Use, adapt and share these resources for Ash Wednesday to reflect on the numbers of hungry people and the human suffering behind them.
When you use the resources below, please make sure that you give appropriate credit to the authors, publishers or artists for their contribution. More resources can be found by searching the Resource Library.
Worship and Bible Study Resources
Fast for Life Liturgy | ||
"Prayer and Fasting" from Bishop Gomez, Caritas Bangladesh | Word (EN) | |
"From Waste to Wealth" Fr. Nithiya, ofm. Cap, Federation of Asian Bishops Conference | Word (EN) | |
"Ten Principles of Conscientious Living" Fr. Nithiya, ofm. Cap, Federation of Asian Bishops Conference | ||
Fast for Life Prayer in Spanish and English from Mons. Gustavo Rodríguez Vega, Obispo de Nuevo Laredo, President of Caritas Mexicana | Word (SP/EN) | |
A Bible Study on Food Waste and Post-Harvest Losses by Ulrica Hanson, Church of Sweden | Word (EN) | |
"Food, Farming and Waste" - Bible Study by Revd. Dave Bookless | PDF (EN) | |
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Prayers on living gently on the planet from the Iona Community | Word (EN) |
Action
Fast for Life Pledge | |
Fast for Life Printable Pledges | PDF (EN) |
Waste Tracker | |
Weekly Meal Planner | |
Food Quiz | PDF (EN) |
Questionnaire for Farmers | |
Questionnaire for Fisherfolk | |
Questionnaire for Small Markets | |
Questionnaire for Local Grocers | |
Questionnaire for Restaurant Tables |
Learning
Food Wastage Footprint: Impacts on Natural Resources | PDF (EN) |
Global Food: Waste Not, Want Not (Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 2013) | PDF (EN) |
Global Burden of Disease 2010 (released December 2012) | |
Food waste: causes, impacts and proposals | PDF (EN) |
Wasted: America is Losing Up to 40% of Its Food from Farm to Fork to Landfill | PDF (EN) |
Retailer's Recipe for Fresher Food and Far Less Shrink | PDF (EN) |
New Estimates for Household Food and Drink Waste | PDF (EN) |
Global Food Losses and Food Waste 2011 | PDF (EN) |
Les Glaneurs et la Glaneuse - French Documentary by Agnes Vardato | VIDEO (FR) |
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Food Waste = Money Waste | VIDEO (EN) |
Good Transparency Food: Waste Not, Want Not | VIDEO (EN) |
Life in the Age of Access | VIDEO (EN) |
Taste the Waste | VIDEO (EN) |
The big waste | VIDEO (EN) |
The People's Supermarket | WEB (EN) |
Running Head: Food Waste Reduction by the Implementation of Food Recovery Programs | PDF (EN) |
Estimating and Addressing America's Food Losses, in "Food Review" | PDF (EN) |
The Climate Change and Economic Impacts of Food Waste in the United States | PDF (EN) |
Mind the Gap: Reducing Waste and Losses in the Food Supply Chain | PDF (EN) |
Increasing food availability by reducing postharvest losses of fresh produce | PDF (EN) |
Saving Water: From Field to Fork – Curbing Losses and Wastage in the Food Chain | PDF (EN) |
The African Postharvest Losses Information System (APHLIS) | PDF (EN) |
Post-harvest Loss Reduction in Fisheries in Bangladesh: A Way Forward to Food Security | PDF (EN) |
Wasting Food – An Insistent Behaviour | PDF (EN) |
Understanding food waste – Key findings of our recent research on the nature, scale and causes | PDF (EN) |
Food Inc. - A Documentary by Robert Kenner | |
Taste the Waste - A Documentary by Valentin Thurn | |
Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal by Tristram Stuart | |
"God Doesn't Do Waste" by Revd. Dave Bookless | |
The "Just Food?" Environment Resource Pack - Content List | DOC (EN) |
American Wasteland by Johnathan Bloom | |
TED Talk regarding Food Production | |
Janez Potocnik, European Commissioner for the Environment's Speech, November 2011 | |
Urgent Call to Reduce Food Waste in the EU - European Parliament Press |
Other Lenten Resources on Food
Canadian Foodgrains Bank, Fast for Change Lenten Resources | |
Canadian Foodgrains Bank's Lenten Resources | |
Finn Church Aid's Resources |
Good Practices Map
The map below features good practices throughout the world, showcasing progressive actions by governments and other organizations in order to eliminate food waste.
