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ISKCON’s 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.
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View of ISKCON’s 100 acre organic farm in Srirangapatna, near Mysore.
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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 lost its nutritional value. And man started contracting diseases due to excessive chemical intake through food and due to loss of resistance, which was a result of consuming food low in nutrients.
ISKCON Bangalore has set up a Model Organic and Self Sustainable Farm at Mahadevapura village, Srirangapatna taluk, Mandhya 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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Black Gold - Humus rich input for organic farming produced from all inhouse available dry and green waste - a prerequisite for low external input agriculture. |
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
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The avoidance of artificial chemicals means organic farmers minimize health and pollution problems. Pesticide particles travel on the wind for many miles. Applying pesticides via aerial spraying is injurious to the health of farm workers and those who live near conventional farms. |
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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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The windmill and solar pumps at ISKCON farm, demonstrate the efficacy of alternate energy resources.
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Dharani Showroom |
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
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| - thus promoting the sale of vegetables, fruits, grains and spices free from chemicals and pesticides. |
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More information on Dharani
Go directly to the Dharani Foods e-Shop
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