{"id":29758,"date":"2016-07-22T06:49:33","date_gmt":"2016-07-22T04:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dandavats.tumblr.com\/post\/147782561181"},"modified":"2017-01-26T18:34:14","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T17:34:14","slug":"krishna-lunch-begins-serving-its-own-organic-produce-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=29758","title":{"rendered":"Krishna Lunch begins serving its own organic produce. \nMonday…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Krishna Lunch begins serving its own organic produce.
\nMonday through Friday, hundreds of people gather on the Plaza of the Americas to stand in line for Krishna Lunch.
\nKrishna Lunch has begun featuring foods grown organically in a local garden, maintained by the group\u2019s members.
\nIn mid-Spring, Krishna devotees began planting a garden about 20 minutes north of UF\u2019s campus, said Dhristadyumna \u201cDennis\u201d Das, the 34-year-old temple commander for the Gainesville Krishna House.
\nThe garden, located at 13700 U.S. Highway 441, had been empty for about eight years until the owner offered the land to Gainesville\u2019s Hare Krishnas, Das said.
\nDas is known for serving beverages at Krishna Lunch, calling out the names of those who pass by.
\nUsing the property, about three-fourths of an acre in size, the group has planted lettuce, kale, okra, zucchini, cucumber, eggplant and more, Das said.
\n\u201cMost people don\u2019t know where their food comes from,\u201d Das said. \u201cThis is local and fresh.\u201d
\nFor a few weeks during Summer A, 70 to 90 percent of the lettuce served at Krishna Lunch was grown in the garden, Das said.
\nHe said organic eggplants will soon be ready to be served with lunches every Tuesday until November.
\nDiners may not know where Krishna Lunch currently gets its produce, but that has not stopped some students.
\n\u201cI trust them enough to know they have good ingredients,\u201d said Aria Nguyen, an 18-year-old UF dietetics sophomore who said she eats Krishna Lunch every Wednesday.
\nNguyen said she loves the healthy food options at Krishna Lunch, but that\u2019s not why she enjoys the experience so much.
\n\u201cThe food is the whole reason I came, and I stayed for the people,\u201d Nguyen said.
\nShe said she hopes the garden expands and produces more fresh ingredients, as more students would be likely to eat Krishna Lunch.
\n\u201cKrishna changed me,\u201d she said. \u201cI have a different view on food, the environment and animals now.\u201d
\nCurrently, the ingredients are delivered by Cheney Brothers and Taylor Farms, Das said.
\nHe said the garden will not raise the price of Krishna Lunch. It may actually be cheaper to grow organic produce than to purchase it from a distributor.
\nDas said the hope is students will start to drive north to the garden to help grow the foods they will eventually eat.
\nPart of the Hare Krishnas philosophy is an agrarian and sustainable lifestyle, reflected in the farming, he said.
\n\u201cSimple living, high thinking,\u201d Das said. \u201cYeah, definitely quote that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Krishna Lunch begins serving its own organic produce.
\nMonday through Friday, hundreds of people gather on the Plaza of the Americas to stand in line for Krishna Lunch.
\nKrishna Lunch has begun featuring foods grown organically in a local garden, maintained by the group’s members.
\nIn mid-Spring, Krishna devotees began planting a garden about 20 minutes north of UF’s campus, said Dhristadyumna “Dennis” Das, the 34-year-old temple commander for the Gainesville Krishna House.
\nThe garden, located at 13700 U.S. Highway 441, had been empty for about eight years until the owner offered the land to Gainesville’s Hare Krishnas, Das said.
\nDas is known for serving beverages at Krishna Lunch, calling out the names of those who pass by.
\nUsing the property, about three-fourths of an acre in size, the group has planted lettuce, kale, okra, zucchini, cucumber, eggplant and more, Das said.
\n“Most people don’t know where their food comes from,” Das said. “This is local and fresh.”
\nFor a few weeks during Summer A, 70 to 90 percent of the lettuce served at Krishna Lunch was grown in the garden, Das said.
\nHe said organic eggplants will soon be ready to be served with lunches every Tuesday until November.
\nDiners may not know where Krishna Lunch currently gets its produce, but that has not stopped some students.
\n“I trust them enough to know they have good ingredients,” said Aria Nguyen, an 18-year-old UF dietetics sophomore who said she eats Krishna Lunch every Wednesday.
\nNguyen said she loves the healthy food options at Krishna Lunch, but that’s not why she enjoys the experience so much.
\n“The food is the whole reason I came, and I stayed for the people,” Nguyen said.
\nShe said she hopes the garden expands and produces more fresh ingredients, as more students would be likely to eat Krishna Lunch.
\n“Krishna changed me,” she said. “I have a different view on food, the environment and animals now.”
\nCurrently, the ingredients are delivered by Cheney Brothers and Taylor Farms, Das said.
\nHe said the garden will not raise the price of Krishna Lunch. It may actually be cheaper to grow organic produce than to purchase it from a distributor.
\nDas said the hope is students will start to drive north to the garden to help grow the foods they will eventually eat.
\nPart of the Hare Krishnas philosophy is an agrarian and sustainable lifestyle, reflected in the farming, he said.
\n“Simple living, high thinking,” Das said. “Yeah, definitely quote that.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10650,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recent-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10650"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29758"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38353,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29758\/revisions\/38353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}