 Hello everyone, it's World Food Day. These are unprecedented times and have made many of us rekindle our appreciation for something we often take for granted, safe and nutritious food. Food is the essence of life and the bad luck of our cultures and our communities. The COVID-19 pandemic highlights the importance of strong immune systems and basic access to food. We need to support our food heroes now more than ever, including farmers, packers, transporters, traders and all other workers throughout the food system. They work tirelessly to ensure that the food makes its way from farm to table, even at most disruptions and hardships. We produce more than enough food to feed everyone, but our food systems are out of balance. Under nutrition, overweight and obesity, environmental degradation and food loss and waste are only some of the issues that underline this imbalance. We must make sure that our food systems grow, overwrite our food to nourish a growing population and sustain the planet together. We all have a role to play. From increasing the overall demand for nutritious food by choosing healthy. To ensuring that the least harm is caused to the environment when producing and consuming foods. All of us need to make food choices that improve both our health and that of our food systems. This is World Food Day. Let's commit to respect food and food producers.