Students from Cornell University at FFLV

International stresses of sustainably feeding the future populations of 9 billion are causing new strategic ideas to emerge and current successes to be celebrated.  The recent Cornell University study implemented during January 2012 at Food for Life-Vrindavan seeks to achieve both objectives of providing additional ideas for improvement in addition to celebrating the incredible and successful operations changing the tide of child malnutrition in Northern India.

In January 2012, Cornell University master’s student, Amy Nichols, with a team of 12 students arrived from five different universities spanning the globe. Students implemented a food security model created after a FFLV analysis conducted in January 2011. The model first analyzes current nutrition levels in Food for Life students emphasizing Anemia. Second, students presented a 4-H Nutrition program including both Square Foot Gardening (which can be implemented in both rural and urban areas) and Nutrition courses that empowers youth to take responsibility for their health and actions (Program allows student to take an active role in their community and in their on health, project will set up opportunities to work with US students as well).  Finally, this model is using the soil analysis conducted by Amy Nichols in 2011, and providing recommendations for improving crop production on the successful organic farm at Food for Life-Vrindavan. 

The Project Leader Amy Nichols said, “The intent of the project is to provide additional programs to aid Food for Life students in total food security through improved nutrition in addition to celebrating the incredible success at Food for Life-Vrindavan and the number of lives changed for the better due to its amazing organization“.