 Saturday,
November 23, 1996 marked the inauguration of Feed the World Day
(FWD). On this day, Food for Life volunteers
and friends in over 100
countries served karma-free vegetarian meals in honor of the
Centennial of Swami Prabhupada (1896-1996), the inspiration
behind Food for
Life, who once wrote: Simply by the liberal
distribution of prasadam and
sankirtan, the whole world can become peaceful and prosperous. As well as, "...one
earns happiness by making the cows and bulls happy."
In 1997, in
order to facilitate greater cooperation and to increase food
distribution, the event was expanded another 6 days and renamed "Feed
the World Week (Oct 15-21). Food for Life Global's mission
is to UNITE THE WORLD THROUGH FOOD, and so we invite anyone
and everyone to join us!
A Call for Action!
October 15-21 will mark the annual observance of
Feed the World Week (FWW). During this week, Food for Life
volunteers and concerned
vegetarians in over 60 countries will serve out more than 5
million karma-free vegetarian
meals to the world!
Objectives
- Feed the World Week is based on a simple principle:
For one week, the world should experience a wholesome,
nonviolent diet, and thus pave the way for a peaceful and prosperous
world.
- Feed the World Week is an open community event to show
how food when prepared and distributed with love,
has the power to unite and heal the world.
- Feed the World Week is a call for action: for
the world to move away from animal agriculture—the greatest
cause of environmental destruction and the principle
reason why there is so much hunger in the world today.
Most non-vegetarians are unaware that
more than 70% of the world’s grain production is
fed to livestock destined for slaughterhouses.
That same grain
could feed humans. Every
year, millions of children in the developing
world die from hunger, alongside fields of fodder
destined for the West’s
livestock.
In an attempt to correct this imbalance of the
earth’s resources,
Food for Life volunteers daily distribute over 800,000 karma-free
meals to the needy of the world!
During Feed the World Week, we share vegetarian
food in remembrance of the world’s 1.3 billion hungry. The
fact is, if Americans reduced their meat consumption by 10
percent, enough grains would be saved to feed sixty million
people!
How To Get Involved!
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