World Food Day Monthly Collaborative Event WORLD FOOD NIGHT

After World Food Day on October 16, it is a month to think about hunger and food issues and work together to solve them.
In Japan, October, when World Food Day is held since 2008, is designated as World Food Day month, and NGOs/NPOs and international organizations working to solve hunger and food problems are jointly disseminating information.

The world produces enough food that everyone can eat, but one in ten people is not eaten enough.
On the other hand, 1/3 of the food produced in the world is discarded.

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which aim to solve various problems such as poverty, inequality, and climate change, aim to reduce hunger to zero by 2030 and reduce food loss. However, many people need to take action to change the world.

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In conjunction with World Food Day Month 2023, Resources and Waste Recycling Bureau will hold an online event "WORLD FOOD NIGHT 2023 with Yokohama" in conjunction with World Food Day Month 2023.

In this event, under the theme of "My dining table connected to the world", we invited three experts who are familiar with the world's food situation and learned about the world's food issues together with the participants, We will consider how "small actions" that can be done in daily life will lead to solving global food problems.

Why don't you take a step toward solving food problems together?

(Note) “World Food Day” Month 2023: It is an organization composed of NGOs/NPOs and international organizations that regularly engage in various activities to solve hunger and food problems.

From 19:00 to 20:30 on Friday, October 6

Performed online using the remote system "Zoom Webinar"

450 people (first come, first served)

Free of charge

Director of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Liaison Office in Japan

Born in Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture. He holds a bachelor of law from Sophia University's Faculty of Law, and a master's degree in international relations from the United Kingdom Leding University Graduate School and the Johns Hopkins University Graduate School SAIS, Washington D.C. After working for a bank and newspaper company, he joined the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) New York headquarters in 1995. After working at the Asian Bureau, Africa Bureau, local offices in five Central Asian countries, the Humanitarian Affairs Bureau, and the Asia-Pacific Regional Office in Bangkok, he moved to the Strategic Planning Office of the FAO Headquarters in 2011. After that, he provided humanitarian assistance as Director of the FAO Syrian Office in conflict. Since 2016, he has served as the local representative of 14 island countries as the head of the Oceania Office of Independent Samoa. Current position since 2020.

Kitchen explorer around the world

Born in Nagano Prefecture in 1989. After completing a master's degree in Engineering, the University of Tokyo, he worked for Cookpad Corporation and became independent. They visit kitchens of homes around the world to cook together, and communicate the state of living and society that can be seen through cooking. In addition to lectures, writing and research, we also conduct on-site classes at elementary, junior and senior high schools nationwide. Visiting researcher at the BKC Research Organization, Ritsumeikan University, and collaborating researcher at the Center for Infectious Diseases (CiDER) at Osaka University. His recent book, "You can see society from dining tables around the world (Yamato Shobo)."

Representative of honshoku Corporation

Born in Tokyo in 1979. Graduated from the Faculty of Science, Niigata University. Independent after planning and sales at an advertising agency. Established Food Salvage, a general incorporated association that deals with solving problems related to food loss & waste of companies and government, centered on "Salvage Party®︎". Food Creative Team honshoku Co., Ltd. conducts food-related content management, creative production, production, etc. with the keyword "A pleasant breeze on the dining table." In 2020, the food school "foodkole" opened. Launched the food web magazine "shokuyoku Magazine" in 2021.

World Food Day Monthly 2023 City of Yokohama, Resources and Waste Recycling Bureau