Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

16 October 2025

World Food Day

World Food Day 2025

Hand in Hand for better foods and a better future

World Food Day 2025 is calling for global collaboration in creating a peaceful, sustainable, prosperous, and food-secure future. By working together, across governments, organizations, sectors, and communities, we can transform agrifood systems to ensure that everyone has access to a healthy diet, living in harmony with the planet.

Stay tuned for more information about this year’s theme.

Hand in Hand for better foods and a better future

FAO’s 80th anniversary

World Food Day marks the founding of FAO, and this year, the Organization turns 80!

Join us throughout this milestone year by organizing events, sharing stories, and taking meaningful action.   

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#FAO80 events worldwide

Events and activities celebrating FAO's 8 decades of work and its vision for a sustainable food future have been unfolding since the start of the year.

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Get inspired to take action  

As a global community, we all need to get involved. Governments, the private sector, farmers, academia, civil society and individuals, including youth, need to work together to ensure all people have access to enough diverse, nutritious, affordable and safe foods.

We all have a role to play to tackle inequality and poverty, make healthy food choices to increase their availability, reduce food waste and protect the environment.  

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Celebrating #FoodHeroes

Get ready to read new stories from #FoodHeroes working hand in hand for better foods and a better future.

Across the globe, women, men, boys and girls are supporting and empowering their communities through food action, making a positive impact even amidst global challenges.

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Congratulations to the winners of World Food Day 2024 Poster Contest!

Explore last year's Poster Contest winners and stay tuned for news about this year's contest, including how to participate and exciting new products like the children's activity book.

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Join us

Across the world, people are unleashing their creativity and raising awareness about World Food Day. From marathons and hunger marches to exhibitions, cultural performances, contests, and concerts, people in nearly 150 countries join together in response to the global call for action. NGOs, journalists, governments, cities, civil society organizations, and individuals, including youth, seize this opportunity to unite and inspire meaningful change. 

Check out the wide variety of events taking place and discover the World Food Day Friends that lending their voices to show support! 

WFD Friends

Milan (Italy)

Join us at 'Pianeta 2030'
05/06/2025 - 07/06/2025

From 5 to 7 June, the second edition of the “Pianeta 2030” festival organized by Corriere della Sera will take place at the Triennale di Milano.

Rome (Italy)

FAO at Codeway Expo 2025
14/05/2025 - 16/05/2025

From 14 to 16 May, at Fiera di Roma, FAO will take part in the sixth edition...

Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan)

Celebrating 80 years with 80 hectares of forest in Kyrgyzstan
30/04/2025

To commemorate FAO’s 80th anniversary and as part of the Green Climate Fund-backed project "Carbon Sequestration through Climate Investments in...

Rome (Italy)

Sixth Edition of the FAO Open Day
31/05/2025 - 01/06/2025

FAO is reopening its doors to the public on Saturday, 31 May and Sunday, 1 June as part of the Open House Roma initiative.

Milan (Italy)

Explore FAO’s Conscious Kitchen at Fondazione Sozzani
10/05/2025 - 11/05/2025

On 10 and 11 May , FAO will take part in the inaugural edition of SEEDS in Milan, organized by Fondazione Sozzani in Via Bovisasca 87. This initiative...

World Food Day - It's your day!

Collective action across 150 countries worldwide, in up to 50 languages, 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, municipalities, businesses, CSOs, the media, the public, even youth. They promote worldwide awareness of hunger and promote action for the future of food, people and the planet. 

Together we can create a better, more sustainable food future for all. Make #WorldFoodDay YOUR day. Join the call by organizing an event or activity or show how you are taking action. 

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