Brijabasi Spirit

Phosphate deficiency can be the limiting factor for crop production in our soils here in New Vrindaban Chemical fertilizer is commonly referred to as NPK –Nitrogen Phosphate and Potassium. These are the main necessities for plant growth. Organically, you can get nitrogen from manure, nitrogen fixing green manures, or supplemental fertilizers that are composed of [...]

Contents 1). Overview 2). Review of Annual Crop Production. 3). How Much Was Harvested? What’s the Wholesale Value? 4). Status of Student Apprentice Training Program. 5). Three Recommendations to Boost New Vrindaban Sustainable Development. 6). Networking, Local Community Outreach and Plans for 2012. Overview The Small Farm Training Center’s (SFTC) is an educational center and [...]

 NEW RESIDENT OF NEW VRINDABAN  One of Krsna’s new cows, Gomata Anjali Soma, whom you may have read about in a recent  article on the New Vrindaban website,  gave birth to her first calf early Sunday morning, Jan. 8, 2012.  Both mata and calf are doing well and are resting at the Goshalla  across from [...]

(this actually applies to all swans) Hare Krishna: The following information is being provided for those who are interested or concerned about the swans well fare. Our swans have three lakes to feed from in addition to fields and a daily supplant of cracked corn and whole wheat. Contrary to a popular current myth, they [...]

Ranaka recently rescued two Brown Swiss heifers from an auction in Wisconsin.   Although they may have had a nice life as milk cows, in the end they would have been sent to slaughterhouse once they became economically nonviable. Now that they are in New Vrindaban there is a commitment that they, and their calves, will  [...]

Exciting news from the cow protection front. Ranaka Prabhu did happily buy two Brown Swiss cows last Saturday via telephone during an  auction held in Wisconsin. They are bred heifers both over two years old.  One is due to freshen (have a calf) in a few weeks and the other in February. A donor has [...]

by Jaya Murari See slideshow of various scenes here.

Jayadevi’s son Dhanan has been coming to New Vrindaban on the weekends and spending some time with the cows. Here he is with a Jersey ox named Krishna He has now started training with Balabhadra to work oxen. Here is Dhanan leading an ox. Although they are both stubborn you can tell the difference between [...]

The goal for 2012 is to not buy any flowers for the Deities during the growing season. An area has been set aside for this in the Garden of Seven Gates. Despite an unusually wet autumn,  some progress has been made. Here is Jayadevi standing in an area that has been covered with compost and [...]

By Madhava Smullen for ISKCON News on 5 Nov 2011 Tapahpunja Dasa teaches students at the Small Farm Training Center garden in New Vrindaban A New Vrindaban devotee’s efforts at organic gardening have inspired the general public, educational institutions, and leaders in the local town of Wheeling, West Virginia to support sustainability, eat local produce [...]

• Experience with cows preferred but not necessary (training provided by International Society for Cow Protection ISCOWP) • Familiar with and practicing Vaisnava behavior and principles. • Motivated, Competent, Mature, Balanced, Self-Starter Duties Include: • Working with Oxen • Transporting milk from barn to temple kitchen (serve as substitute milker) • Hauling • Forestry (logging, [...]

Present: Bhalabadra, Madhava Gosh, Jaya Krsna, Jayadevi, Jaya Prabhupada, Lalita Gopi, 1. Refining the vision statement: The New Vrindaban Community produces locally the necessities of life demonstrates a practical example of self-reliance and engages and protects the cows and the oxen. 2. Subsidies / Price Support: Both the European GBC and the GBC have passed [...]

As the cool weather and shorter days bring the blooming season to an end, I am savoring the last smells and touches of our “real” flowers. There are still marigolds galore and they make beautiful fall garlands. The zinnias are fading, but the dahlias are just now coming into their own. In fact, they are [...]

by Jayadevi dasi I suppose Krsna heard me when I told Jaya Krsna that I loved gardening, and he said I had come to the right place. Shortly thereafter, I began working with Gopalasyapriya at the Palace gardens. Anybody who picks flowers should know the process from beginning to end. It takes weeding in icy [...]

by Nityodita das Srila Prabhupada wanted NV residents to live directly from the bounty of Mother Earth and Mother Cow. He especially wanted devotees to grow their own food to offer to Krsna. In the winter of 1974, I moved to New Vrindavan attracted by that simple vision and immediately joined the garden crew under [...]