It can encompass the resources of a retail chain operation to a pick-up loaded wit pumpkins. Food provides jobs at the base level for increasing numbers of young and old alike. Food provides a means to an end for all of those people who are really something else while they wait tables. For the ambitious and artistic, food provides the necessary outlet for expression. Students of food can learn to cook and create their own security and style.
Volunteers can aid in the collection and dispersal of food.
Everyone loves someone who cooks. We must prompt conversations at the dinner table about what's being served. Talk about the history of the people who brought this food to our attention. Talk about the purveyors of food and the suppliers of food products and how their efforts impact on what we eat. Encourage diversity in knowledge by experimentation in taste.