This is the 8th International Whole Grain Day Celebration!

What role can whole grains play in supporting heart health and prevention? On the occasion of the 8th International Whole Grain Day, this breakfast event will bring together policymakers, public health experts, academia and industry to discuss how whole grains can contribute to healthier diets and help reduce the burden of cardiovascular and other non-communicable diseases. The conversation will focus on evidence, policy and practical action, from strengthening dietary guidelines to better integrating whole grains into public health strategies.

Closing the Gap on Whole Grain Intake Event

Healthcare professionals, food industry and organisations will gather at the University of NSW to hear from leading researchers on the latest evidence on whole grains and health, followed by a panel discussion on solutions to close the whole grain gap with a networking lunch.

Austrian Nutrition Society’s 75th Anniversary Jubilee Conference

ICC representatives will give a presentation about the Whole Grain Initiative and its efforts to promote whole grains around the world. A program update is available here.

Alfred Mar from ICC will have his speech in Session II in the early afternoon of the 19th November. At the coffee breaks and lunch, there will be a wide variety of whole grain foods available, including whole grain bread, buns, and specialty baked goods. Information materials about whole grains will be available to all participants and whole grain bakers will be ready to answer questions and lead discussions during the breaks.

EU Parliament Event, in-person and online (9:30-11am)

Members of WGI will gather with whole grain experts and members of the European Parliament to discuss how whole grains can support health throughout all stages of life. The event will explore practical policy actions.

Round Table on Fibre & Whole Grain

The Belgian Bread & Health Institute will bring together policymakers and researchers from Belgium to discuss the potential for a structured collaboration that would support increased whole grain intake, taking inspiration from successful models such as the Danish WG Partnership and the Swedish WG Partnership. WGI’s chair will contribute a short presentation about WGI’s working groups and their accomplishments.

Shared social media asset combining clips from around the globe

In November, the Danish WG Partnership will be sharing a new social media asset which combines video clips collected from around the world of people passing whole grains to each other. They have developed an accompanying press release to help share a message of global unity through whole grains.

Details to follow...

FINUT webinar

FINUT will host a webinar including three talks. There will be a presentation about whole grains and cardiovascular disease prevention with a local epidemiologist, a discussion with an industry expert about how to increase whole grain intake, and finally, a presentation about the importance of processed whole grain foods for health presented by Julie Miller Jones.

Closing the Whole Grain Gap: How Industry Can Drive Change Webinar

A webinar to shine a spotlight on low whole grain intake in Southeast Asia and how consistent whole grain food regulations and innovations from industry can drive change to increase whole grain intake to close the gap.

Details to follow...

Release and roundup of various whole grain materials

The Whole Grains Council will be putting together a special newsletter and social media plan for IWGD, releasing cooking demo videos, sharing new social media assets, and rounding up some of our favorite blogs, resources, webinars, etc. from our past year of campaigns. We will also be releasing a special whole grain recipe zine with photos and recipes celebrating the ways whole grains fit into heritage diets around the world.

You can watch the recording of the 2025 Whole Grain Day Webinar at the button below.