Here’s a bright idea that promotes the dream of uniting passionate people in sharing an important messages around our food system.
It’s called Give a Fork! and Sustainable Table, the people behind it, want to spread their message in a fun and non-confronting way, because let’s face it, we’re all a little bit tired of the eye-rolls we get for being that person at the dinner party who asks if the chicken is free range or politely declines the factory farmed pork chop.
Give a Fork! is the perfect way to engage passionate people as well as their friends and families with those prickly issues in a relaxed and fun way.
This year’s theme is sustainable seafood, chosen because it’s one of the least understood areas of our food system.
This is despite the ocean sustaining life on our planet, delivering half of our oxygen and providing an estimated $20 trillion worth of natural resources and services a year
Here’s how it works., you get a group of friends together during 7-14th of October and host a sustainable seafood dinner party.
Hosts will receive a free host pack and all the resources to cook a delicious sustainable seafood dinner.
Some of the resources in the pack include; a Sustainable Seafood e-Cookbook, A Fishy Business DVD to show on the night, 5 Steps to Sustainability placemats, a Switch your Fish guide and much more.
Get hooked on the issues so that you can make ethical and environmentally conscious decisions when it comes to consuming seafood.
Vegetarians can still participate and the e-Cookbook features a selection of vegetarian recipes, as Barton Seaver once said, “Want to save more fish? Eat more broccoli!”
the idea is that participants ask their friends to donate what they would’ve spent on a night out.
The money raised will help Sustainable Table to continue their important work of building a fair and sustainable food system by providing endless free and helpful resources, educational events and by supporting sustainable development projects locally and abroad.
Prizes will be awarded to the top fundraising dinner parties:
1st Prize
A bounty of treasure to share: Mount Zero biodynamic olive oil, Demeter Biodynamic brown rice, Robinvale Demeter wine and sparkling ginger ale, Murray River Sea Salt, Fowles Wine and a massive selection of Nature’s Cuppa organic teas. Valued at well over $600.
2nd Prize
Neoflam Cookware ‘family plus’ set of three – saucepan, casserole and sauté pan – $500
3rd Prize – KitchenAid Artisan Deluxe Hand Blender – $250
4th Prize – endota spa 90 min spa voucher – $185
If cooking is beyond your repertoire, check out the Participating restaurants instead!
Hosts can sign up to host a dinner party and receive a pack by clicking here, provided to you in the introductory email.
