page_title: FEED Projects
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: FEED Projects / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Center passageway through Empire Stores connecting Water Street to the open-air courtyard by the waterfront. New York City-based architecture firm Studio V Architecture converted the previously abandoned Civil War era coffeehouse into a mixed-use development consisting of office, commercial, and retail space. The renovation was completed in 2017. A few of the retailers located here are West Elm's global flagship store, Detroit-based watchmaker Shinola, and the café and accessories store, FEED Projects. (Photo gallery of DUMBO, Brooklyn)
context_page_description: FEEDis an impact-driven lifestyle brand, making products that help feed the children
  of the world. For every product to accessory bought, school meals are donated to children in need here in America and across the globe. Instead of talking about percentages, FEED transparently labels each of their products with a number. THE NUMBER equals how many school meals your purchase helps provide.
  FEED was started in 2007 by Lauren Bush Lauren. She was inspired by her travels as a student ambassador with the World Food Programme, where she really got to see hunger first-hand around the world. She wanted to find a way to raise funds and awareness around the issue of hunger. So she combined her love for fashion and philanthropy and designed the first product, the FEED 1 Bag. The number on the product signifies that for
  every bag sold, one child in school for one year will be provided with school meals. Now, every FEED product has a number on it, which indicates the number of school meals provided with that purchase.
  Over the last 13 years, FEED has provided more than 110 million meals to date globally through the World Food Programme and domestically through Feeding America and No Kid Hungry.
context_section_description: FEED was founded by Lauren Bush Lauren in 2007, with a mission to end childhood hunger through fashion and design. Lauren’s idea was to create a tangible, shareable, way to show consumers their impact, by stamping a number on every product that represents the school meals donated by their purchase. 
  FEED is an impact-driven lifestyle brand, making products that help feed the children of the world. FEED bags have been supported by many different celebrities, including Marcia Cross, Ali Larter, Elizabeth Berkley, Anne Hathaway, Jennifer Aniston, and Chrissy Teigen.  
  
  FEED is not a charity, nonprofit, or a foundation.
caption: FEED store in Brooklyn.
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