A Sacred Cow for Fertile Soil

Provide a cow to a resource-poor organic cotton farmer in the Asifabad region of Andhra Pradesh, India. 90 percent of these farmers belong to tribal communities, among the poorest groups in India. Cows, revered as sacred by these Hindu communities, serve to cultivate fertile soil. This stabilizes cotton yield and fosters a sustainable and profitable farming system for the farmers.

Conventionally grown cotton is the most toxic crop in the world, using more than 40 million pounds of pesticides per year. Chetna Organic is a self-organized organic farming collective that is Fair Trade certified. This gives the farmers access to a strong market that guarantees a fair price for their cotton and enhances the standard of living for their families while maintaining environmental responsibility. An important basic necessity that most of these farmers lack is cattle. Cows enable farms to be entirely bio-dynamic, creating a closed-loop system where waste sustains the soil. In addition to providing this vital, sacred cow, your gift supports the cost of feed, shelter construction, healthcare and insurance, ensuring that the animal lives a long, safe, life.

Your gift assures an essential resource to sustain impoverished tribal communities and protect their land for generations to come.

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