Bowls name and mission . To find an Empty Bowls event near your or learn how to host your own , visit the website . Dine What if fighting world hunger were as easy as eating lunch ? That 's the goal of the One World Everybody Eats Foundation -LRB- OWEE -RRB- . The foundation began with a single cafe in Salt Lake City where the menu has no prices . Customers who can afford it are asked to pay a little extra for their meals to help those who ca n't . Those in need can volunteer and earn a meal or enjoy the `` community dish '' free of charge . Dishes are prepared fresh daily and use many local , organic ingredients . `` I think we have to rethink how we feed people in their time of need , '' says OWEE founder Denise Cerreta . `` What sets this apart from other restaurants is that truly anyone can walk through the door and afford to eat here , and it 's good , organic , wholesome food . '' Through the foundation , Cerreta now mentors a network of these cafes around the country .
-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- The world produces enough food to meet the needs of its population , yet nearly one in six people suffers from chronic hunger according to the United Nations ' Committee on World Food Security . There are ways to change this statistic . Here are five creative ways to make an impact on hunger in your community and around the globe . Create The Empty Bowls Project , the brainchild of artists John Hartom and Lisa Blackburn , uses ceramic arts to fight hunger . At each event potters and other artisans donate handcrafted bowls . Guests select one of the bowls and are served a meal of soup and bread . They take home their bowl as a reminder of how many go empty around the world . Money raised is donated to organizations fighting hunger locally , like soup kitchens and food banks , or globally , like Oxfam and Feed the Children . Empty Bowls started as a classroom project , but the movement has spread across the United States and to at least 14 other countries . Events vary between locations because they are independently organized , but all share the Empty