New home for Ahimsa Foundation (UK)
As featured on the BBC, the Ahimsa Dairy Farm has moved to a new permanent home where it hopes to provide a model for other farms around the UK to copy. In the Dairy industry, cows are usually culled when they get older and their male calves are sold for meat almost immediately. Yet, just like Bhaktivedanta Manor’s dairy farm, the Ahimsa Dairy allow their cows to live out their natural lifespan. Indeed, the organization was inspired by New Gokul, and Sita Rama das is their Co-Director. The Ahimsa farm was previously on rented land in Leicestershire but has secured its future with land bought in Manton. Nicola Pazdzierska, the other Director of the Ahimsa Dairy Foundation, explained that while their milk was more expensive, many people were willing to spend the extra because they know the cows are in good care. The Ahimsa Dairy Foundation was founded in 2011 and originally produced milk in partnership with an organic farm in Kent.