Did you know?
- Our planet produces enough food for everyone, yet nearly one billion of us (1 in every 7 people) still go to bed hungry.
- About a third of the food produced for our plates ends up lost or wasted between farm and fork.
- One pound of ground beef for your family uses more than 28,000 cups
of water to produce—that’s enough to fill 20 bathtubs to the brim, and
then some!
In March 2009, First Lady Michelle Obama broke ground for the White House organic garden.
I watched her on television as she made the first dig, and was thrilled
at the site of the twenty-three fifth graders from Bancroft Elementary
School in Washington, D.C., digging right along with her. The
1,100-square-foot garden plot is located on the south lawn of the White
House. The garden is a symbol that educates and encourages children
about nutritious foods to eat. It will provide food for the White
House’s First Family, staff, visitors, and also help feed the hungry.
For more information, about this campaign please visit these helpful sites:
There are many ways that we, as
individuals, can make simple changes in the way we grow, cook, eat and
store our food to be more sustainable. So, as a special way to
celebrate World Food Day, we’re asking people to:
•
Sign up to host a World Food Day dinner discussion. Oxfam has tons of
free materials including a discussion guide, placemats, and recipe ideas
from acclaimed chefs Jamie Oliver, Mary Sue Milliken, and others.
Everything can be found at www.oxfamamerica.org/worldfoodday
•
Share GROW method recipes on Pinterest and we’ll add them to our GROW
Method Cook Book (http://pinterest.com/oxfamgrowmethod)! Just tag your
pin with #GROWmethod to add it.
• Snap photos of
your World Food Day meal on Instagram and tag them with #WFD2012, then
check out our site (www.oxfamamerica.org/worldfoodday) to see photos
from all over the world.
