{"id":30755,"date":"2016-10-17T15:16:55","date_gmt":"2016-10-17T15:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=30755"},"modified":"2016-10-17T15:16:55","modified_gmt":"2016-10-17T15:16:55","slug":"cafe-atma-feeds-cardiffs-locals-for-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2016\/10\/17\/cafe-atma-feeds-cardiffs-locals-for-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Caf\u00e9 Atma feeds locals for free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A year after opening Caf\u00e9 Atma continues to aid the local community, but this time with its Food for Life Wales initiative.\u00a0 Situated on Church street, this independent establishment has become a place to eat for Cardiff\u2019s high street shoppers.<\/p>\n<p>This time they have a simple, but powerful purpose: to feed the people of Cardiff. In order to do this, every Monday and Wednesday Cafe Atma\u2019s small team, armed with a few volunteers, set up shop in Queen Street. The striking white gazebo dishes out just over 100 plates of hot food at every session.<\/p>\n<p>There is no requirement for a free meal; Caf\u00e9 Atma are happy to feed everyone. This includes the homeless, students and anyone in need of a wholesome meal. The scheme is largely self-funded but is also reliant on donations from members of the public so that they can continue their good natured line of work.<\/p>\n<p>The Hare Krishna Monks who own Caf\u00e9 Atma believe in blessing and spiritualising the food that they prepare in order to create a more ethereal taste.<\/p>\n<p>Radhikesa Dasa, 35, is the chef behind the hearty food. He stated that, \u201cHare Krishna adopts the mantra \u2018you are what you eat\u2019, but on a deeper level of consciousness.\u201d He stressed the importance of a positive meditative state when cooking, so that the meal is nutritious at every level.<\/p>\n<p>The vegetarian dishes which are served at the stall are freshly prepared in Atma\u2019s kitchens. The food is batch cooked and kept warm at the market stall. Food donations of fresh vegetables are also welcomed by the team with the exception of garlic and onions (as these flavours agitate the mind). Tom Vine, a 22-year-old volunteer said that, \u201cwe\u2019ve only been doing it for a few months but we\u2019ve had a great response so far.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Caf\u00e9 Atma feeds Cardiff\u2019s community for free in conjunction with Food for Life Wales<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":291,"featured_media":31470,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[5459],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-30755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food","tag-foodforlife-vegetarian-atma-cardiff-volunteers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Caf\u00e9 Atma feeds locals for free - 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