Americans spend more than $110 billion on fast food every year, according to the Financial Nut website. Speeches about fast food can include a number of topics, such as types of cuisine, world influence and health implications. Cuisine topics can focus on the best hamburgers, french fries, tacos, pizza and chicken restaurants. Speeches about world influence can inform audiences about American culture's influence in other parts of the world through fast food. Topics about fast food and "healthy eating" can inform audiences about what's good and bad at a fast food restaurant, calories in a meal and how to choose healthy food.
Speeches about cooking can inform audiences about the art of cooking, the food business and shopping for food. Informational speeches can take the form of a demonstration where a speaker shows an audience how to make brownies, salad dressings, meatloaf or any other type of food. Speeches about the business side of food can focus on opening a restaurant, listing the accomplishments of celebrity chefs, visiting cities with great food, marketing family restaurants and franchising an existing restaurant. In a speech about shopping for food, informative topics can address saving money at the grocery store, buying in bulk and preparing homemade meals.
Farmers use more than 5 million acres of farmland to grow organic food, one of the fastest-growing segments of agriculture, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Topics about organic food can include the health benefits of eating organically and where to shop for organic products. A speech on health benefits can address eating foods that do not contain pesticides and choosing unprocessed foods. Shopping speech topics can include farmers' markets, organic grocery stores and buying directly from the farm. Speakers can also talk about the importance of organic farmers to sustain a community.
More than 50 million Americans live in households with a tight budget when it comes to food, and more than 5 million people use a food pantry to put food on the table, according to the Feeding America website. Speeches can inform audiences about this serious and widespread problem. Topics can focus on the history of hunger in the U.S., the areas of America affected the most and things people do to feed their families. Topics can also focus on the amount of government aid given to help people eat and the donations nonprofits make to charitable organizations. Speakers can also choose topics that address hunger around the world.