What are you doing during your lunch hour on World Food Day?
On 16 October join a global discussion with celebrity chefs, indigenous peoples, youth climate activists, small farmer businesswomen, heads of state, and everyone in between, on how in the next 10 years we must transform our food systems.
Nutritious and safe food allows for healthy and productive lives, and the myriad of ways in which we produce, process and consume food—our food systems—touch every aspect of human existence.
When they function well, food systems have the power to bring us together as families, communities and nations. And we owe it to ourselves to drive progress to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) we have committed to achieving in 10 years.
This 24-Hour Global Relay Conversation, brought to you by the UN Food Systems Summit and in partnership with Future Food Institute, will be a highly interactive and relevant discussion for World Food Day, while also acting as the official launch of the Food Systems Summit Dialogues. This online marathon conversation will provide an opportunity for governments, communities and citizens to discuss what matters most to them as we build back better to transform food systems across the world.
So, grab some lunch and let us break bread or tortillas or ugali or chapatti together as we talk about what matters most to us, our families and our communities.
Jioji Konrote, President of Fiji, will open the Global Relay with chef, author and TV presenter Robert Oliver.
Speakers across the 24-hours will include:
Amina Mohammed, UN Deputy Secretary-General
Mariam Almheiri, UAE Minister of State for Food and Water Security
Amelia Afuhaamango Tu’ipulotu, Health Minister of Tonga
Alexandra Valkenburg, Ambassador of the Delegation of the European Union to the Holy See, Order of Malta, UN Organisations in Rome, the Republic of San Marino
Agnes Kalibata, UN Special Envoy for the Food Systems Summit
Massimo Bottura, chef and food systems activist, UN Environment Programme Goodwill Ambassador
Sabrina Dhowre Elba, model, activist and UN IFAD Goodwill Ambassador
José Andrés, chef, restaurateur, and founder of World Central Kitchen
Kimberly Williams-Paisley, actress and best-selling author
Schedule
Starting Friday 16 October at 12:00pm in Fiji (00:00am UTC) and moving around the world every hour for the entire day.