Policy & Advocacy
First Fridays for Food Security, March 2, 2012
First Fridays for Food Security March 2, 2012 - Global Food Insecurity
What is First Fridays for Food Security?
On every first Friday for a year, eat meals that cost only as much as is allotted for a family of your size by the USDA Modified Thrifty Food Plan. (You will need to divide the weekly cost by seven.) This plan is used as the basis for food stamp allotments.* Many individuals or families may notice a disparity between the cost of their normal meals and the amount allotted in the food plan. The “cutting back” that will likely be required in order to stay “in budget” can be considered a type of fasting.
Global Food Insecurity: During the past eleven months, Catholics in the United States have fasted in solidarity with their brothers and sisters who experience food insecurity in the United States. As Catholics, we are part of a universal Church and a global Body of Christ. As we fast in solidarity with our brothers and sisters at home, we also look abroad, where 925 million people around the world are undernourished. The Catholic Church has taken the lead in addressing global poverty. Catholic Relief Services, the international aid program of the U.S. bishops, manages programs in nearly 100 countries around the world to help persons in poverty beats the odds.