Food for Life Global was founded in 1995 in Washington DC to serve as the headquarters and coordinating office for Food for Life projects worldwide.

Headquarters
10310 Oaklyn Drive, Potomac, MD 20854

Mailing: P.O. Box 471, Riverdale, NY 10471 USA

International Director
Paul Rodney Turner

International Director Emeritus
Mukunda Goswami

Food for Life Global Goals:

• To provide vegan meals to the disadvantaged, malnourished and victims of disaster (natural or manmade), wherever there is a need in the world.


• To establish Food for Life Education centers throughout the world. These centers will provide free or inexpensive vegan meals, counseling, yoga, and survival skills training.


• To establish Rural Academies for Youth (“Food for Life R.A.Y. of Hope"), whereby youth are trained in sustainable agriculture centered on spiritual values.


• To produce promotional and training materials for the development of Food for Life projects worldwide.


• To represent Food for Life to the government, media and public through public lectures, newspaper articles, the Internet, and through mail.


• To promote a food culture of hospitality based on spiritual equality


• To raise funds on behalf of Food for Life projects worldwide and to support them with small grants


• To coordinate and sponsor emergency relief efforts conducted by Food for Life volunteers

Background on the Food for Life Project:

The distribution of sanctified plantbased meals has been and will continue to be an essential part of India's Vedic culture of hospitality from which Food for Life was born.

Since its inception in the early 70’s, Food for Life has tried to liberally distribute pure plantbased meals (prasadam) throughout the world with the aim of creating peace and prosperity. The Food for Life Global office, directed by Paul Turner, facilitates the expansion, co-ordination and promotion of prasadam distribution throughout the world.

Details:

FOOD FOR LIFE is a nonprofit organization, bringing food and life to the needy of the world through the liberal distribution of pure food prepared with love. The project started in 1974 and today Food for Life is active in over 60 countries worldwide.

Over 1,500,000 meals daily!

With volunteers serving more than 1,500,000 free plantbased meals daily from free food restaurants, mobile kitchens, to schools and to disaster areas, FOOD FOR LIFE is the largest vegan food relief in the world.

Community Based

Food for Life Global's volunteers are made up of the socially conscious public. Food for Life Global is a non-sectarian organization. Everyone is welcome to participate in our community projects.

Summary of Food for Life Global Achievements:

• Produced Food for Life Friends Newsletter (Since 1991)
• Facilitated the acquisition of millions of dollars in grants and donations to support FFL projects worldwide since 1995
• Published Food for Life Training manual (260 page instructional manual)
• Published FFL Quickstep Guide to starting a program
• Designed numerous promotional and educational materials for the charity
• Designed and developed Food for Life Web site
• Produced Prasadam Sevaya music CD
• Produced Training/promotional supplements to FFL manual, guidelines, videos, music CD, flyers, prospectus,posters, etc.)
• Conducted over 100 training seminars in 29 countries and regions of the world
• Innaugurated Feed the World Week
• Represented FFL at world vegan and vegetarian conferences
• Authored articles for magazines and newspapers
• Director, Paul Turner was elected a Council Member of IVU (International Vegetarian Union in 1999)
• Coordinated numerous disaster relief projects, including the Tsunami of 2004, Gujarat earthquake, Katrina hurricane, Bengladesh floods, and Haiti earthquake, etc.