United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, in his message on World Food Day, 16 October 2021, warned about the growing number of people lacking access to a healthy diet, while calling for food systems that deliver better nutrition, a better environment and a better life for every person.

Qu Dongyu, the director general of the Rome-based United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on Wednesday urged nations to increase efforts to halve food waste by the end of this decade.

In the valleys of central California, the search for water has turned into an all-out obsession as the region suffers through a drought that could threaten the US food supply.

Foods are generally considered cultural expressions. By taking different cultural assumptions in, foods are shaped and identified throughout history. To state the matter differently, we get familiar with a nation, eating the food of its culture. Tehran foods are presenting an amalgam of different cultures in Iran. From north to south, and east to west, you may find all the dietary diversities in Tehran. While Iranian foods are known as truly delicious dishes liked by almost everyone, Tehran is considered a feast of flavors, colors, and scents. Stay tuned for knowing more about Tehran’s best foods, ghoghnos.net wrote.

Iran’s Ambassador to the United Nations Majid Takht-Ravanchi said unilateral coercive measures, especially at the time of the coronavirus pandemic, pose a threat to food security in the targeted countries, stressing the necessity of their swift and complete removal.

Date palms existed in Iran since ancient times. The date's exact origin is unknown, but it seems to be cultivated in Iran about 4,000 BCE. The palm tree is sacred; it is also interpreted as a sign of friendship, peace, and prosperity in Persian culture myths. They are a symbol of prosperity, fertility and ability to rise above conflicts. Once the tree's head is cut-off, it will no longer grow, and the trunk will start to become unstable and eventually die, just like human beings.

Brutal violence forced them to flee their homes, but now hunger has driven some in Mozambique to risk their lives by sneaking back to their old residences to gather food – or even resume farming.

The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) released on Tuesday the ninth annual Global Food Security Index (GFSI) sponsored by Corteva, which measures the underlying drivers of food security in 113 countries, based on the factors of affordability, availability, quality and safety, and natural resources and resilience.

They contaminate the air we breathe, tea we sip, water we drink, and food we eat. They're strewn across the deepest ocean trenches and the highest mountains. They're in fish, insects, whales, corals, and our own poo. They're even showing up in human placentas.

Food is piling up in all the wrong places, thanks to carriers hauling empty shipping containers.

By Dearbail Jordan France's decision to close the border with the UK to stop the spread of a new variant of the coronavirus has highlighted the importance of the Dover-Calais route for food supplies.

The UK's inflation rate fell dramatically to 0.3% in November from 0.7% in October, official figures show.

By George Monbiot

“US sanctions halted delivery of two million flu vaccines”

Supermarkets, food manufacturers and restaurant chains under pressure from campaigners over their environmental impact urged Britain on Monday to strengthen a plan to stop tropical forests from being cut down to grow cocoa, palm oil and soy.