March 27, 2014 Organic produce is unlike its conventionally-grown counterpart. Careful steps are taken to ensure every carrot, strawberry, beet, potato or head of lettuce is cultivated using organic, time-tested practices, like spreading house-made fertilizer on crops or irrigating from open creeks. Such methods differ from those of so-called factory farms, where pesticides and other […]
Please see the invite for the Magic with Millets event – a discourse and tasting session from 3 pm to 6 pm on 3rd April 2014. Mark your dates in your diary… Also the Organic Mela this month from 3rd to 5th April 2014…at YMCA Hall, Statue… Buy your Sure Organic Products HERE ! Regards […]
Supreme Court hearing on the PIL on GM crops now on 1st of April – Coalition for a GM Free India demands UPA government to stop misinforming the Court and not stand in the way of delivery of Justice. New Delhi, 30th March 2014: In the latest development related to the public debate and controversy […]
Fri, Mar 28, 2014 Karra Shashikala from Nalgonda, who used bio gas to generate electricity for her field, received the Mahindra Samriddhi Krishi Prerna Samman – Farmer of the Year Award (female) at the recently concluded Mahindra Samriddhi India Agri Awards 2014 held in Delhi.Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.’s farm equipment sector recently announced the winners […]
Our Bureau Kochi, March 24: Laying an inspiration to Government employees in the State, Spices Board India has set up an organic farm at its head office here. The initiative, assisted by the Kerala State Horticulture Mission, aims at promotion of organic farming. The function held at Spices Board Head office was inaugurated by Spices Board Chairman A Jayathilak by […]
JAIDEEP HARDIKAR Dabhadi, March 23: Narendra Modi has cleaved an opening in the farm fence, just as he has left ajar the door to the retail store. Modi last week took his advocacy of genetically modified (GM) crops to a Vidarbha belt scarred by farmers’ suicides but skirted a direct question on his stand on […]
Press Trust of India | New Delhi March 22, 2014 A farmers’ body affiliated to the CPI(M) today criticised the decision of the GEAC to revalidate the field trials for ten varieties of Genetically Modified Food Crops and sought the Election Commission’s intervention to “stall the undemocratic move.” “This decision is a bonanza given on […]
TNN | Mar 23, 2014 COIMBATORE: Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) will act as knowledge partner for the state organic farming policy. The draft of the policy which was released recently, will be implemented after Lok Sabha elections in the state. As per the draft, the varsity will be responsible for identifying possible areas where […]
This Friday & Saturday (March 21-22) there will be an additional new venue for the Organic Haat in south Kolkata (near Gariahat), at Swabhav, 21/5 Aswini Dutta Road, lane near the Triangular Park bus-stand. This will be a mini Organic Mela offering a variety of organic produce, village products, a pop-up organic cafe, workshops and […]
Vishwa Mohan,TNN | Mar 20, 2014 NEW DELHI: Almost a year after holding its last meeting, the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) – government regulatory body on genetically modified organisms – will meet on Friday to take a call on “confined field trials” for 53 transgenic varieties of GM crops. The move is a step […]