By Thomas Haribol
On Saturday, April 22nd, the Eco Teaching Farm at New Raman Reti in Alachua, FL, celebrated its sixth annual Earth Day Eco Festival. Established in 2017, the Eco Teaching Farm’s mission is to develop, through hands-on learning opportunities, a fully functional and dynamic, self-sustaining, ecologically sound farm project. The Festival is a beautiful way to showcase that aim for devotees and the public.
“We invite people to witness and experience the simple means of fulfilling the essential living necessities: shelter, food, and clothing,” said Akuti Dasi, one of the festival organizers. She continued, “Srila Prabhupada’s dream was to develop these cottage industries on our farms. The Festival offers attendees a variety of engaging workshops where the guests can learn building technologies, the growing processes and tools appropriate to our area’s climate and natural resources, passive solar architecture, and permaculture gardens.”
An annual favorite is the mozzarella cheese demonstration made from fresh cow milk. This workshop is also a fitting opportunity to teach about cow protection. At the center of the Eco Teaching Farm is a beautiful barn for the cows and oxen. Other hands-on experiences included paper making, banana fiber weaving session, and a primer for making natural dyes.
Read more: https://iskconnews.org/the-eco-teaching-farm-at-new-raman-reti-in-alachua-celebrated-its-6th-annual-earth-day-eco-festival/
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