This World Food Day: Dedicate your Sunday dinner to farmers

When you sit down to eat every day, do you think about how the meal you're eating is the product of a complex, and broken, global food system? This World Food Day, Oxfam America is teaming up with a host of allies across the US and around the globe. We have a simple yet compelling idea—to host a Sunday Dinner October 16th that fosters a conversation about where your food comes from, who cultivates it, and how we can make the food system more just and sustainable. ORDER FREE MATERIALS BY OCT. 21.

By investing in small-scale producers and removing the barriers that limit their productivity, we can overcome the challenges of a growing population, constrained resources, and climate change.

Join a growing movement of individuals and organizations that are working to repair our food system. Host a Sunday Dinner this October 16th. Everything you'll need to pull off a fun and effective dinner party is right here.

How do I host a Sunday Dinner?

You can organize a Sunday Dinner that's a small and intimate gathering of your friends and family. Or you can host a large event like a church potluck or meal at your college dining hall. If you can't do a dinner, a lunch or breakfast can work too.

• Decide what kind of gathering you want. How many people? What kind of food? Have a potluck and ask everyone to bring their favorite dish. Or use one of these recipes from a group of generous chefs: Giada De Laurentiis, Mark Bittman, Eric Yost, José Andrés , and the Mennonite Central Committee.
• Decide on the time and place and get the word out in order to get your guest count.
• Promote your event by using one or more of our great Sunday Dinner invite videos from Archbishop Desmond Tutu, food activist Frances Moore Lappé, Iowa farmer Ellen Walsh-Rosmann, Buddhist Global Relief, and Islamic Relief USA.
• ORDER FREE MATERIALS for your dinner by October 21. We have World Food Day placemats to use at your table and sets of recipe cards to give out to your guests. For large events we have posters, stickers, and more.

A World Food Day placemat.

• Use our Sunday Dinner Discussion Guide to facilitate the conversation during your dinner.
• Before your guests leave, ask them to join the Oxfam America Mobile Action Network. Text OXFAM to 30644 and we'll send you critical updates about how you can help during global emergencies, take action when Congress is debating important legislation, and join us when there are Oxfam events in your area. Text STOP at any time to unsubscribe.

Cook your meal for less

• Check out these cheap recipes for Slow Food USA's $5 Challenge.
• Check out Women Thrive Worldwide's $2 recipes.
  

More ideas for faith communities

• In collaboration with Oxfam, Church World Service has created faith-based World Food Day materials you can order.
• Interfaith Power & Light has a food, faith, and climate program with free materials, such as Cool Potluck Ideas and Lowering Your Carbon Footprint.
  
• Share this invite video from Buddhist Global Relief.
  
• Make your World Food Day Dinner a Global Shabbat.
• Check out a great Faith-Based Study Guide on Poverty and Hunger.

More ideas for schools

• If you are in elementary, middle, or high school, ask about organizing a World Food Day event as part of lunch or snack time.
• College students can reach out to campus ministries at their university, encouraging them to host a World Food Day Sunday Dinner. Also work with folks at the dining hall to see if you can host a World Food Day dinner on campus. Resident Assistants can host a World Food Day dinner for their hall or dorm.
• For students who have campus kitchens, use Oct. 16 to host your own special World Food Day Dinner.

For more questions about how to host a dinner, order materials, etc., email Sophie Fuchs at sfuchs@oxfamamerica.org or call (617) 517-9447.