World Food Day 2008

World Food Day, on the 16th October 2008, is a chance to remind ourselves that poverty and hunger are problems the world over with a devastating impact and to again highlight the plight of 923 million undernourished people in the world. This year, the theme of World Food Day is “World Food Security: the challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy’ and how global warning and the biofuel boom are now threatening to push the number of hungry people event higher.

World Food Day is also a startling reminder that in a developed country such as the UK, 7 million people are affected by low income - perhaps the most critical factor leading to food poverty, and it is estimated that around 4 million people in the UK cannot afford a healthy diet. However, food poverty affects disadvantaged people all year round. And for vulnerable people, because of rising food prices, it will be even more difficult to access affordable nutritious food, leading to increased food poverty across a broader spectrum of people in the country.

FareShare aims to support people in the UK that are suffering from food poverty and World Food Day provides us with another opportunity to reinforce our message that ‘No Good Food Should Be Wasted.”

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