Food for Our Planet™
Food shapes our health, our environment, and our future. Our theme for Earth Day 2027 is Food for Our Planet™, calling for a transformation of food systems to create healthier, more sustainable futures for people and the planet. Join us throughout Earth Month, culminating on April 22, 2027, to help transform the future of food and build a healthier planet for all.
Our Focus
Explore our work across three interconnected areas of focus: Healthy People, Healthy Soils, and Healthy Futures. Through Food for Our Planet™, we take a systems-based approach to building healthier food systems, connecting human health, thriving ecosystems, and resilient communities.
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Food for Our Planet™ Stories
Real stories from around the world, shaping the future of food.
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Don’t Miss Out on the Power of Plant-Based Eating
Consuming a diet rich in whole plant-based foods comes with an array of health benefits ranging from disease risk reduction to improved gut health.
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Food for Kids the European Way
Poland, England, and Spain are rewriting school lunch policy to promote healthier futures for kids. Could this be the future of school lunches?
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Decoding Food for Our Planet™
Food for Our Planet™ explores healthy people, healthy soils, and healthy futures, showing how food systems can protect health, communities and our planet.
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Growing Change: How Young People Are Transforming Food Systems Worldwide
Discover how young people worldwide are transforming food systems through innovation in farming, school meals, food waste, advertising, and public policy.
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Is the World’s Food System Ready for a Super El Niño?
A strong El Niño could threaten crops, raise food prices, and strain food systems. Here’s why regenerative agriculture can help build resilience.
FAQ
What is Food for Our Planet™?
Food for Our Planet™ is EARTHDAY.ORG's multi-year global theme and initiative focused on the connection between food, human health, and the planet, while addressing the environmental, health, economic, and community dimensions of food systems. Transforming how the world grows, produces, and consumes food is one of our greatest opportunities to protect human health, restore soils, and build a healthier, more resilient future for people and the planet.
When is Earth Day 2027?
Earth Day 2027 is Thursday, April 22, 2027, and Food for Our Planet™ builds toward it throughout Earth Month in April. Details on events and ways to participate will be released as the campaign develops. Stay updated by signing up for emails or following our social media.
Why is EARTHDAY.ORG focusing on food?
Food is essential to every person and community, but today’s food systems are contributing to some of the world’s most pressing challenges. Diet-related disease is rising, billions of people cannot afford a healthy diet, and food production places enormous pressures on land, water, soils, biodiversity and climate. At the same time, food waste, harmful chemicals, plastics and highly processed foods create additional risks for people and the planet.
What are the three pillars of Food for Our Planet™?
Food for Our Planet is built around three interconnected pillars. Healthy People focuses on food transparency, nutrition, plant-based diets and the impacts of harmful chemicals, plastics and ultra-processed foods. Healthy Soils centers on regenerative agriculture, biodiversity, and resilient food production. Healthy Futures addresses food waste, circular food systems, sustainable consumption, and empowering the next generation of food leaders. Explore each pillar.
Is Food for Our Planet™ connected to Earth Day?
Yes. Food for Our Planet™ is EARTHDAY.ORG's global theme, building toward Earth Day, April 22, 2027, and all Earth Month. Unlike a single-day event, this theme runs year-round, connecting research, partnerships, and storytelling around food systems to EARTHDAY.ORG's broader mission.
How can I get involved?
Food for Our Planet™ is just getting started, with resources, toolkits, and ways to take action rolling out throughout the campaign. For now, the best way to get involved is to sign up for updates and explore our three pillars. More opportunities to act are coming soon.
How can my organization become a partner?
EARTHDAY.ORG welcomes partnerships with organizations, businesses, schools, faith communities, and more committed to environmental action. Partners receive resources, amplification through our global network, and access to exclusive toolkits. Explore partnership opportunities and what they mean.
For-profit organizations interested in partnerships should contact [email protected].
Who started Earth Day?
Earth Day was born on April 22, 1970 — a date deliberately chosen by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson and young activist Denis Hayes to fall between Spring Break and Final Exams, maximizing student participation in what began as a national environmental teach-in. That single day drew 20 million Americans into the streets and sparked the modern environmental movement. Today, Denis Hayes serves as Board Chair Emeritus of EARTHDAY.ORG, the non-profit organization that grew out of that very first Earth Day and now mobilizes one billion people in 193 countries every year.