Tuesday
National School Lunch Week, first held in 1962, runs through Friday. The annual observance was created “to promote the importance of a healthy school lunch in a child’s life and the impact it has inside and outside of the classroom,” says the sponsor, the School Nutrition Association.
Labor Department releases monthly Consumer Price Index report, 8:30 a.m. ET.
Farm Foundation holds forum online, “Focus on farm policy: The food and agriculture platforms of the 2020 presidential candidates,” 10 a.m. ET. For details, click here.
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue holds a series of announcements online, from noon to 4:30 p.m. ET, of USDA funding for rural broadband projects in Colorado, Alaska, and Illinois.
World Food Prize symposium continues through Friday, Des Moines. Rattan Lal, who developed soil-saving techniques that benefited 500 million smallholder farmers, is to formally receive the $250,000 World Food Prize on Thursday. For details, click here.
Council for Agricultural Science and Technology presents its Borlaug CAST Communications Award to associate professor Alexa Lamm of the University of Georgia on the sidelines of the World Food Prize’s annual Borlaug symposium, 1 p.m. ET.
Enrollment opens for coverage in 2021 by the USDA’s Dairy Margin Coverage subsidy program and runs through Dec. 11; 23,000 farms are part of DMC this year.
USDA issues weekly Crop Progress report, 4 p.m. ET.
Wednesday
Dairy groups hold news conference to unveil Net Zero Initiative to reduce the carbon footprint of the dairy industry to zero by 2050, 4 p.m. ET.
USDA releases Oil Crops Outlook and Cotton and Wool Outlook, noon ET.
USDA releases Feed Outlook, Rice Outlook and Wheat Outlook reports, 3 p.m. ET.
Thursday
Consumer Federation of America holds online presentation, “Covid-19 and diet-related diseases,” 2 p.m. ET. For details, click here. The Consumer Federation says the presentation will launch “a new series of speaker and panel discussions online” of food policy issues.
Chief executive Ryan LeGrand of U.S. Grains Council speaks during an Agribusiness Council of Kansas City webinar, 2 p.m. ET. For details, click here.
Friday
Annual observance of World Food Day.
Aquaponics Association holds three-day Virtual Aqua-Conference, through Sunday.
USDA releases Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook, noon ET.
USDA releases monthly Sugar and Sweeteners Outlook, 3 p.m. ET.