World Food Day (Oct 16)

Some great ways to celebrate world food day with your students.

Wondering how you can bring World Food Day into the classroom? Here are ideas to tie the day into your curriculum.

Connect the dot activity sheets related to World Food Day.

The FAO has a collection of videos and audio for students and teachers to explore. The newest videos appear on the main page; browse the catalogue to find videos from previous years and World Food Days.

Here are ideas for activities to get your class engaged about food waste. Includes step by step instructions and discussion questions.

This lesson plan is tied into the French Supermarket Intermarche's "Inglorious Fruit and Vegetables" campaign, to help combat food waste.

Use this lesson plan to help students understand global food security. Teachers will find introductory questions, discussion questions and a writing prompt.

This toolkit from the Food and Agriculture Organization (United Nations) includes calls to action, background and statistics as well as information about how to participate in World Food Day.

Theme, activities and quizzes for your students to do on World Food Day.

World Food Day Canada has videos, ideas for events and educational activities in the Classroom section.

Three stories revolving around food and its importance along with several discussion questions.