Saturday, September 22, 2007

World Food Day Commemorative Coin

World Food Day (WFD) was established by FAO's Member Countries at the Organization's Twentieth General Conference in November 1979. The date chosen - 16 October - is the anniversary of FAO.

It has since been observed every year in more than 150 countries. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations celebrates World Food Day each year on 16 October, the day on which the Organization was founded in 1945.

Why did they move? Agriculture provided a more dependable source of food, causing populations to increase; eventually excess population migrated to new lands.

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