Events 2026

Official launch of the document ‘RAES Regional Agenda: for Sustainable School Feeding in LAC 2026–2030’
Latin America and the Caribbean faces a complex food security and nutrition scenario, marked by the coexistence of hunger, food insecurity, and the rising prevalence

Exchange of experiences in the development of the FBSF approach: Guatemala, El Salvador, Panama and Paraguay
Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) continues to face significant challenges in ensuring that all people have access to adequate food. By 2024, the region

Exchange Programme 2026: School feeding to strengthen sustainable agri-food systems
The initiative is supported by the FAO, the Brazilian government and the member countries of the Sustainable School Feeding Network (RAES) Registration will be open

39 Conferencia Regional de la FAO – LARC
The FAO Regional Conference is an official forum convened every two years, where Ministers of Agriculture and senior officials from the Member States of the
Previous events

Event: 10th National Farm to Cafeteria Conference
The National Farm to School Network presents the 10th National Farm to Cafeteria Conference, taking place December 1–4, 2025, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Farm

Sustainable School Feeding Network (RAES) organizes exhibition of school feeding initiatives developed by its member countries
In the virtual event promoted under the Brazil-FAO International Cooperation Program, country representatives will present good practices, challenges, and lessons learned. The Sustainable School Feeding

Experts workshop: Analyzing the high cost of a healthy diet and food consumption (November 11-12)
Why does Latin America and the Caribbean have the highest cost of a healthy diet globally? What is the link between the cost of a

RAES participates in the 53rd Committee on World Food Security (CFS)
The Network will participate in a side event where it will be represented by Paola Barbieri, project analyst at the Brazilian Cooperation Agency (ABC), and

Closing session of the exchange cycle: “PAE in Focus 2025: Understanding challenges and building pathways toward sustainable school feeding”
The PAE in Focus 2025 exchange cycle, available in Spanish, which has offered sessions full of learning and collective building toward sustainable school feeding, will

Session 6 of the exchange cycle: ‘PAE in focus 2025: Understanding the challenges and building paths towards sustainable school feeding’
The exchange cycle PAE in Focus 2025, which has already completed five weeks of learning and collective construction towards sustainable school feeding, will hold its

Research Webinar Series: School-based Interventions in the 21st Century: Evidence Gaps and Future Directions
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Global Child Nutrition Foundation (GCNF) are launching a new Research Webinar Series: School-based Interventions in the

XI Regional School Feeding Forum for Latin America and the Caribbean
Dates: July 15, 16 and 17, 2025 Location: Copantl Hotel and Convention Center, San Pedro Sula, Honduras The XI Regional School Feeding Forum is a