Iscowp.org
Title
ISCOWP
Description
ISCOWP (The International Society for Cow Protection) was incorporated in the state of Pennsylvania, U.S.A., March 1990, as a non-profit educational organization. William and Irene Dove (Balabhadra das and Chayadevi dasi) are its managing directors. They are disciples of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the Founder Acharya of the International Society for Krsna Consciousness (ISKCON). Through their spiritual master's teachings, they have imbibed the practices and benefits, both spiritual and material, of lifetime cow protection. ISCOWP's primary concern is to present alternatives to agricultural practices that support and depend upon the meat industry and industrialized, petroleum powered machinery. To this end, ISCOWP trains oxen (male cows or steers) to replace farm machinery and thereby show an alternative to their slaughter. The tenets of cow protection and ox-power are universal and nonsectarian, available to all regardless of race, creed, or nationality.
In 1981, our family (myself, Chayadevi, son Baladeva and daughter Lakshmi) moved to the farm community called Gita Nagari in the state of Pennsylvania in America.
In the late 70's to the late 80's Gita Nagari was a thriving farm; 25 acres of grain (wheat and oats), 75 acres of corn for the cows and 50 acres of hay fields. There was a large garden planted each year, usually about 4 acres of vegetables and 3 acres of potatoes. From the Brown Swiss cows there was so much milk, that literally we didn't know how to use it all until one devotee started to make hard cheese. At the peak of that period there were 27 cows milking. We made all of our own butter, yogurt, curd, and had enough milk for the 125 devotees to drink and then some to sell.
Languages
English
Contact
- ISCOWP
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- Moundsville WV
- US 26041
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- +1.3048431658
