Is Milk for Everyone? by Hare Krsna Devi Dasi

Mar 1, 1993 | Hare Krsna Devi Dasi, Varnasrama—Simple Living, High Thinking, Volume-27 Number-02

IF MILK IS SO BENEFICIAL, WHY IS there so much controversy about it? The controversy on milk dates back to the 1950s through the 1970s. During that time, international relief agencies gave out millions of tons of surplus milk at home and abroad. They received many... read more

Ox Power or Horse Power? by Hare Krsna Devi Dasi

Jan 1, 1993 | Hare Krsna Devi Dasi, Varnasrama—Simple Living, High Thinking, Volume-27 Number-01

SUPPLIES OF PETROLEUM are dwindling, and that poses a special problem for farming. In his book Family Farming, Marty Strange summarizes a study at the University of New Hampshire: By 2020, domestic supplies of both oil and gas will be depleted, and if... read more

The Farmer and Krsna by Hare Krsna Devi Dasi

Nov 1, 1992 | Hare Krsna Devi Dasi, Varnasrama—Simple Living, High Thinking, Volume-26 Number-06

I'VE TALKED ABOUT how farming declines when leaders make it hard for would-be farmers to get land. And even when the U.S. government made land easier to get, eventually cow slaughter and centralized agriculture made it nearly impossible for the small farmer to... read more

The Farmer and the Cows by Hare Krsna Devi Dasi

Sep 1, 1992 | Hare Krsna Devi Dasi, Varnasrama—Simple Living, High Thinking, Volume-26 Number-05

The bull is the emblem of the moral principle, and the cow is the representative of the earth. When the bull and the cow are in a joyful mood, it is to be understood that the people of the world are also in a joyful mood. (Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.16.18, purport) IN... read more

The Farmer and the Land by Hare Krsna Devi Dasi

Jul 1, 1992 | Hare Krsna Devi Dasi, Varnasrama—Simple Living, High Thinking, Volume-26 Number-04

IN THE PAST SEVERAL COLUMNS I've described the evolution of a world economic system in which cow slaughter plays a central role. Now I want to contrast that system with Krsna's varnasrama model of society as presented by Srila Prabhupada. In the next... read more

The Origins of Cow-Killing Economics by Hare Krsna Devi Dasi

May 1, 1992 | Hare Krsna Devi Dasi, Varnasrama—Simple Living, High Thinking, Volume-26 Number-03

PART III By encouraging animal slaughter, the whole atmosphere becomes polluted more and more by war, pestilence, famine, and many other unwanted calamities. Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.7.37, purport AS I DESCRIBED in my last column, back in the fifties the U. S.... read more