...Maharishi Vedic City sits in the middle of 2,200 acres of USDA certified organic farm land and almost a decade on is still the only city in America that has banned the sale of all non-organic food within the city limits, with strict Laws that apply to restaurants and shops. The Maharishi Vedic City Organic Farm, which includes 160 acres of fields, orchards, and greenhouses, produces a wide variety of produce for residents of the city and for commercial markets and is part of a community program providing customers far and wide with a wide range of produce. According to their own website “Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs are designed to benefit both the community and the local farmer. Without the middleman mark-up, the CSA model presents a win/win opportunity: Selling direct to customers, we earn more than we would get selling retail or wholesale and our customers receive, not only price value, but a freshness value not available at retail outlets…… grown under exacting standards in fertile organic soils, our produce is picked and packed within a day, then delivered fresh to our CSA members” (i). Construction has begun on an additional 100 acres of greenhouses, which will supply organic produce throughout the entire Midwest. Quite possibly the healthiest city in America, it is home to Maharishi University of Management’s Institute for Natural Medicine and Prevention — one of the top institutions for prevention and treatment of disease using the natural health care approach encouraged from the Vedic literature and teachings...
Posted on: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 23:54:35 +0000
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