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This nonprofit public interest and environmental advocacy organization challenges harmful food production technologies and promotes sustainable alternatives. Current campaigns include genetically engineered food, cloned animals, sewage sludge, and mad cow disease.

Food and nutrition information for teens, kids, parents, and schools from the European Food Information Council. Take a nutrition quiz, learn about the connections between emotions and eating habits, and construct healthy diets to benefit different parts of your body and different lifestyles. Available in several different languages.

The Ecological Footprint (a tool of The Global Footprint Network) measures how much land and water a human population needs to sustain its lifestyle. Take a quiz to find out how big your own footprint is: how many acres of land and other resources are needed to sustain what you eat and how you live, and how many planets we'd need if everyone in the world lived like you.

This United Nations-backed organization inspires youth to join in the fight against hunger.

This U.S.-based nonprofit organization works to increase public awareness of global hunger issues and builds support for the UN's World Food Program and other hunger relief efforts.

A hunger aid program with tons of projects around the world that help families become food self-sufficient and economically stable.

This global information network publishes U.S. and international perspectives on global issues. Its range of thematic guides includes a Food Security Guide with an overview of food security, hunger, and nutrition around the world.

Helpful resources and information on the latest and most comprehensive programs across the United States aimed at helping youth improve nutrition and physical activity.

This nonprofit organization educates people about how their food choices affect the rest of the world. Their Slow Food in Schools program empowers students to make informed choices about what they eat.

Nutrition basics, support for reaching and maintaining a healthy weight, fundamentals of healthy exercise, and more sponsored by the Nemours Foundation.

Practical resources about nutrition and food safety.

Training, nutrition information, and school and community support for helping youth improve eating habits and physical activity.

This worldwide event celebrated on October 16 each year is designed to increase awareness, understanding, and informed, year-around action to alleviate hunger.

The United Nations frontline agency in the fight against global hunger.