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International Society for Cow Protection, Inc. Volume 20 Issue 2/ 2010 Barn Roof Finished! Help Us Get Ready for the Winter! Cow Protection in the Village. Lakshmi’s Kitchen: Save Your Produce. Q & A: What are You Doing for Cow Protection? Cows Absolved WWW.ISCOWP.ORG of Causing Global Warming. Dear ISCOWP Members, ISCOWP Profile The official International Society for Cow Some of the spiritual leaders of the Protection, Inc. (ISCOWP) was incorpo- rated in the USA, March 1990, as a 501 (c) International Society for Krsna Consciousness (3) non-profit, tax-exempt organization. William and Irene Dove (Balabhadra das and Chayadevi dasi) are its managing di- (ISKCON) recently visited ISCOWP. The rectors. They are disciples of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the Founder Acharya of the conversations centered on cow protection and International Society for Krishna Con- sciousness (ISKCON). Through their spiri- how it can be increased and improved amongst the ISKCON tual master's teachings, they have imbibed the practices and benefits, both spiritual and material, of lifetime members. We were most happy to take part in these conversations cow protection. and do pray that they will manifest practical improvements in the Cow protection means enabling cows to live out their natural lives with love and affection. The tenets of cow protection are future. Input from these visits are in some of this issue’s articles. universal and nonsectarian, available to all regardless of race, creed, or nationality. Life is busy on the farm at this time of year. Mailing Address ISCOWP Planting, weeding, harvesting, fencing, greeting guests, maintaining RD 1 Box 322 A Moundsville, WV, USA, 26041 the grounds and the everyday farm activities of caring for the cows. Phone 1.304.843.1658 Soon winter will be upon us and there are a few projects and Donations and Financial Report s USA tax deductible number: 23-2604082. equipment that we need before the snow falls. Please check page 3. To donate online: www.iscowp.org/donations.html A special thanks to everyone who helped us www.causes.com/cowprotection To donate by mail: completely rebuild the old barn roof for the cows! Make out check to ISCOWP and send to ISCOWP mailing address Yours, Chayadevi A copy of each year’s ISCOWP IRS Form 990-EZ is available at www.guidestar.org Contents E-new sletter Monthly Send us an email with subscribe in the subject. 3 10 Cow Protection in the Village Help Us Get Ready for Winter! T-shirt s Some projects to complete and Communities of like minded www.iscowp.org/tshirts.html equipment to purchase! persons can protect cows. Adopt A Cow www.iscowp.org/adopt-a-cow.html 4 Letters 11 The Barn Roof Finished! Bacteria in Cow Dung, Good for Thank you for helping us finish Sponsor an Eart hworm or Bookw orm! www.iscowp.org/sponsor.html You, Cows Absolved of Causing this important project. Global Warming, and more Editor's note 12 Lakshmi’s Kitchen Articles and quoted comments by those other than the editors do not necessarily 6 ISCOWP Update Ways to save your garden represent the viewpoint of the editors. A brief on spring, summer and produce for the winter or when ISCOWP and the lotus/cow symbol are future ISCOWP activities. you have excess. registered service marks of the official International Society for Cow Protection, Inc. 9 All About You 13 Q. & A: What are You Doing Internet Some of Pancharatna prabhu’s for Cow Protection? [email protected] www.iscowp.org realizations and why he and Sivarama Swami asks and www.iscowp.blogspot.com family adopt a cow. answers the question. www.facebook.com/internationalsocietyforcowprotectioniscowp 2 2010 / Volume 20 Issue 2 / ISCOW P News Help Us Get Ready for Winter! oon winter will be upon us and there are a few projects we need S to complete and equipment that we need to purchase before the snow falls. Whatever you can donate to help us get ready for winter will help us protect the cows during this winter’s cold ice and snow. Last winter was a wake up call as to what can happen if there is a hard winter. Telescoping Pole Pruners Lots of snow melts into the barn gutters. Doors are needed on barn in the background. The trees on the road bowing with snow. Last year we bought a portable Before next winter we would like to generator for one side of the farm. It build two sets of sliding doors on both Trees and branches are overhanging was an emergency purchase and took sides of the barn to prevent the snow the road to ISCOWP. When heavy care of the lack of water supply for the and rain from coming into the barn. snow falls, the branches and trees can cows after 1 week of no electricity. The sliding doors would give the break and block the road. Our option of leaving that space open in neighbor, who moved, use to cut the There are two sides to the farm, each decent weather so the cows can have branches. With these pruners we will on a different well and pump. To keep lots of fresh air. $1000 be able to maintain the plant growth the ISCOWP services going during a along the road. Last winter we could power outage we need another This gives a total of : $5, 699.99 not get down the road for 1 week. generator. The generator we wish to Then we had a few days of open road purchase is a permanent unit that sits and again another week of road outside all year and gets turned on blockage. $800 when there is the need. It is always connected to the power of the Barn Roof Gutters Repaired building being serviced. After The gutters need maintenance repair attachments and installation we figure so the heavy rain and snow melting the cost to be: $3, 799.99 will not flood the barn floor and make a slippery environment for the cows. Doors on Geriatric Barn $100 The geriatric barn is used for old cows, ill cows, dying cows or very We were without power several times, Generac Generator young cows. During the last 2 years once for almost 2 weeks. Power outages happen here too often snow and rain came through both and last too long causing water sides of the barn covering 1/2 of the Please help us get ready for the winter shortage for the cows and garden not barn floor. This made it uncomforta- by using the enclosed form or to mention the ISCOWP staff. Freezers ble for the cows inside the barn since donating online at: and computers would also be able to some were not well and could not www.iscowp.org/ongoingprojects.html continue to operate with this generator. move freely. Thank you. ISCOW P News / Volume 20 Issue 2 / 2010 3 Researchers from the Sage Colleges in Letters Troy, NY, reported today their findings that specific bacteria Bacteria in Cow Dung common to our environment may Good for You increase learning behavior. Dorothy From: Badrinarayan das Matthews and Susan Jenks, who To: [email protected] conducted the study, shared their Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 11:50 AM findings with those in attendance at Subject: All auspicious nature of the cow the meeting of the American Society for Microbiology in San Diego. Hare Krishna. Thought you might find this interesting. I just heard a clip The bacteria, Mycobacterium vaccae, from the BBC news service confirming is well known to scientists, as the the Vedic injunction that everything dead bacteria is being tested as about the cow is auspicious and bene- immunotherapy for asthma, cancer, ficial. It was a piece on research being depression, psoriasis, dermatitis, done in Australia on a particular eczema and tuberculosis. M. vaccae, bacteria found primarily in cow dung so named because it was first or "gobar" as they call it in India. discovered in cow dung in Austria, is naturally found in soil, and it is Sri is greeting the morning sun. Turns out that this bacteria, when in- inhaled when people spend time haled (as would happen naturally in a outdoors, especially where there are live bacteria to an experimental group rural setting or village life) helps gen- plants and trees. of mice to see how it would effect erate serotonin, a chemical which acts their navigation of a maze. in the brain to regulate moods and It was found in previous research that creates a sense of well-being. Even heat-killed M. vaccae had anti- The mice that were fed the live M. more so, this bacteria is found to reduce depressant effects on mice by vaccae learned the maze twice as fast the effects of asthma and a host of other stimulating the growth of neurons as the control group, which had not diseases and bodily distresses. and levels of serotonin. Mathews and received M. vaccae, and the Jenks, however, were curious about experimental group exhibited less The commentator said "The benefits the effects of live M. vaccae, and fed anxiety as well. are especially true for children who grow up playing in such natural surrounding, where they would inhale this bacteria. That children are increasingly cut off from this type of natural environment may well be one of the major causes of the growth of allergies and attention deficit disorder in children". So once again, research science is playing catch-up to the eternal wisdom of the Vedas. Krishna playing with the cows in His childhood lila is showing the best standard for health for all children.