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Founder Acharya A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, explains that
when economy is based on land
and cow, poverty can be eradicated.
This was the sure system of
Vedic times, under which human
society flourished. In such
a society spiritual and material
growth is guaranteed. In the
present times, agriculture has
also become a product of factory. In order
to produce the largest quantity
of food in the shortest time
with the least space, the use
of chemicals ruthlessly began.
For decades the economic returns
of this exploit blinded the
agricultural world from seeing
the reality of the toll it was
taking. Gradually the land lost
its fertility. The food produced
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ISKCON Bangalore
has set up a Model Organic and
Self Sustainable Farm at Mahadevapura
village, Srirangapatna taluk,
Mandya District. This project
is based on self-sustainability,
organic farming, social welfare
and spiritual training. It is
aimed at increasing the standard
of human life, from poverty
and violence, to abundance and
higher peace. |
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Why
Organic Farming?
Organic
agriculture is a safe, sustainable
farming system, producing healthy
crops without damage to the
environment. It avoids the use
of artificial chemical fertilizers
and pesticides on the land,
relying instead on developing
a healthy,fertile soil and growing a mixture of
crops. In this way, the farm
remains biologically balanced,
with a wide variety of beneficial
insects and other wildlife to
act as natural predators for
crop pests and a soil full of
micro-organisms and earthworms
to maintain its vitality.
The
avoidance of artificial chemicals
means organic farmers minimize
health and pollution problems.
Pesticide particles travel on
the wind for many miles. |
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Why
buy organic food products?
The
best reason for buying organic
food is simply that it tastes
extremely good, but undoubtedly
there are sound health reasons
for doing so too. It has been
shown in some studies to have
more vitamins and trace elements
than conventionally grown food
and, of course, it will not
have been treated with noxious
chemicals. There
is a vast array of pesticides
used in conventional agriculture,
many of which are extremely
toxic to humans, causing cancers
as well as other illnesses. |
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ISKCON's
Organic Outlet "Dharani"
To
reach the benefits of organic
farming to the people and to
create awareness about organic
farming ISKCON Bangalore has
opened an outlet called "dharani" at the ISKCON Temple Complex.
Not
only are the products from the
ISKCON's Organic Farm sold in
dharani but also ISKCON trained
organic farmers will have an
outlet for their farm products - thus
promoting the sale of vegetables,
fruits, grains and spices free
from chemicals and pesticides.
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