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Sri Sri Natural Farming: Reviving ancient method for a healthy tomorrow
The Sri Sri Institute of Agriculture (SSIAST), which has spearheaded the Sri Sri Natural Farming project borrows from the ancient technologies when India was primarily agrarian. Natural farming methods weave farming into pre-existing symbiotic relationshi ... -
Rich Land, Rich Crops, Rich Hands
Click to enlarge infographic Farmers in India, who feed the whole country, don't have much for themselves. India is losing more than 2,000 farmers every single day, as villagers migrate to cities in search of better jobs. Nearly a quarter of a mill ... -
Permaculture farming transforms degraded 7-acre land in Bangalore
Anything in excess is not good, not even farming. It has been observed that prolonged farming does more bad to the soil than good. Here’s how. Of the five factors needed for farming – air, water, soil, sunlight and nutrients in the soil – a farmer is heav ... -
A life-changing decision for this farmer
A much-hyped issue in India is revolving around food – the modifications in it, the injecting of plants, the organic and the chemically-grown. The perplexing debate around food requires a better understanding of the food we consume and feed our families. ... -
Farmers switch to older farming methods, a win-win for all
They are poor- an unfortunate outcome of adopting chemical usage in farming practices. Yet, they went back to their roots and adopted older methods of farmings- with surprising results. “I don't have easy availability of water and I am not financiall ... -
Natural farming: A way back home for farmers
This year, under the roof of a small hut in a remote village in Maharashtra, there were big smiles on the faces of little children. After a long time, their father had bought them new clothes on Diwali. A farmer by profession, the father was pleased with ... -
Going green in Canada
Deepening Roots was created in 2005 by the volunteers of The Art of Living to offer youth a unique, experience-based approach to sustainable agriculture and leadership. Deepening Roots brings together educators in the fields of permaculture, health and we ... -
Natueco farming (Nature Ecological Farming)
Natueco farming follows the principles of eco-system networking of nature in our farming system. It is different from organic or natural farming both in philosophy and practice. It offers an alternative to the commercial, heavily chemical's technique ... -
Kitchen Gardening
Kitchen Gardening Growing of fruits, vegetables, flowers in the available space around bungalows, galleries of flats, open terraces, windows wherever the sun light gets to plants. Sunlight is essential for the manufacturing of food in the leaves of plants ... -
Sri Sri Beejkosh (Seed Bank)
With the advancement of science, many alterations and changes have been introduced by the scientist in the crops and the genetic make-up of the original seed is changed. Because of this the newly developed varieties and hybrids of different seeds are susc ...