World Food Day

Today is World Food Day, a yearly event organized by the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). World Food Day is meant to raise awareness about global hunger and poverty, and this year the focus is squarely on how soaring food prices are affecting the world’s most vulnerable and poor. The theme is ”Food Prices-From Crisis to Stability.”

Climate change has a big impact on food prices. As the global supply of staple crops like corn and wheat gets more expensive, the cost of food goes up too. And the hardest hit areas, according to the FAO, are usually the world’s poorest. The FAO hopes bringing awareness to the issue will spur leaders around the globe to take action and address the problem at its source. There’s a list of events on the FAO’s website with ways you, too, can get involved!