Ghee Happy! – Posted in: General, Uncategorized

If you’re familiar with Indian cuisine, you will probably already have used ghee – the golden, clarified butter with a slightly nutty aroma. Ghee is important throughout South Asia for use in cooking, religious ceremonies and medicine. In one form of Ayurvedic cleanse, the patient takes multiple doses of ghee each day, considered to purify the body, dissolve waste products and act as a powerful and penetrating form of nourishment due to its purity and…

Rural Retreat – Posted in: General

Cows are my passion. What I have ever sighed for has been to retreat to a Swiss farm, and live entirely surrounded by cows – and china. – Charles Dickens Seems like everyone’s got the blues these days. Loneliness is becoming a social epidemic, and though there are many suggested cures (last weeks London Metro proposed comfort food), life doesn’t seem to be getting much easier for anyone. In last week’s Guardian on Sunday, reporter…

Cows – Our New Breast Friend? – Posted in: General

It doesn’t get much weirder than this: Richard Gray of the Telegraph recently reported that human genes have been introduced into 300 cows in scientists’ attempts to make give cow’s milk the same nutritious properties as human breast milk. Research director, Professor Ning Li stated that “The milk tastes stronger than normal milk. We aim to commercialize some research in this area in coming three years. For the ‘human-like milk’, 10 years or maybe more time…

Yes, I Moo. – Posted in: General

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…