About Us
Food for Life, recognized as the world’s largest vegan/vegetarian food relief, is an international food relief program. In 2004 Food for Life was one of the first response teams for Tsunami and in 2005, the first response team for Katrina. FFL started as a modest grassroots organization when its members began two small university programs in the mid 80s. In 1991 Food for Life was encouraged to start its first newsletter and in 1995 Food for Life went global opening its headquarters in DC to facilitate the expansion of pure food distribution.
Since then Food for Life has provided food relief all over the world cooperating with the UN, the Red Cross, and other NGO’s. FFL has led relief efforts in the war zone of Groznyy, Sokhumi, and Sarajevo and in 1998; volunteers helped thousands in Nicaragua and Honduras after Hurricane Mitch. Foods for Life’s successful missions have led to the distribution of over 120 million meals. That’s five meals every second! Beyond these efforts, Food for Life exists as a catalyst for others by assisting its affiliates with money, advice, coordinating volunteers and creating new programs.
We, Food for Life Experience (FFLX), are an affiliate of Food for Life. While we also wholeheartedly embrace the distribution of pure wholesome food to all classes of people, we saw a need for a broader approach. Food for Life Experience goes beyond just distributing food by ensuring that each meal is of the highest quality, made with the best ingredients and by the best cooks. We will also take the opportunity to arrange free cooking classes to promote healthy self-sustainable life styles, to buy our ingredients from local organic farmers as a way of further supporting the community and good health.
It was clear that hungry people were just a symptom of a larger problem; a problem of conscousness. While millions of people every year starve, millions more waste copious amounts of food and resources. Many want to help, but dont know how. Give someone a meal, he eats for a day, teach him a skill, he feeds his family for life. We took this to heart. Thus we focus our energies on inspiring others to take part in community service projects of all types. We travel the country educating its citizens, especially of college age, about how they can have a positive influence on the world. How changes in their lifestyles can drastically improve the quality of life for all the worlds people.
Recent scientific studies have shown that the industrial meat industry contributes more to global warming, user for user, then automobiles. Meat is also a ten times less energy efficient source of nutrition then plant based food and has a much greater potential for contamination. Therefore we educate people on how to live as healthy vegetarians as a way to save the planet and its people.
We also educate people on and provide food which is as far as possible fresh, wholesome, organic, and local. Seven times more people die every year from improper eating habits than hunger. It is more a problem of quality then quantity.
First and foremost, however, we try to inspire within the people whom we come in contact with the importance and benefits, both personally and globally, of participating in community service activities. It truly is in giving that one receives. If the future leaders of the world have a clear sense of the importance of community service, imagine the effect it will have on the future world situation.
Food for Life Experience has taken off in the West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania tri-state area. The team is composed of full and part time volunteers dedicated to Food for Life’s original mission as well as providing fresh aspects to our work. Food for Life Experience will travel around the United States offering free vegetarian meals, cooking classes, organic farming workshops and friendship. Food for Life Experience prioritizes the continuation of its relationships by working closely with local farmers, community members and other organizations in community service. We have many goals, but our first goal is to encourage more participation from others by setting an example for true meaningful service, especially through our food programs.