Once, His Divine Grace A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada observed a group of hungry street children, who were fighting with some dogs in competition for leftover food/prasadam in the Spiritual centre's refuse area. With profuse tears in his eyes he instantly issued a global mandate:

" No one shall go hungry within 10 miles of an ISKCON temple."- Srila Prabhupada 1972, World HQ Mayapur, West Bengal.

Established by Srila Prabhupada in 1972, ISKCON Food Relief Programme is currently the world's largest vegetarian food-relief operation, being active in over 60 countries across the globe. 'Food Relief Foundation' serves only Krishna 'prasadam' (purely vegetarian foodstuffs, spiritualised by offering to the Lord) which, having been offered to Krishna, gain a unique flavour which satisfies the palate and nourishes the body - as well as purifying the soul, giving eternal spiritual benefit beyond an ordinary food relief operation.

'Food Relief Foundation' serve meals daily in cities across the world, and also have provided relief in many emergency situations such as earthquakes in Armenia and India, the war-zones of Grozny and Sarajevo, floods in West Bengal, and tornadoes in the United States.