October 16th marks World Food Day, an annual global event sponsored by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. The occasion aims to draw our attention to the food crisis affecting nearly 923 million undernourished people around the world, and this year, the sponsors highlighted the related issue of biofuels and the necessity of developing sustainable bioenergy.

The price increase in oil, gas, and other energy sources goes hand in hand with the mounting cost of food. A recent BBC survey found that people, particularly those living in developing countries, are “cutting back on what they eat because food is more expensive.”

Unfortunately, the global food crisis remains buried under headlines devoted to the current financial crisis, as Petra Sorge of Der Spiegel notes. In so many of their articles, our contributors have described how hunger continues to worsen in their countries. We hope to see holistic solutions and policies emerge that connect the dots between the energy, food and financial crises. Hunger cannot be tabled for another day.

Get Involved, Please think about those who have nothing to eat on this day and visit http://www.fao.org/getinvolved/getinvolved-donatenow/en/