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Implementation of the GYAP in North America: Youth tackle food waste - Part 2, Solutions for food recovery
27/08/2025
The WFF Global Youth Action Plan (GYAP) 2025–2026 is a youth-led roadmap to transform agrifood systems, built through consultations with over 2 600 young people worldwide. It identifies region-specific challenges, policy priorities and concrete actions, combining capacity development, policy advocacy and partnerships.
Implementation of the GYAP in North America - Youth tackle food waste: Part 1, Understanding food waste prevention
21/08/2025
The WFF Global Youth Action Plan (GYAP) 2025–2026 is a youth-led roadmap to transform agrifood systems, built through consultations with over 2 600 young people worldwide. It identifies region-specific challenges, policy priorities and concrete actions, combining capacity development, policy advocacy and partnerships.
Sustainable Gastronomy Week kicks off to enhance awareness on food waste
26/06/2024
The World Food Forum-led global initiative, calls on restaurants led by young chefs around the world to inspire more sustainable food production and consumption choices.
Brown Technology is the winner of the first WFF Global Youth Hackathon on Food Waste
20/11/2024
The Brown Technology team won first place in the Global Youth Hackathon on Food Waste during the World Food Forum (WFF) flagship event.
Engaging youth in sustainability – WFF community picnic
25/09/2024
The World Food Forum (WFF) hosted its community picnic at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) headquarters in Rome, Italy.
Global Youth Hackathon on Food Waste: empowering youth to innovate for a sustainable future
17/09/2024
On 30 July 2024, the Global Youth Hackathon on Food Waste, hosted by the World Food Forum and KidsforSDGs, gathered bright young minds from across the globe to address a critical issue: food waste.
Youth against food waste – Catalyzing change through interactive workshops
30/10/2023
The WFF's Youth Toward Zero Food Waste campaign.
2022 Sustainable Gastronomy Day Celebration Spotlights Chefs and Startups Who Are Tackling Food Waste
05/07/2022
The World Food Forum (WFF) teamed up with Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC) to present the 2022 Sustainable Gastronomy Day Celebration. Over two events, the WFF and XTC hosted passionate chefs and innovative startups (including Chef Radhika Khandelwal, Cristina Domecq, Poonam Bir Kasturi, Travin Singh, Chef Steven Goff, Priyanka (Pri) Srinivas and Maite Guardiola) for a cooking class.
Wearable Food Waste – A Transformative & Innovative Approach
10/10/2023
World Food Forum, FAO’s Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment (OCB) and Bites of Transfoodmation (BoT) are inviting you to a veritable feast for the senses and the intellect, making it an absolute must-attend for anyone invested in the future of our planet and our wardrobes.
Minimizing Food Waste: A Recipe for Joyful Holidays
19/12/2023
Food waste can be addressed through conscious choices and persistence and it need not be any different during holiday parties.
Join the Global Youth Hackathon on Food Waste: Open call for evaluators and mentors
12/06/2024
The Global Youth Hackathon on Food Waste organized by the WFF in collaboration with KidsforSDGs, aims to harness the creativity and dedication of young people to develop community-based solutions to combat food waste.
The World Food Forum Youth Policy Board’s North America Team 2024 Focus: Regional Food Waste Reform
22/08/2024
The Youth Assembly, as World Food Forum’s policy and action arm, builds young people’s capacity in policy advocacy and fosters intergenerational partnerships and collaboration.
Celebrating the epic finale of our 50 Days to Fight Food Waste challenge
31/10/2023
Our 50 Days to Fight Food Waste challenge was a major success
#UseItUpChallenge launches at Eataly and goes live on social media
24/07/2024
The World Food Forum (WFF) culinary series is an initiative of the Youth Toward Zero Food Waste Campaign, a movement to empower young people to join the fight against food waste.