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Food Yoga International, formerly known as, is the international headquarters for an international network of over 250 affiliate projects in 65 countries. It serves over 1 million plant-based meals daily and is the world’s largest food relief organization, having served over 8 billion free meals to date Food for Life Global serves as the international headquarters for an international network of over 250 affiliate projects in 65 countries, serving over 1 million plant-based meals daily. To date, the non-profit network has served over 8 billion free meals and is the world’s largest food relief organization.
FYI's mission is to address the root cause of hunger and other social issues through teaching equality of all life through the liberal distribution of plant-based meals prepared with loving intention.
Our projects also include disaster relief, plant-based nutrition advocacy, eco-farming, schooling, animal rescue, and animal care.
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The distribution of sanctified plant-based meals has been and will continue to be an essential part of India’s Vedic culture of hospitality from which Food Yoga International was born. Since its inception in the early ’70s, Food Yoga International has tried to liberally distribute pure plant-based meals (prasadam) throughout the world with the aim of creating peace and prosperity. The Food Yoga International office facilitates the expansion, coordination, and promotion of prasadam distribution throughout the world. The project started in 1974 after yoga students of Swami Prabhupada, became inspired by his plea that “No one within a ten-mile radius of a temple should go hungry!” Today Food Yoga International affiliates are active in over 60 countries.
Food Yoga International volunteers come from all walks of life. Our isworldwide network of affiliates are non-sectarian and non-discriminating. Everyone is welcome to participate in our community projects.
Food Yoga International’s mission is inspired by the following words of the world’s foremost
Vedic scholar and teacher, Srila Prabhupada:
Visionary
are the spiritual practices and truths that are central to virtually all faith traditions: thanksgiving, offering to God the earth’s first yield, helping the poor and promoting peace and justice.
Srila Prabhupada, the inspiration behind the charity, was an extraordinary person who dedicated his life to teaching the world about ancient India’s most noble message of spiritual wisdom.
Throughout his works, Srila Prabhupada conveyed the natural meaning of the scriptures without far-fetched interpretations, offering an authentic rendition of the Vedic conclusions on such important topics as the purpose of human life, the nature of the soul, consciousness, and God.
In 1965, at age 69, Srila Prabhupada sailed from India to New York to share Lord Krishna’s message on behalf of a distinguished line of masters dating back thousands of years. He brought with him nothing more than the clothes on his back, a box of books, and $7 worth of change.
In the following years, he traveled and taught worldwide, opened 108 temples, and established the Hare Krishna movement. Srila Prabhupada introduced the teachings of the Vedas and the Vedic culture of food and hospitality. In 1974, he exhorted his yoga students to liberally distribute sanctified food so that there would be no hungry people anywhere in the world. The students enthusiastically complied, and so began what was to become an international phenomenon.
These first humble efforts soon blossomed into the world’s largest plant-based food relief network, initially known today as Food for Life Global and later rebranded as Food Yoga International, which acts as an independent, non-sectarian charity that oversees more than 250 affiliate projects in 65 countries.
Though no longer physically present among us, Srila Prabhupada lives forever in his writings and in the hearts of those whose lives he touched.
To learn more about Srila Prabhupada, visit http://www.prabhupada.net/
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