Through the first community dining room in Bogotá, Colombia, our WFPB.ORG team managed to transmit part of this knowledge and fed more than 500 children with their families in 4 community dining rooms simultaneously.

Following an unprocessed plant-based diet generates an increase in local and global health, an increase in the local and global economy, an increase in biodiversity, the protection of the Amazon and other “lungs of the planet and forests”, and generates more awareness of radical change in our consumer societies.

In addition to these benefits, applying the philosophy of WFPB.ORG (100% unprocessed plants, without oil, sodium, and without added sugar; sustainable, vegan, free of plastic, and zero waste) we:

• Avoid the dumping of 500 packages, utensils, cigarettes and bags into the sea that are currently responsible for thousands of deaths of fish and other marine species;
• Reduce the dumping of toxins into the sea, responsible for irreparable damage to marine fauna and water;
• Avoid contamination of landfills;
• Avoid the usage of plastic utensils and materials, foam, and other toxic materials;
• Feed vegetable gardens with organic composting;
• Use the seeds from the meal ingredients to plant herbs, vegetables, trees and fruit plants.

• Avoided the contamination of more than 2,600 gallons (10,000 liters) of clean water;
• Avoided the treatment of oil in sewage plants. One gallon costs 700 times more than the cost of treating a gallon of wastewater;
• Helped reduce the risk of deaths from preventable and cardiovascular diseases;
• Reduced risks of chronic degenerative diseases such as obesity. (In 2014, more than 30% of the world’s population was overweight and 5% of deaths in the world were attributable to obesity.);
• Reduced the global economic impact of obesity estimated at US $ 2.0 billion or 2.8% of world GDP.

• Decreased the death rate due to obesity;
• Decreased the death rate from diabetes, another major cause of death in the world with 1.6 million in 2016;
• Reduced the risk of other health conditions such as cardiovascular diseases, dental problems, pancreatic cancer, kidney failure, food addictions, and gout, among others;
• Decreased the development of diabetes and childhood obesity;
• Decreased neurological conditions and endocrine disorders including lack of concentration and learning disabilities, Alzheimer’s, depression, and anxiety;

• Decrease the rate of cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, renal failure, osteoporosis, stomach cancer, arteriosclerosis and increased blood pressure;
• Reduce the number of premature deaths (37 million a year) that could be avoided by 2025 by reducing the amount of salt consumed by 30%;
• Reduce the number of deaths from cardiovascular diseases and diabetes;
• Reduce the causes of cognitive deficit;
• Increase the correct flow of blood to the brain;
• Reduce the exploitation of natural resources for the extraction of minerals on land; less use of water and chemicals.

• Increase access to healthy food at no cost to local families;
• Increase the production of vitamin D in the body;
• Improve the health of the local and global community;
• Feed global communities in a sustainable way;
• Improve the local and global economy;
• Empower an unprocessed plant-based diet;
• Increase connection with land, animals and nature;
• Increase biodiversity and natural habitats;
• Increase sustainable urban agriculture;
• Teach children and their families to sow their own food;
• Increase the planting of organic plants, without chemicals, or treatments, or GMOs;
• Feed the earth with organic composting compounds;
• Empower the exchange of seeds and other healthy foods with other members of the community;
• Increase physical activity in a natural environment;
• Empower the connection with the community and family;
• Reduce stress, and increase reflection and meditation;
• Decrease hunger;
• Reduce soil depletion;
• Reduce inorganic and organic waste in landfills;
• Reduce consumerism and the use of plastics and market packages;
• Reduce global warming and greenhouse gases.