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The WFF launches the third edition of its Film Festival
25/05/2023
The World Food Forum is pleased to announce the launch of its third annual Film Festival!

Opportunity for Nigeria: WFF Launches Call for Essays and Art Inspired by the 2023 Theme "Food Action Accelerates Climate Action"
17/04/2023
The WFF is opening a call for submission of essays inspired by the 2023 theme, Food Action Accelerates Climate Action in collaboration with Creative Youth Community Development Initiative Solution17.

World Food Forum Announces 2023 Theme: Food Action accelerates Climate Action.
08/03/2023
World Food Forum Announces 2023 Theme: Food Action accelerates Climate Action.

WFF 2022 Art Exhibition with TRAMANDARS Association
20/12/2022
The World Food Forum collaborated with Italian art association TRAMANDARS to curate the first WFF art exhibition.

SGM Summit 2022 Impact Report: #UniversalPlate Campaign Results
25/11/2022
The Social Gastronomy Movement's Annual Summit brings stakeholders from across sectors in borders for a sprint of collective action, local community dialogue, global exchange, and connection around food.

The WFF and the Social Gastronomy Movement observe #HungerActionMonth and share over 71 million meals
05/11/2022
From 1 September to 16 October, the Social Gastronomy Movement collaborated with the World Food Forum to observe #HungerActionMonth.

World Food Forum wraps up five days of melding diverse perspectives to transform agrifood systems
21/10/2022
A youth-driven World Food Forum today wrapped up five days of intensive dialogue, networking and investment pitching aimed at addressing the world’s growing food crisis.

Meet the Winners of the Second Annual World Food Forum Film Festival
18/10/2022
Our team of
independent and diverse judges had the difficult job to narrow it all
down to just 6 finalists who showed an impressive awareness to agrifood
systems and the 2022 theme of the World Food Forum, “Healthy Diets
Healthy Planet”.

World Food Forum opens to galvanize youth engagement, science and innovation and investment in transforming agrifood systems
17/10/2022
Aimed at galvanizing change to how our food is produced, delivered and consumed and mitigating a growing global food crisis, a youth-driven World Food Forum opened today.

The World Food Forum and the Social Gastronomy Movement join together for Hunger Action Month with the Universal Plate, a global campaign with the goal of sharing millions of meals
26/09/2022
The FAO World Food Forum and the Social Gastronomy Movement (SGM) announce their collaboration for Hunger Action Month featuring the SGM Universal Plate 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.

World Food Forum and Extreme Tech Challenge Celebrate Sustainable Gastronomy Day 2022
16/06/2022
The World Food Forum (WFF) together with Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC) will present the 2022 Sustainable Gastronomy Day Celebration on 18 June 2022! Over two live Zoom events, they will bring together chefs and innovative startups with sustainability at he

Sustainable Gastronomy Day 2022
10/06/2022
The World Food Forum Culture Track together with Extreme Tech Challenge present the 2022 Sustainable Gastronomy Day Celebration! Over two events, we will bring together chefs and innovative startups with sustainability at heart for a cooking class and fascinating conversation on how they’re both fighting to decrease food waste in their industries.

The WFF launches the second edition of its Film Competition and Festival
26/05/2022
Now is the time to submit your short film! We are looking for inspiring stories, both fiction and non-fiction, that will trigger a positive impact in the areas of food security, nutrition, gastronomy and more to facilitate agrifood systems transformation. This year’s special award is centered around the 2022 theme: Healthy Diets. Healthy Planet.

World Pulses Day: WFF Champion Mariah Gladstone on the importance of Indigenous knowledge for the future of pulses
17/02/2022
Mariah Gladstone is the founder of Indigikitchen, an online cooking show that tries to breathe new life into Indigenous People’s food traditions. With her approach to sustainable diets, making use of pulses and other ancestral foods, Mariah became a WFF Champion.

World Food Forum art exhibition “Better Food Future” opens eyes to new perspectives on food systems
25/10/2021
The first thing you see when stepping into the virtual World Food Forum (WFF) exhibition is a work titled “Self Preservation”, a digital print by the young Russian artist Natalya Perova

Washoku School Lunch Programme: passing on traditional food culture and values to children who lead the future of our food
30/09/2021
Washoku, or traditional Japanese food, is derived from the respect for nature that Japan has inherited from ancient customs. Our mission is to teach traditional Japanese food culture to the children who will inherit it and lead the future of our food.

Youth Art Contest for the One Health Future We Want
23/09/2021
With the COVID-19 pandemic signaling a historic moment to build transformative resilience across our health, food and ecosystems, the momentum to strengthen a One Health approach is gaining greater political and stakeholder traction.

WFF Masterclass: Hungry for a Kinder World
22/09/2021
Young aspiring entrepreneurs and sustainable diet enthusiasts of all ages are invited to imagine a more generous future of food on 28 September 2021 in an interactive, online World Food Forum (WFF) Masterclass with Iseult Ward.

Afrobeat for better production, nutrition, environment and life!
10/09/2021
Calling all young dancers, musicians and singers in Africa, we need your help! Join the WFF “Afrobeat for better production, nutrition, environment and life” awareness-raising campaign. Apply now or nominate someone you know To support the World Food Forum.