After three incredible years celebrating the amazing diversity of our foods, the #FoodForever2020 initiative has ended. But our journey to build a food secure future continues through the work of our tireless partners and the @CropTrust. Thread 🧵👇.

#FoodForever2020 was fortunate to inspire people globally, but there's still work to be done. We're calling on you to choose and promote diversity everywhere. Continue this journey by following Food Forever’s champions, partners and the @CropTrust. Thank you.

And we are grateful to all our global partners who helped advocate for change and celebrated diversity in our food. Together, we can make small changes that have a big impact. #FoodForever2020 showed that better food systems are all our responsibility.

We’re proud to have worked with the #ChefsManifesto to develop a podcast that takes listeners on a journey to different parts of the world. Listen to stories from chefs and experts about the significance of crops in transforming our #foodsystems. 🎧:

But governments can't transform our food systems alone. We hosted 11 Food Forever Experiences in 8 countries, inviting politicians, chefs, Indigenous communities, farmers, activists and youth to show the power of seeds and crop diversity in creating resilient food systems.

This campaign brought together people from around the world to raise awareness about Target 2.5 of the United Nations #SDGs. It reached hundreds of thousands of people and helped raise crop diversity higher on the global development agenda.

Global #FoodSystems need to be more sustainable to feed a growing population in a changing climate. Food Forever sought to educate people on food diversity and its importance by what we put on our plates.

We had a simple mission: To show how food can drive the positive changes our world needs. Food Forever showed everyone—from politicians to youth—that biodiversity is key. We rallied support to drive a change in the way we conserve and consume crop and livestock diversity.

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"Farmers grow what we eat, so if our table is filled with unsustainable foods, farmers will have to grow unsustainable crops." – Expert @fillobax rounding up #ChefsManifesto #podcast S3️⃣, the 'Crop Series', with @CropTrust #FoodForever Don't miss it!

'Most wheat is produced in🇲🇽but not fresh when it arrives at restaurants. So I buy🌾from #local👩‍🌾farms so it’s fresh & then mill it myself!' shares Chef Eduardo Garcia on the LAST #ChefsManifesto #podcast Crop Series Episode🤝@CropTrust #FoodForever 🎧

'I don't believe that our food should be traveling in 1st class to get to us – the more you buy #local, the better!' – great to have🥐Pastry Chef @saharp on the WHEAT #ChefsManifesto #podcast Ep 🌾🤝 with @CropTrust #FoodForever collaboration🎧

In the last episode of the #ChefsManifesto Crop Series, with @CropTrust & #FoodForever, Host @ChefTomHunt chats with 🥐@saharp & Eduardo Garcia about WHEAT🌾To round us off, #ICARDA's @fillobax shares his insights from a scientific perspective🔬👉