By a Staff Writer After spending decades exporting Indian textiles to high-end American fashion companies, New York businessman Mohan Shah got fed up with its constantly changing demands. He switched to organic foods, exporting quality cereals and spices from India to the United States. The man who initiated the export of “Bleeding Madras” cloth, which […]
Emily Nink, June 10, 2015 Organic agriculture occupies just 1 percent of cropland across the world. While organic sales continue to grow, a study has found that organic farming is economically-feasible in many countries.
Jun 11, 2015 CHENNAI: An increasing awareness about food contamination caused by use of pesticides and chemical fertilisers has prompted many to stop buying from the market and grow vegetables in their gardens and on terraces. Some have even turned into farmer entrepreneurs.
Jun 10, 2015 COIMBATORE: Kerala government hasput curbs on traders procuring vegetables from Tamil Nadu after they found that pesticide levels in the vegetables were higher than permissible.
June 08, 2015 Leela Shikhdhar was born in a farmer’s family of village Gabia. She had to leave her studies midway after passing Class 8 as her mother got sick and the responsibility of managing the household chores and looking after her four siblings fell upon her. But after her marriage she managed to finish […]
08 Jun, 2015 Ashmeet Kapoor, founder of I Say Organic believes that organic farming will transform the lives of farmers. As the old saying goes: When one door closes, another opens. Sometimes a bigger one. This holds true for Ashmeet Kapoor, 30, a second generation entrepreneur based out of Delhi.
7 June 2015 Thousands of farmers throughout India are reverting back to traditional farming methods as the consequences of Western agriculture have begun to negatively impact the region’s food and water supply, and the health of its people.
6/5/2015 Uttarakhand Governor K K Paul has asked scientists of central research institutions in the state to come up with ways to encourage small farmers to begin organic farming.
Peak summer and early monsoon is that time of the year when the availability of diverse uncultivated forest foods – growing wild in Nature – is maximum. Our forest foods foraging walk at Vanvadi last year was a big hit. There were many we could not accommodate. As rains are expected to reach our parts […]
Tuesday, 9 June 2015 This may shock you. The US President’s Cancer Panel estimates that 41 per cent of all Americans living today will end up suffering from cancer in their lifetime. It is expected that 1 in 2 men and 1 in every 3 women in America will eventually get cancer. The report warns […]