October 16th is World Food Day, an opportunity for education and action on food issues, both globally and locally. Throughout the past year, the Global Food Crisis blog has posted about a variety of issues including the security, availability, safety, trade and organizations that deal with food. We invite you to mark World Food Day by learning information about global food issues and how you can take action.
UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) Director-General Jacques Diouf made a call to action, stating that, “The world food security governance system is inefficient and not well coordinated to address the present food crisis and the new challenges which we will have to face in the future.” Visit FAO’s World Food Day page to learn how you can get involved.
World Food Programme Executive Director Josette Sheeran states that “‘World Food Day’ is ‘No Food Day’ for almost one out of every six people around the world this year.” WFP also offers “10 Things You Can do on World Food Day.”
Read U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s World Food Day statement and link to the State Department’s Food Security page.
