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The Bhoomi Utsav

Celebrations of the Organic Way…festivities begin on Oct 2nd 2014 at 10 am at Prakriya Green Wisdom School. Free Entry! Bhoomi Utsav is a festival of organic food and produce, folk art and craft, music, dance and talk….- an event for the entire family! ! A whole range of stalls selling mouth watering organic eats, organic cereals, millets and dals, fresh vegetables, arts/crafts await […]

Hyderabad takes to organic foods

DC CORRESPONDENT | September 11, 2014 Hyderabad: The demand for organic food products has been rising steadily in the city, with a 48 per cent increase since 2011.  In fact, the city is in strong competition with Bengaluru, which was once much ahead of Hyderabad. Many residents of the twin cities are steadily making the shift […]

Next State Level Review Meeting of Natural Farming

On next Wednesday, September 17th, 2014 next state level review meeting of natural farming will be held at Rohtak in Swami Nitanand School. For this meeting only those farmers who have been practicing natural farming or have attended previous training workshops are invitee.  Kapil Bhai from Gujarat will also be there to guide and advise […]

In monitoring of GM crop trials, ignorance is bliss

Aritra Bhatacharya Mumbai, 9 September The apparatus responsible for monitoring field trials of genetically modified (GM) crops is in shambles, an investigation by The Statesman has revealed. The State Biotechnology Coordination Committee (SBCC) in Maharashtra, which is supposed to monitor these trials, has not met in years with some members being unaware even of its […]

Bhaskar Save Natural Farming Learning Centre

We are happy to announce that a residential Natural Farming Learning Centre at Bhaskar Save’s farm, Kalpavruksha, will be inaugurated soon, beginning with an introductory course from Sunday, November 2 to 9, 2014 (8 days). The course will be conducted in Hindi. The teachers/guides will include Bhaskar Save, Naresh Save, Suresh Save, and guest lecturers […]

I2cook: Big idea in a small bottle

Past life Megha Deokule, 32, the founder of i2cook, is an architect by training. She was working at Studio Mumbai, headed by award-winning architect Bijoy Jain, when it struck her that designing spaces was not what she was cut out for. “I was on a sabbatical from work after marriage. It was bugging me that […]