Why should we respect cows? Do cows affect the global climate change?

In my first blog I will touch upon these two issues that must have emerged in many minds following my introduction. Good questions. To a western world person it might indeed sound funny to respect a cow. But really what we are talking about is respect for life itself. All animals, plants, the ground we walk as well as our whole beautiful planet should be respected. In India a cow is regarded as Sacred, as it represents Mother Earth herself. A cow gives us nourishment, like a mother gives her child milk. A cow is always giving and never demanding anything for itself. A cow is also a symbol of goodness, abundance and fertility. Treating cows respectfully is believed to balance all nature itself. Unfortunately nowadays treating cows with respect is not usual everywhere even in India, not to mention other countries. Cow dung and urine are an important part of fertilising in agriculture. In fact an even greater amount of plant agricultural fertilizers should be biological.

The consciousness level of a cow is very high and makes it special in comparison with other creatures. A cow never utters a word but still it knows and understands more than we can believe. Cows are blamed for the advancement of the climate change but really the blame should be on people. Man has started feeding cows with grain, soy and othe plants that require the soil to be turned, and those plants cannot bind carbon as efficiently as grasses can. Cows are also fed with fodder in order to gain a greater produce of milk. A cow feeding on grasses results in only limited methane gas emissions. Grasses bind carbon and work as emission levelling and repairing agents. Mankind has caused the climate change by manipulating the land, with traffic, industry, raising fields etc. resulting in a disturbed natural circulation of carbon. However, food has to be produced. Long-lived grasses and traditional biotopes create a carbon deposit through their roots. And cows transform into human food a lot of plants that humans cannot eat.

Our cows mainly eat grasses collected from riverbanks, and crop rotation grasses rich with clover. The dung and urine of our cows we use as biological fertilizer both for cereal and garden vegetable crops. The cows are now enjoying the spring sunshine outside. Its is not quite green outside yet, but it soon will be. Dear readers, enjoy your spring!