The Mother Farm had a productive year in 2017, with activities focused on cow protection including operating a goshala with 45 cows and 9 calves. The farm produces dairy products for distribution and the milk is also delivered regularly to a temple. The farm offers preaching programs to spread Krishna consciousness and held its fourth annual village festival. It is establishing partnerships within Ukraine to further the cause of cow protection and distributed its dairy products and books at an international festival. The farm aims to motivate devotees to live rurally and protect cows.

1. Mother Farm Year-end Review
2017
Mali Lysivtsy village,
Ukraine

2. Mother: activities
 Goshala
 Mother Fund for Cow Protection
 Producing natural, healthy and high quality dairy products
 Preaching at Nama-hatta programes in the cities on the
topic of Vedic Rural Life and the importance of Cow
Protection
 Rural preaching to expand Krishna Consciousness and the
necessity of Cow Protection

3.  45 cows
 9 calves
 6 bulls
Mother: goshala

4. Mother: cow products
 Milk
 Ghee
 Paneer
 Curd
 Sour cream
 Ricotta (Whey cheese)
 Yoghurt
 Butter
 Milk-Based Indian Sweets
 Distilled Cow Urine

5. MotherFarm offers new job opportunities to
motivate devotees from the cities to live on the
farm in the countryside
Mother:new production
А manufacture of milk-based Indian sweets
was opened

6. The milk from protected cows has been delivered to
the Kyiv temple of New Navadvipa Mandir for
Sri Sri Radha Madhava and Sri Sri Gaura Nitai deities
on a regular basis since September this year
Mother: milk for deities

7.  A systematic work on bull training has been started
on the farm
 A book called "Practical guide on working with
oxen" has been prepared for publication, it is
representing accumulated experience in the field
on the basis of Soviet and American specialized
literature
Mother: training oxen

8. For the fourth year in a row, the Vedic Festival
of Village with Ratha Yatra and prasadam
distribution has been organized in Mali Lysivtsi
village, where MotherFarm is located
Mother: rural preaching
Hamsi bull pulled the cart of Lord Jagannath, Baladev and Subhadra

9. The Vedic Festival of Village always gathers
many guests and has become tradition for the
local villagers and devotees
Mother: rural preaching

10. The newspaper "New Epoch" founded by Ukrainian
devotees and intended for spread Vedic
knowledge is regularly distributed in the
countryside around of nearby villages by devotees
of MotherFarm community
Mother: rural outreach

11. The participation at the international Bhakti Sangama
festival, distribution of books and natural dairy
products. Srila Bhakti Raghava Maharaj held seminars
on the topics “Cow Based Communities“ and “Vedic
sociology“ and performed Go Puja
Mother at Bhakti Sangama
Festival of the Holy Name

12. Srila Bhakti Raghava Maharaj started the first nama-hatta programs in
suburbs of Kyiv on the topic of Vedic Rural Life and how our Vedic
culture is primarily an agrarian-based society where the majority of
people live a simple life connected with land, cows and devotional
service to Krishna. Since then devotees of MotherFarm community
continue attend various nama-hatta programs in Kyiv to preach on the
topic of Vedic Rural Life and the importance of Cow Protection.
Mother at Nama-hatta
programes in the cities

13. The devotees from Lutej community in suburb
of Kyiv, where Srila Bhakti Raghava Swami
held his seminar, have become interested in
buying milk from protected cows for their
needs on a regular basis and made decision to
adopt a cow
Mother: results

14. Have been established the relations between
devotees and Ministry for Agricultural Development
of Ukraine as well as with scientific circles of
agrarians for further cooperation and partnership
with specialized universities of the country for the
implementation of idea of cow protection
Mother: results

15.  "Knowledge Base" for a wide range of target audiences
with FAQ on the topic of Cow Protection was created
 In cooperation with devotees of New Varsana community
from Karmalyukivka village we started the project to
translate presentations and video seminars of Varnasrama
Media Productions into Russian language
 Youtube channel of Mother Fund was created for
spreading video seminars
Mother: Knowledge base

16.  HH Dhirasanta Goswami Maharaj visited our
farm and got the cow Gaura as a gift
 We keep in touch with the Kyiv gurukula,
children regularly come to our farm to spend
some time with the cows to fill themselves with
high spirit of goodness
Mother and guests

17. The MotherFarm was visited by children with disabilities from
specialize school "Samotuzhka" together with their parents, they
communicated with cows, rode on the bullock cart, fed calves,
ate vegetarian food (prasadam) and met the Pancha-Tattva
deities in the village temple. All of that has made an incredible
impression on them.
We love inviting new guests!
Mother and guests

18. Name: Yamuna Prana Das
Age and Gender: 45, Male
Country: Ukraine
Education Degree: Donetsk University,
physicist- engineer
Professional Work/Experience: Finance & Insurance
Affiliation with ISKCON: Since 1997
Relevant position and job: Founder and head of the
Mother Farm since 2012
and Mother Fund since 2014
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19. Yamuna Prana Das Yulia devi dasi Simon Das Evgen Das
Mother-Team
Sudama Das Tatiana Sofia Cheslav Das Bala Das

20. E-mail: a.evstratko@gmail.com
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