If you’re getting married at the local registry, you might ask your best friend to come and be a witness. Or maybe your Mum and Dad. Or your cousin’s sister’s wife – if you’re really desperate! But – a cow? The Ahimsa team attended a traditional Indian wedding a couple days ago. It was a joyous, colourful affair. Hymns were sung. There was a small fire in the middle of the room into which grains…
Continue readingHave you ever fancied a try at living the rural life? Looking for a great place to visit this summer? The Gita Nagari Yoga Farm is set in beautiful Pennsylvanian countryside, three hours drive from Philadelphia. Though the farm has existed for over 25 years, it has just received new certification – now over 160 acres are officially organic. The Juniata river runs through the property, nourishing the crops and the 20 cows and 40 wild peacocks!…
Continue readingFree at last! I can run! I can jump! Blue sky! Ah! There’s nothing like that moment where they finally open the big gate and let us out in the field again! Winter is SO boring. All we do is sit around and eat. All the mums complain about their hooves getting crusty and putting on weight all the dads talk about how cold the weather is. We don’t even get very many visitors, and…
Continue readingEating my breakfast this morning, I suddenly wondered where the idea of cold milk and cornflakes came from? Across the Western world, billions of people start their day with a bowl of the crunchy stuff – pretty standard. But like sandwiches and packets of crisps, the concept of a bowl of flaked grains doused in cold milk doesn’t go that far back in history. Modern cereal started out as hot porridge – a dish that…
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