New Vrindaban Brijabasi Spirit

by Navina- Shyam das Age of Garden: 20 years Size of Garden: 100 feet by 100 feet Food-bearing Crops: Apples, Beets, Bell peppers, Blueberries, Broccoli, Brussel sprouts, Carrots, Cherries, Chili peppers, Corn, Cucumbers, Dudi squash, Grapes, Green beans, Karela, Lettuce, Methi, Neem, Okra, Papadi beans, Patra, Pawpaws, Potatoes, Pumpkin, Radish, Raspberries, Snow squash, Spinach, Strawberries, […]

by Jamuna dd Raghunath and Jamuna’s garden is a fairly large enclosure (approx. 50 by 80ft), located next to their kitchen. This is their 3rd garden in NV and it has expanded and contracted over the years in relation to their enthusiasm and/or spare time. The current garden is 10 years old. It has taken […]

By Navina-Sharma das Age of Garden: Resumed this year after 6 year lapse Size of Garden: Nine 50-foot rows Food-bearing Crops: Bush beans, Beets, Broccoli, Brussel sprouts, Butternut Squash, Corn, Cucumbers, Okra, Peas, Bell Peppers, Spaghetti squash, Yellow Squash, Tomatoes, Zucchini, Pears, Apples Kalindi comes from a family of folks with green thumbs, but hasn’t […]

Reported by Bhakta Chris Fici To the delight of many devotees living in rural ISKCON communities, the GBC (ISKCON’s administrative authority) recently set guidelines instructing all GBC members to spend 10% of their time boosting farm projects. Do any GBCs really spend 10% of their time promoting rural projects? Are the guidelines making any measurable […]

by Ry Rivard Charleston Daily Mail staff On farms across West Virginia, 204,000 beef cattle now await slaughter. But at the International Society for Cow Protection’s 168-acre hillside farm in Marshall County, cattle are treated far differently from those that are headed to slaughterhouses and onto plates. William Dove and his family keep 22 cows […]

by Jamuna dd Paunamasi and Tattva are enjoying the harvest of their first year’s garden. Already the tomatoes are producing an abundance of fruit. Gardening comes naturally for Tattva, coming from a family of farmers in Trinidad. Early this spring he erected a tall (6 feet +) fence. The garden is approximately 50ft x 20 […]

by Navin-Shyama dasa Age of Garden: 14 years Size of Garden: Porch Food-bearing Crops: Arugula, Basil, Cucumbers, Lettuce, Parsley, Pole beans, Swiss chard, Tomatoes, Peaches, Apples, Black Walnuts Don’t let the size of Krishna Bhava’s garden fool you. It may be small, but her love and enthusiasm for gardening are not. “It’s just so grounding. […]

While it is well known that Tapah Punja does a garden for the temple, that is not the only vegetable garden in New Vrindaban. We are going to do a series of articles about some of the vegetable gardeners in New Vrindaban. Here is the first, by Navina-Shyam das, who visited NV this summer and […]

From: The Wall Street Journal By SUDEEP REDDY NEW VRINDABAN, W.Va. — Saving cows, the Hare Krishnas in this village have learned, is a lot easier in India. Created four decades ago, New Vrindaban was the first cattle sanctuary in the U.S. At its peak, it had 434 bovine refugees. Today, the cattle population is […]

Topic: Krsna’s Cows At this Istagosthi, 3 main gopas (Balabhadra, Ranaka and Jaya Prabhupada) attended, as well as two temple board members, Varsana Maharaj and 22 other devotees. *Disclaimer: Although I attempted to take notes to the best of my ability, please forgive me for any mistakes or omissions in correctly replicating what was said. […]