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Author : HG Abhiram (acbsp) Das
E-Mail : [email protected]
Date Produced : September 2016
Editor : RP Bhakti Raghava Swami
Serial No. : 46 of 54
A NEW YORK FARM
From Harinam to Farm
" From the farms we should get sufficient foodstuffs and these can be sent to be used at our restaurants.”
“So if you start in the cities, nice restaurant, so ghee can be sold there.”
“So you can keep as many cows as possible and collect as much milk from them. You can utilize. And if some of the villagers trained up, they can open nice restaurant in the city. Utilize the ghee, curd, for making nice confectionary. People will purchase like anything.”
Dynamically enhance city preaching
Insatiable appetite of New Yorkers for wholesome foods
Offering a viable lifestyle, not just philosophy
Hugely attractive to the city dwellers
Greatly increase our credibility
“HOW DO I LIVE? HOW DO I LIVE? HOW DO I LIVE?”
DEMONSTRATE an attractive model
Every kind of variety existed
Drill down to principles and find the genius
A practical alternative to the fundamentalist vision of self-sufficiency
Dovetail craving for healthy organic food into business enterprises
First step into a food growing economy
Examples – Krishna Bakery, Gita Nagari Creamery
But we require some way to earn money
Food products most obvious and compatible option
NOT a return to a 18th century type self-sufficiency
Website sales platforms
Farmers’ markets
CSAs
Contract growing for Whole Foods markets, etc.,
Srila Prabhupada predicted “millions will come to our farms”.
Thousands will join our farm communities.
More fully committed devotees than all of our current preaching programs put together.
That actually works to bring prosperity at all stages
Huge chain of employment and business ownership opportunities
More than 50 farmers markets held all around the city
Whole Foods Market
Hundreds of neighborhood health shops
City council is currently debating a grant of $50m to help preserve the Hudson Valley farm lands
Food trends like vegan and gluten free are more established in NYC than even in California
“The strengths and opportunities we have available to address these (modern) challenges are also impressive. With strengths like deeply rooted farming traditions, excellent soils, young growers eager to explore farming careers, and proximity to New York City markets, the Hudson Valley region is well poised to capture the momentum of the burgeoning local food movement.”
Produce food for sale and internal consumption
Productive community within 80 to 100 miles of the city
Not a place for devotees to retreat from active work
An active relationship with the outside economy
Not dependent on donations from outside
Potential size and scope limited only by us
Greenhouse
Appropriate technology
Woodlands too
The alchemist
Ghee to ojhas
Milk to soften hearts
Energizes the soils
'nano nutrient' of her motherly nature
Grain sprouting operation
Extending lactation periods
Herd management systems
Gourmet cheese
Who will actually do the work?
A curriculum and apprentice program
Build genuine food production competency
Curriculum is already abundantly available
Recruits are waiting
sustainable community
plus
joyful AND practical philosophy
completing the 100% equation
HG Abhiram (acbsp) Das
ABOUT THE AUTHORName HG Abhiram (acbsp) Das
Age and Gender 65, Male
Country/Province of Origin USA, Michigan
Educational Degree and Year Self-taught
Educational Institution Extensive Reading of History and Philosophy
Professional Work/Experience CEO and Founder of Several Companies
Affiliation with ISKCON Since 1969
Present Service in ISKCON Director of New York City Harinam Ashram