fish is growing: over the last thirty years, there has been a 122% rise in fish consumption globally. In 2018, global capture fisheries recorded a catch of 96.4 million tonnes, the highest recorded total to date.  

Small-scale fisheries play an important part...

15 October 2020 - FAO North America in collaboration with the Alliance to End Hunger organized a virtual side event at the 2020 Borlaug Dialogue, following the World Food Prize Laureate award ceremony in Des Moines, Iowa. The discussion, featuring the 2020 World Food Prize Laureate Dr. R...

14 October 2020, Washington, DC – Congratulations to the winners of the 2020 World Food Day Poetry Competition. The third annual contest, under the theme, “Grow, Nourish, Sustain. Together.” received 50 submissions from poets living in DC and surrounding counties in Maryland and Virginia.

14 October 2020 – The 2020 World Food Day marks the 75th anniversary of FAO in an exceptional moment as the global community confronts the widespread effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. World Food Day calls for global solidarity to help the most vulnerable populations recover from the crisis, to...

13 October 2020, Washington D.C. – On 11 October, ahead of the Indigenous Peoples’ Day and World Food Day – Slow Food Turtle Island Association, Slow Food USA and FAO North America launched Recipes from Turtle Island, a collection of 14 diverse and nutritious recipes from seven I...

Join a special celebration of World Food Day and Indigenous People’s Day as we launch Recipes from Turtle Island,
a collaboration project between Slow Food Turtle Island Association, FAO North America, Slow Food USA, and the team behind Gather<...

We are excited to partner with Food Tank, the Smithsonian and the Julia Child Foundation to present a Deep Dish Dialogue that will focus on rebuilding food systems. The session will feature Chef José Andrés, Leah Penniman, Laura Reiley, Danielle Nierenberg and Vimlendra Sharan. 

Join the 2020 World Food Day Twitter #WFDChat

Grow, Nourish, Sustain. Together.

Friday, October 16, 2020

10 – 11 AM EDT/ 16-17 CEST