Though there was a steady rise in cattle population till 90s; from 1993 onwards there has been a constant decline in the number of cows across India. On the other hand the consumption of milk & milk products has been continously rising year on year. The result… milk adulteration. It’s high time that we take […]
Harvesting seasonal green fodder like maize, barley & millet has become economically very challenging to the farmers due to the rising input cost. Hybrid napier or Super napier as it popularly known is a solution to this problem. It’s a perennial grass which once sown gives a very good yield round the year for 2 – […]
Environment protection being one of the focus areas of our trust, “Welfare One”, we have been planting trees on a regular basis especially on our Dehradun campus. By planting these trees we aim to develop & promote a natural ecosystem which is sustainable & self-sufficient i.e. one step closer to our aim of adopting & […]
With unpredictable weather conditions & depleting groundwater table, we at ‘Welfare One’ believe that water harvesting is not an option any more but has become an urgent need of the hour. Consequently water harvesting is one of our primary focus areas in ‘Welfare One’. In our ‘Rescue Ma’ cow shelter, water is required for multiple […]
Glad to inform you that Lakshmi our beloved cow has given birth to a lovely reddish brown colored baby bull. We shot a small video on same to introduce you to the new arrivals on our farm. Have added that video to our YouTube channel – Rescue Ma & have also given the link at […]
Our planet is in the grip of covid waves; 2nd here; 3rd there; mutations all over. Mass vaccinations are happening all over the world but as we all know prevention is better than cure. We need to seriously introspect not only on the root causes of this pandemic but also on the ways of our […]
Rescue Ma is working at the grass root level meeting with farmers & SHGs(Self Help Groups) to spread awareness about the ill-practices that are currently prevalent in our society with respect to animals & cows in particular. Instead of focusing solely on milk, we need to start utilizing cow manure & cow urine which can […]
Our beloved cow Prissy gave birth to a healthy female calf 3 days back. Though the calf is still very young, she is already running around the farm like a pro. With her beautiful reddish brown skin, she appears more like her father who is a Sahiwal bull than her mother,Prissy who belongs to the […]
Makara Sankranti is an important pan-Indian harvest festival known by different names in different parts of the country. It is known as Uttarayan or Sankranti in Uttarakhand, Makara Sankranti in Karnataka and Maharashtra, Pongal in Tamil Nadu, Magh Bihu in Assam, Magha Mela in parts of central and north India, Pedda Panduga in Andhra Pradesh […]
The highest of all relations is the mother & child relation; the only bond that is formed even before a child is born. As far as this relationship is concerned, there is no difference between humans & cows. The modern dairy farm practices propagate to separate the calf from the mother cow immediately after the […]