Food Week of Action
The Global Food Week of Action brings together three important days: International Day for Rural Women (Oct. 15), World Food Day (Oct. 16), and International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (Oct. 17). Together, they offer a timely call to advance just, equitable, and ecological food and farm systems.
We envision a world where everyone has access to enough affordable, healthy, and culturally appropriate food; where no one goes hungry; and where everyone who works across the food chain is fairly compensated, respected, and celebrated. Each year, resources are provided to help congregations and communities engage in education, worship, and action throughout this Food Week of Action.
The theme for this year's Food Week of Action is REGENERATION.
Agriculture can either damage the Earth or help heal it. The difference lies in how we grow, harvest, process, distribute, and consume food. Agroecology and regenerative agriculture, rooted in food sovereignty, can restore the health of our soils, waters, ecosystems, and communities. They give greater agency to farmers, fisherfolk, farm workers, food chain workers, and consumers while nurturing healthier and more just relationships throughout the food system.
During the week – and throughout the month – surrounding World Food Day, we give thanks for all those whose work provides the food that sustains us. We especially honor those who farm and fish in ways that work in harmony with nature. We celebrate those building sustainable and equitable local food economies that make healthy, affordable food available to communities too often harmed by exploitative and extractive systems.
Again this year, we remember and stand with all those who labor throughout the food chain, particularly people targeted by brutal and racist immigration policies, detention, and deportation. The 2026 Food Week of Action will highlight groups and initiatives that are building equitable, resilient, and regenerative food systems while addressing the economic and racial forces that drive hunger and poverty.
And because it is a Week of Action, let’s act!
Prepare for the Food Week of Action
Promote your group and your event or action! Publicize your event, action, or worship service happening during Food Week – or anytime in October. Include a photo or two and information about your anti-hunger, food justice, environmental justice, or food sovereignty work.
Fill out this form to get your event or action on the 2026 Food Week Actions page.
Email [email protected] to become a co-sponsor. There’s no cost; the only expectation is that you somehow celebrate or promote Food Week of Action, and I’ll send blurbs for newsletters or social media. View the growing list of co-sponsors below and on the 2026 Food Week map.
During October
1. Learn about the Farmland for Farmers Act as Congress prepares to pass a Farm Bill.
2. Learn about one of the most important issues of our time – data centers and AI, starting with Climate Justice Alliance’s fact sheet.
3. Watch for the announcement of the Food Sovereignty Prize winners in early October. Meanwhile, meet the 2025 Food Sovereignty Prize winners.
4. Learn about the Presbyterian Church’s new overture to support regenerative farming practices in the world and in your yard.
During the Food Week of Action
1. Take an action of your choosing or act on one of these:
- Tell Congress: Fully fund food safety and protect our food and public health! Federal policy must protect consumers and workers alike, strengthen prevention in produce supply chains, and ensure that public agencies have the staffing and scientific independence to respond quickly to contamination risks. Send a message!
- Support the New Producer Economic Security Act!
More than 40% of U.S. farmland is expected to change hands over the next two decades. Yet, according to the National Young Farmers Coalition’s survey of over 10,000 farmers and ranchers across the country, access to land is the number one challenge facing the next generation of producers. Send a message to your congressperson now! - Tell Congress: Farm workers deserve fair overtime pay.
Ask your U.S. representative to co-sponsor and advance H.R. 10273, the Fairness for Farm Workers Act, which would extend basic overtime protections to agricultural workers. Use the official House member lookup, enter your ZIP code, and call or send your message! - Donate your time and/or money to a local food justice or immigrant justice group.
2. Incorporate religious principles of feeding the hungry and working for food justice in a worship service or educational class during Food Week! Use these materials from recent years and update/adapt them to your context: