Overview: Application of Maharishi Vedic Organic Agriculture

The knowledge and procedures of the Maharishi Vedic Organic Agriculture program can be applied to extend and enhance the traditional and modern methods of organic farming in a variety of ways. These are briefly expressed below and more fully explained in the text which follows:

1. By practicing the Maharishi Vedic Technologies of Consciousness, the farmer rises to Vedic Consciousness, spontaneously enlivening Natural Law in his own awareness and in his environment. Rising to Vedic Consciousness is the very heart of Vedic farming, because it enhances the Support of Nature that can only be gained by living in tune with Natural Law.

2. By applying the correct sounds of Veda and the Vedic Literature—the sounds of Natural Law itself—the farmer directly enlivens the holistic and specific Laws of Nature responsible for the growth of his crops;

3. By using the Maharishi Vedic Farming methodologies, time tested methods of farming from the Veda and the Vedic Literature to aid in soil fertility, crop growth and vitality, disease prevention, pest management, environmental management, and water management;

4. By utilizing all the revitalizing, prevention-oriented, health-giving programs of the Maharishi Vedic Approach to Health, the farmer and his family, and everyone working on the farm, can live a fully vital life

5. By introducing Maharishi Vedic Education in schools, colleges, and universities the farmer, the farm family, and the entire community can enjoy development of total brain potential and the blossoming of life in total knowledge, mastery of Natural Law, the ability to know anything, accomplish anything, and enjoy anything in accord with Natural Law

6. By planning and building in accordance with Maharishi Sthapatya Veda ^SM architecture—Vedic architecture in harmony with Natural Law—the farmer organizes his farm layout and buildings to promote the health, happiness and good fortune of everyone living and working there.

These are some of the many time-tested, cost-effective techniques from the 40 branches of Veda and the Vedic Literature that will help farmers provide healthy natural food, while supporting the farmer's own life and evolution, and enriching the environment.

In the following text, more details of these practical and effective technologies of Maharishi Vedic Organic Agriculture are presented..