Jalandhar,Having left a well-paid job to pursue his passion for organic farming, 29-year-old Anurag Arora has set an example for many. He pumped all his savings into the start-up he named as MINK Organics, based at Kewal Vihar here. Anurag aims to empower Punjab through healthy food and education in organic farming. It was four […]
Source: The Tribune
KP Illias from Kerala and Shamika Mone from Maharashtra are perhaps the best example for the fact that a shared passion is the recipe for lifelong happiness. Together, they have been silently driving an agrarian revolution in the country in recent years, and have not just guided seasoned farmers but also driven interest in youngsters […]
Source: The Better India
In 2005, the Ethiopian Institute of Biodiversity and Conservation partnered up with the Dutch company Health and Performance Food International (HPFI) to marketize one of Ethiopia’s most valuable staples, the teff grain – the main ingredient found in injera bread, now widely dubbed a cosmopolitan ‘superfood’. The agronomist Jans Roojsen, who spearheaded the project under […]
Source: New Internationalist
Jalandhar, While an FIR was lodged against suppliers of spurious pesticides in the city on Wednesday, the use of spurious pesticide sellers in the district on Wednesday, spurious pesticides are being sold with impunity in the state increasingly as – a lucrative business – the pesticide sellers continue to operate openly. While the state has […]
Source: The Tribune
Anantapur: About 200 villages under 20 clusters involving 100,000 farmers have been declared ‘natural farming’ villages by the department of Agriculture in the district. The department’s natural farming project is part of the government’s plan to popularize natural farming and bring down the use of chemicals and pesticides in agriculture crops.
Source: The Hans India
In February 2010, the Indian government placed an indefinite moratorium on the commercial release of Bt brinjal. Prior to this decision, numerous independent scientific experts from India and abroad had pointed out safety concerns regarding Bt (insecticidal) brinjal based on data and reports in the biosafety dossier that Mahyco, the crop developer, had submitted to the […]
Source: Dissident Voice
It takes a great deal of courage to forsake one’s four-years worth of degree (sometimes even more) and well-paying jobs to pursue something as basic as farming. Engineering was once, and perhaps still is, the most sought after career lines in India, but you’ll all agree that in recent times, more and more people are […]
Source: The Better India
Fifty-three-year-old Venkat Iyer quit his lucrative job as a Project Manager at IBM, went on to convince 70 adivasi farmers to take up organic farming, and even helped them market their produce. Venkat Iyer was leading a comfortable life in Mumbai. He was at the peak of his career in his role as Project Manager […]
Source: Your Story
Jalandhar, The Kheti Virasat Mission (KVM) today organised a meeting with farmers from the Doaba region to discuss benefits of organic farming. Members associated with the mission said a person associated with the medical profession attended the meeting and had shown interest in organic farming. “People from different professions like doctors, pharmacists, or from other […]
Source: The Tribune
NEW DELHI – The government, under Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana, is planning to promote the cultivation of indigenous varieties of cotton in the leading growers–Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Karnataka–a senior government official said. “We are encouraging farmers by providing them seeds, and agri-inputs at lower rates to grow more organic cotton. Organic cotton is healthier for human use in comparison with genetically […]
Source: Cogencis
At 2,230 feet above sea level, there is little chance that you will come across an organic farm, let alone a thriving food forest. Which is why the 5-acre patch of self-sustaining farmland, inside the densely forested village of Patteyakudi in the Idukki district of Kerala, comes as such a surprise. Here, you will find […]
Source: The Better India
India’s seed market hides a sea of illegality, which keeps rearing its ugly head every once in a while. The discovery of genetically modified brinjal in a Haryana farmer’s field is the latest in the list of illegal seeds that have cropped up in India since 2001. That year, it was illegal Bt cotton (a […]
Source: FirstPost
In 2007, when the Karnataka state government offered a voluntary relocation package to the 60 families of the Jenu Kuruba tribe, they all signed up and moved from Nagarahole National Park to start a new life in Sollepura colony in HD Kote. As part of the scheme, the government provided each of these families with […]
Source: The Better India
For many, home is where the heart is. But, for this 62-year-old woman, home is where just not the heart but also health resides. Meet Bhavna Shah, who is setting a positive example for generations to follow. Her home, situated in the quiet of Thaltej-Shilaj road in Ahmedabad, is a world of its own, where […]
Source: The Better India
Started by Akshay Agarwal and Gajendra Chowdhary, Adrish gives you a complete eco-friendly experience, and focuses on the concept of creating zero waste by not using plastic and non-biodegradable products. Plastic is found every where today – at home, on roads, in oceans, in animals as well as in the food we eat. Apart from […]
Source: Your Story
The ‘Farm to Table’ culture in Bengaluru has picked up in the past few years. Though there are several organisations and initiatives that promote this idea, the process of buying organically grown food directly from the farmer is something that is picking pace in the city — thanks to the farmers’ markets that are held […]
Source: Times of India
Chennai: Farmer and activist Nel Jayaraman’s works have been made a part in Class 12 revised State board Botany textbook in Tamilnadu. A reference is given to the organic farming exponent in the curriculum alongside eminent agriculture scientist M S Swaminathan and popular agronomist Norman Borlaug. “My uncle always spoke about traditional seeds and organic farming […]
Source: News Today
Ludhiana, The School of Organic Farming, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), organised a training programme on “Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) in Basmati Rice” for farmers under Biotech-KISAN, a project sponsored by the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India. Farmers from adopted clusters in the districts of Ferozepur, Sangrur and Patiala participated in the training programme. A […]
Source: The Trubune
A unique and niche concept, mango tourism is gaining popularity in India and is giving tourists the rare chance of plucking mangoes directly from orchards, as they enjoy summer strolls in the green and refreshing environs. Seeing the popularity of mango, considered to be the King of Fruits in India, state tourism boards in the […]
Source: Media India
An estimated 125,400 dairy cows will live better lives, following World Animal Protection’s call on Arvind Dairy and Happy Milk to move to higher welfare farming. Arvind Dairy, has a significant presence and a growing market share in North India, sourcing its milk from over 25,000 rural farmers in Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh region. ‘Happy Milk’ […]
Source: The Hans India
Lately, hashtags like #ootafromyourthota and #organicterracegarden are trending on Instagram indicating a growing demographic of urban Indians rolling up their sleeves and joining an internationally burgeoning #growyourownfood movement. Grocery stores stocked with ‘organic’ brands are popping up in every hip urban neighbourhood in the nation, which makes it seem like everyone has received the memo […]
Source: The News Minute
Study Engineering in a reputed organisation.. get a degree… land in a plum job…. it would be enough for today’s youth. But for some engineers, their degree doesn’t matter, but only their thinking about sustainable lifestyle matters. Different engineers who ventured into farming may have different views about farming, but the internal theme is about […]
Source: News Sting
“An organic farmer is the best peacemaker today, because there is more violence, more death, more destruction, more wars, through a violent industrial agricultural system. And to shift away from that into an agriculture of peace is what organic farming is doing.” – Vandana Shiva
Source: Daily Excelsior
Life is but a stream, and we go fishing in! Got no space to fish? You could do it in your own home! Confused? You may have heard of urban farms or rooftop kitchen gardens. But what if I said that you could breed and cultivate fish on your rooftop too? Well, Guwahati-based environmental scientist, […]
Source: The Better India
Samir Bordoloi, a graduate in agricultural studies secured a well-paying job in the food industry almost immediately after his graduation. This cushy job, in a well known MNC, would teach him many things about the ways of working in the industry. And most of these lessons were shocking. Soon after joining his job, Samir, who […]
Source: The Better India