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Strengthen your body, mind and spirit while building a self-sufficient community for present and future generations.  Be prepared for the challenges ahead. 

We have land, water, forest resources, gardens and orchards. What is needed now is determination, cooperation, and faith.   The time to act is now.  Help us build a goshala.  Attend a Seasonal Festival

Join our Daily Training Camp for Vedic Living Off-grid and experience land based, cow centered living. 

Insights

Preparing to Go Off-Grid: Many people around the world are considering an off-grid lifestyle, whether that means self-sufficient homesteading…read more
Pets in the Eco Village: Pets are welcome at Vedic Eco Village. Bringing animals into a natural habitat is a great service for them and their…read more
The Meaning of Pioneering : Vedic Eco Village is in the pioneering phase. Pioneering means doing something that has not been done before.…read more
Ahimsa: Beyond Milk: Vedic culture shows is that there is a right way to milk a cow. Upon seeing her calf, the mother releases milk as an…read more
Ahimsa and Coexistence in Nature : Vedic Living in the WildThe Vedic Eco Village is situated in a mountain valley surrounded by dense forest. Villagers…read more
Why We Don't Offer Wheat, Sugar, or Dairy: The choice not to offer or consume these three can be a big adjustment, especially since they can be found in most…read more
Expounding on Intoxication: One of the four regulative principals of spiritual life is abstaining from intoxication. For most, this is defined…read more
What to Bring With You: When visiting the eco village, what to bring depends on the length of stay. If you are coming for a weekend or…read more
Vedic Eco Village Cooperative: Who is it For?: Vedic Eco Village Cooperative is a not-for-profit co-op that helps artisans and farmers produce and market quality…read more
The Perfect Society: Daiva-Varṇāśrama: This is the first in a series of posts dedicated to exploring ideas shared in Dayānanda dāsa's work, "The Perfect…read more
Realizations of the Spiritual Master: "The realization I clearly get, in reading various passages from Srila Prabhupäda’s books, is that devotees should…read more

All are welcome to our first festival of the year! Join us in preparing garden beds and building basic village facilities. 

Set the tone this spring by immersing in a sattvic atmosphere and engaging in wholesome, human activities like working the land, cooking with fire, and building shelters with the abundance of nature all around us. 

Our campground is taking shape, come find the perfect spot! Communal facilities available in the log cabin, chulha stoves in multiple locations. Activities include: cooking, cobbing, plowing, planting, workshops, tours, kirtan, classes. Learn a new skill and bring what you have to share.

 

 

feb buildingAs in the original Vrindavan where cows play a central role in the lives of the Brajavasis, similarly, we plan to focus all the activities within our Vedic Eco Village around cows and agriculture.

Our goshala is under construction. A 40 by 40 foot foundation 6 feet deep was dug. Burned trees are being milled for building a goshala and Eco Village infrastructure.

Goshala Building Features

The cow shed will be a structure of wood and cob built into a NE facing dug-out slope. The design will resemble the traditional Indigenous pithouses that were historically constructed in this area. 

Farming and cow-protection provides the foundation for self-sustaining living and also generated prosperity for the rest of the society. A village should be an ecologically closed unit. Dung from cows fertilizers the grains and vegetables, and waste from vegetables and grains is food for cows and sheep. The surplus from this ecological cycle should be sold to markets outside the village. This makes for a stable economy.

We are currently growing Carrots, Beets, Potatoes, Peas, Cucumber, Broccoli, Kale, Chard, Lettuce, Spinach, Cabbage, Green Beans, Zucchini, Radish, Squash, Asparugus and Corn. 

Apple, Pear, Cherry, Apricot, Hazelnut and Walnut trees trees are 10 years old.  Raspberries, strawberries, currants, gooseberries, honeyberries (hascaps) and saskatoon berries are growing. Millet, buckwheat, grains and pulse seeds are being saved for future plantings. 

We grow assorted flowers, herbs, and spices.  Our value added items are Jams, Pickled Good, Juice, Teas and Baked Goods.  We will grow hay for our future Eco Village cows.

We need farm communities that can grow food.  Srila Prabhupada predicted that, "One day millions of people would be coming to our Hare Krishna farms because they are unemployed. And we must accept them. We must feed them. We must let them live there and they will gradually become spiritualized. We will put them to work, they will get their food and there will be prasadam. They will hear something about Krishna and they will gradually by the millions become devotees."

“Clever means that he must stay in his own land. He should not be cheated by the paper and go to the city.” [Srila Prabhupada’s Conversations, Volume IV]

“Unless in the human society the Varnasrama system is introduced, no scheme or social order, health order or any order, political order, will be successful.” [October 18, 1977, Vrindavana]

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