Aranya Eco Village an Organic farm near Anchetti forest.

Courtesy: https://www.facebook.com/tuar6/ Rajnish Kumar (Founder of Aranya Eco Village)      I come from a farming family near Bihar(raja rajnish kumar). I left my studies in Delhi in 2008 to broaden my horizons at the Shikshantar Institute in Udaipur. here I learned many things from film making to water conservation. I joined the Environmental Leadership Programme at Sadhana Forest in Auroville I learnt about vegan cooking,...

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A 13 year old Backyard Farmer - Know more

*courtesy Gopi Devarajan (Facebook) Last Friday veg market at the OFM (www.ofmtn.in) , something special happened. Siva, a small kid who is in 7th standard came to ofm along with his mother (who is a regular customer of ofm). His mom told me something which surprised me, she said that siva is interested in growing plants and he is aspiring to be a farmer !!! ( did you hear that). They started as a consumer at one of the OFM outlets in thuraipakkam,...

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Once A Chartered Accountant, She Left Her Corporate Job To Pursue Organic Farming & Help Farmers

Courtesy: Logical Indian “Despite primary agricultural produce being essential for the livelihood of every person, it doesn’t yield profits for the farmer. Why does this happen?” questions Vishala, a chartered accountant with the determination to repair the condition of the farming sector. Vishala (AKA Vishalakshi Padmanabhan) had been working in the corporate sector for four years before she decided to take a different path – one which...

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Organic Farms in and around Bangalore to Volunteer or Intern

Those who like to spend weekends volunteering for farmers and who like to learn organic farming to setup their own farm, Here are the few farms where you can volunteer and learn organic farming in and around bangalore. Annadana soil and seed savers network                                 Annadana...

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Infosys Software Engineer to a Farmer - Know more

Courtesy: Better India     Shankar Kotian from Moodu-Konaje village near Moodbidre in Karnataka says “I was heading a team of 10 people in Infosys. After you reach a certain position in IT, there is not much to learn. There are no challenges. You commute for 3-4 hours everyday. You work mechanically and that’s it. I had reached a saturation point where I was not enjoying anything even though I had everything,”  Shankar...

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