World Food Day 2025
Theme: Hand in Hand for Better Foods and a Better Future
October 16th 2025
Overview
World Food Day, celebrated annually on 16 October, serves as a global platform to spotlight collective actions and progress in building sustainable food systems. The official theme for World Food Day 2025 is “Hand in Hand for Better Foods and a Better Future.”
This theme underscores the importance of global collaboration across governments, organizations, sectors, and communities to build a peaceful, sustainable, and food-secure future. In line with this, GAIN’s overarching proposed theme will focus on Actors, Actions, and Achievements, our campaign will highlight the diverse stakeholders contributing to food systems transformation, showcase their tangible impacts, and reinforce GAIN’s role as a catalyst for change.
The campaign will celebrate the actors we partner with, amplify the actions driving progress, and spotlight the achievements that are shaping healthier, more resilient food systems.
World Food Day Community Table
This is your space to celebrate, commit, and connect:
1. Give a shout-out to someone who makes your food journey easier — a friend, a farmer, a cook, or a loved one.
2. Make a commitment to a healthier, more sustainable diet’
3. Share a photo of food that shows togetherness, culture, and community.
Click the yellow “+” on the right to get started.
Voices Across GAIN
Resources and Assets
Bite the Talk Podcast: Global Food Systems Dashboard
In this episode, host Mark Gachagua speaks with Dr. Jessica Fanzo (Columbia University) and Dr. Ty Beal (GAIN) about the Global Food Systems Dashboard.
They explain it was created to solve the problem of scattered and complex food data by consolidating information from over 40 sources into one user-friendly, visually appealing platform. Described as a "map of your food system from farm to fork," the dashboard provides a comprehensive overview of everything from agricultural production to health, environment, and livelihood outcomes.
