Krishna Consciousness & Ecological Awareness: Cow Slaughter, Agriculture, and Conquest

A fascinating article describing how the British introduced slaughter houses into India as the very means to undermine and destroy culture and village economy in India.
http://www.atmayogi.com/node/180

Srila Prabhupada on Farm Communities

"Our farm projects are an extremely important part of our movement. We must become self-sufficient by growing our own grains and producing our own milk, then there will be no question of poverty. So develop these farm communities as far as possible. They should be developed as an ideal society depending on natural products not industry. Industry has simply created godlessness, because they think they can manufacture everything that they need. Our Bhagavad-gita philosophy explains that men and animals must have food in order to maintain their bodies. And the production of food is dependent on the rain and the rain of course is dependent on chanting Hare Krsna. Therefore let everyone chant Hare Krsna, eat nicely and keep their bodies fit and healthy. This is ideal life style. We do not condemn modern civilization but we don't like to get it at the cost of God Consciousness, that is suicide." — Letter to Rupanuga, 18 December, 1974

ISKCON Cow Protection

"There are so many facilities afforded by cow protection, but people have forgotten these arts. Even now in the Indian villages surrounding Vrndavana, the villagers live happily simply by giving protection to the cow. They keep cow dung very carefully and dry it to use as fuel. They keep a sufficient stock of grains, and because of giving protection to the cows, they have sufficient milk and milk products to solve all economic problems. Simply by giving protection to the cow, the villagers live so peacefully. Even the urine and stool of cows have medicinal value." -Srila Prabhupada