Manchester Hog King backs global efforts for World Food Day

There are 800 million people in the world without fundamental access to healthy food, with independent family farmers purported to playing an even larger and more important role in what has been billed a ‘global war on hunger’, that’s according to the United Nations, who last Thursday affirmed the growing significance of family farms.

Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General, remarked on World Food Day: “Family farmers are key to unlocking global progress. They run the vast majority of farms in the world. They preserve natural resources and agro-biodiversity. They are the cornerstone of inclusive and sustainable agriculture and food systems.”

This year’s World Food Day coincides with the International Year of Family Farming and focuses primarily on smallholder farms and their role in shaping a better world for tomorrow. Statistics show that around the world there are well over 500 million smallholder farmers, playing not only a major role in trade but also health, “providing food security and eradicating poverty in the attainment of the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals.”

Ban Ki-moon highlighted the impact of a continued effort against hunger, remarking that in the space of the last 10 years the number of hungry people has fallen by 100 million – a real achievement given global popular increased massively over the same period. On top of that, a total of 63 countries are said to have cut in half the number of citizens suffering from undernourishment.

“More than 800 million people do not have enough healthy, nutritious food to lead active lives. One in three young children is malnourished. A world free from poverty and hunger where all people have realised their right to adequate food, is central to the future we want,” explained the Secretary-General.

A spokesman for Manchester Hog King said: “It’s easy to forget that around 70 percent of food production around the world is dependent on family farms, especially when looking at it from a western perspective where intensive commercial farming is much more prominent.

“It’s therefore important that every effort is taken to support family farmers, ensuring that as few people as possible are faced with malnourishment and food poverty.”

Manchester Hog King is one of the region’s leading figures in the world of hog roast catering. They specialise in catering for party, wedding and corporate events and regularly react to relevant news.

“As a supporter of local family farms, regularly sourcing the tastiest pigs from regional, independent farmers, we know all too well just how important family farmers are, not just at home but also all around the world, as this UN campaign shows.”

To book a hog roast for your event, visit Manchester Hog King at www.manchesterhogroast.co.uk.