Today is World Food Day

The FAO was inaugurated on October 16th 1945, and since 1981 this day has been marked as World Food Day. This year's theme is Family and Smallholder Farms, and campaigns such as "Give Hunger the Boot" are raising funds to provide support to Africa and elsewhere. The longer-term solution to feeding the 2050 9 billion almost cetainly requires a different approach, but Family Farming is an excellent strategy for addressing the immediate issue of ongoing hunger. Please support it, and as we work to improve the wellbeing of dairy animals let us keep in mind that our best technological solutions will be applicable and have impact globally, in smaller farms as well as larger