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Expo Milano 2015

"Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life"


In a country celebrated for its food, fashion and design, an Expo to showcase the need to find solutions to combat global hunger is opening on 1 May in Milan, Italy.

A Zero Hunger Challenge is the lofty goal being presented by high-tech pavilions at the Fair which seeks to find solutions for the challenges of food security.

In a seminar and reception sponsored by the Italian Mission and the Magazine Eccellenze Italiane, at the United Nations, officials presented ideas to overcome the undertow of poverty and food insecurity.

Italian UN Ambassador Sebastiano Cardi spoke of seeking solutions and a "Vision how it is possible to end hunger in our lifetimes."   The Ambassador said Expo Milano will host over 140 countries which he described as a "global showcase for ideas and technology."

Prof. Rossana Pace, the director of the Eccellenze Italiane magazine states her publication would raise awareness amongst the millions of visitors regarding the Zero Hunger Challenge.

Eccellenze Italiane is a visually stunning and elegant presentation of Italy's role in the world with a special focus on humanitarian, social values, and United Nations initiatives.

Expo Pavilions are as architecturally diverse, are often edgy in design, and each have a special theme.  Examples the USA Pavilion motto is "American Food 2.0: United to Feed the Planet.  Argentina extols "Argentina Feeds You."  The Czech Republic adds, "Laboratory of Life."

The host country Italy proclaims "The Nursery of Italy."

Twenty million people are expected to visit the six month event.