Grow Food Year Round With Hydroponics
Dec 9th
Food for Life Global welcomes Windowfarms as one of our affiliates. Windowfarms are vertical, hydroponic, modular, low-energy, high-yield edible window gardens built using low-impact or recycled local materials.
A Windowfarm makes it easier for anyone to get started growing hydroponically even in the limited space of an apartment, during fall, winter, and spring months.
Newly released school kits allow K-12 and University teachers and students to grow and study hydroponically-grown food in a scholastic environment during the winter.
Almost anything can be grown in a Windowfarm including, Arugula, Basil, Calendula, Chamomile, Cilantro, Collards, Cress, Dianthus, Dill, Kale, Lemon Balm, Lettuces, Lollo Rossa, Marigolds, Mesculan, Mint, Mustard, Nasturtiums, Pansy, Parsley, Safflower, Sage, Salvia, Snapdragons, Snow Peas, Sorrel, Squash, Stevia, Sugar Pea, Swiss Chard, Thyme, Tomatoe, and Violas.
Researchers have argued that to grow your own food is one of the most effective actions an individual can take for the environment and personal health.
The Windowfarm Project was started by artists Britta Riley and Rebecca Bray in February, 2009 through an artist’s residency at Eyebeam Center for Art and Technology in New York. The initiative was sponsored by Submersible Design, Riley and Bray’s interactive design firm.
Riley came up with the idea for the project in 2008 after reading Michael Pollan’s “Why Bother?” article in the New York Times Magazine in conjunction with Clay Shirky’s book Here Comes Everybody. She wanted to grow some of her own food but lived in a 5-story walk-up in Brooklyn. Rooftop growing was problematic, so harnessing the light in the window plus the year-round climate control of an apartment seemed promising. With limited space, dirt growing was not an option. So, the challenge was to make hydroponics vertical and optimized for the window space. The plan was to share any innovations with others so that the project could become a mass collaboration.
Windowfarms has been featured on Martha Stewart, Good Morning America, NPR and was listed in Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top 100 Ventures to watch.
To learn more, visit, www.windowfarms.org
New Year Gifts for Poor Children
Dec 4th
Every year Food for Life Global affiliate, Sandipani Muni School in Vrindavan, India, distributes thousands of gifts to poor children. The gift packages include essential items like toothbrushes and towels, as well as toys and prasadam snacks to make the new year a happy occasion for all the children. In 2010, with the help of generous donors, Food for Life Vrindavan gave out 4,500 gifts, but there were still some needy children who missed out. This year they are starting their campaign early with a goal to give out even more gifts. Please support this important program so that Food for Life Vrindavan can organize something bigger and better for the children in 2011. Each gift package costs $6 but includes a new school bag, pencil box, toothbrush, toothpaste, a toy or ball, prasadam snacks, and a woolly hat for the coming winter. Please buy a gift pack for a needy child and help us start their new year with a big smile!
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Sponsorship Opportunities
Nov 22nd
If you have ever considered partnering with a non-profit in order to raise awareness of your brand, look no further than Food for Life Global.
Why your company should partner with FFLG
- Food for Life Global appeals to a wide demographic of consumers because of the diversity of it’s programs
- Food for Life Global is non-sectarian
- Food for Life Global affiliates have served close to ONE BILLION free meals since 1972
- Food for Life Global’s core objective is UNITING THE WORLD THROUGH PURE FOOD
- Food for Life Global is the world headquarters for the world’s largest vegan food relief organization
- Food for Life Global has a network of affiliates in more than 50 countries, including emerging markets like India, South America and Eastern Europe.
- Food for Life Global is a registered non-profit 501 (c) 3 in the state of Maryland, USA
- Food for Life Global was founded in 1995 and is endorsed by Network for Good and registered with GuideStar
- Food for Life Global is a volunteer-based organization
Who FFLG wants to partner with
Food for Life Global is interested in partnering with:
- Organic Vegan food companies
- Organic farms
- Eco-entrepreneurs
- Eco Travel companies
- Eco/Vegan Product companies
- Animal-friendly cosmetic companies
What are the opportunities?
- Full page endorsements on the FFL.org web site
- Banner ads on the FFL.org web site
- Banner ads in the FFLG eNewsletter
- Advertising on Food distribution trucks and vans
- Corporate logos on volunteer apparel
Contact us now for details on how to get started
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Fighting Hunger in Africa
Nov 15th
Dec 2-5 2010 – Food for Life Global, the world’s largest plant-based food relief is one of the sponsors for the East and Central Africa Vegetarian congress in Nairobi Dec 2-5.
Affiliate, Food for Life Africa will be serving free prasadam (sanctified vegan food) to congress participants and at other events throughout the congress.
“There will an additional vegetarian conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from December 6 and Food for Life will also be serving prasadam at the conference,” said Congress organizer and president of the Nigerian Vegetarian Society, Emmanuel Eyoh.
Fighting Hunger in Africa
Food for Life Africa is planning several feeding programs to benefit people in the East & Central Africa regions, including Kenya, Ethiopia, Congo, Uganda, Somalia, Sudan, and Tanzania.
“Sub-Saharan Africa has the largest concentration of hungry people in the world,” says, Eyoh. “There are thousands of destitute people on our streets in Africa that are hungry. A majority of whom are helpless children, women and elderly.”
Food for Life is a revival of India’s ancient Vedic culture of hospitality and its principle mission is to unite the world through pure food. Food for Life aims to eradicate hunger and malnutrition in Africa by liberally distributing free plant-based meals to the needy throughout the continent.
Food for Life has been active in Africa for more than 25 years and has served tens of millions of free meals. There are active Food for Life programs in Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana, Togo, Kenya, Uganda, etc.
We need your support
Kindly support Food for Life events in Africa by donating funds, food and equipment.
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Contact
Emmanuel Eyoh
IVU Africa Regional Coordinator
President, Nigerian Vegetarian Society
11 Gray St, Sabo, Yaba, Lagos
Food for Life Serving in Jogi Mor
Oct 25th
October 22, Jogi Mor, Pakistan –After loading up a van full of tasty Channa Biryani, Food for Life Global affiliate, Sri Krishna Bhakt Parivar (SKPB) sent a team of volunteers to the town of Jogi Mor located two hours from Karachi. Upon arriving the volunteers witnessed firsthand the impoverished conditions of the flood survivors. Project leader Mr. Atma Ram, along with cooks Sham Ananda and Vrndavan Das were joined by a team of 20 other volunteers who came to serve. Over 400 meals were served. Spokesperson for the team, Vana Mali expressed gratitude to Food for Life Global donors who have made the relief efforts of SKBP possible. “We still need your support and funds to continue our work in Pakistan,” he said.
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