Mascouche, Quebec
Reflecting While Walking
I really felt a leap of progress had occurred, after our fourth annual Farmer's Conference for Eastern Canada. After our meeting, I left the venue of Nandagram, a sixty-five acre, farmer-starting facility, in a reflective mode. It consisted of a number of hours of sharing ideas and experiences, all to do with cow/bull care, as well as growing plants for smell, sight and food. It was time to step out of the range of presentations and discussions and let participants depart, and for me to chill by taking to solitude on the road.
Our honourable guest , Kalakanta, was very instrumental in encouraging a proper follow-up. His mood was: Let us not all go away, say we had a good time, and then forget all we discussed in forward thinking. Rather, let's go for research and implementation—some action planning.
Some attendees will get behind a continual networking among the group. Some will go deeper into seeing how quality cow's milk, ahimsa (non-violent) milk, could become more accessible to the public. The entire sentiment of the thirty-plus people present was: How to improve the quality of life? And to state it simply, the idea of: we must get back to dirt and animals, is an intention we felt we could get behind.
As I tread a mere five kilometres or so, walking from Nandagram Farm, I observed the land, and the culture around. We have become completely car and machinery dependent. We have become committed to slaughter, and the use of nasty chemicals. I did admire rooftops of painted metal, and how this is practical for this snow-bound area. I hope one day the Mascouche river gets cleaner.
May the Source be with you!
5 km
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