It seems counter-intuitive but the current sense of the word ‘Culture’ seems to have been derived from the word ‘Agriculture’ and not the other way around. And it is ironic that there is almost no culture left in mainstream agriculture anymore. What we are now seeing is not synthesis, which is what agriculture needs, but…
Category: Food for Thought
SPNF (ZBNF) ‘s critique
5 minute read Subhash Palekar has claimed in TOI’s editorial page a few months back that ‘Organic farming is worse than an atom bomb‘. This blog comes a little too late. But this was on my mind and in the drafts of my blog posts in the WordPress app. I just got around to complete…
Gratitude for our Sustainability journey
It takes a village to raise a child, it is said. I think – It also takes a village to run a farm. Economies of large scale and consumerism don’t favour the sustainability movement one bit. Zero. Zilch. Nada. Almost none of the industries, which rely on resources from nature, care about recharging the source…
Short Blog : Greatest environmental contribution you can do in a city
DIET! There, I said it. Sue me! 5 minute read 70% of fresh water consumed in India is for agriculture. So, if one had to start looking for environmental, social, political problems to solve, it is one of the obvious places here. The greatest day to day act, in my opinion, to save trees, is…
A note on Climate Change
Over the past one century, the amount of destruction liberalized capitalist and communist countries have imposed upon this planet and human society has been enormous. This is a result of a system propagated by Government, Businesses and Civil Society. We can’t blame one arm of the civilization alone. The blame is on everyone. If you…
Why we should know better than to choose Hydroponics?
A lot of urban farming success stories have now been because of the installation of vertical farms. This technology is based on hydroponics or aquaponics and are built within city limits. I am not in favour of these farms and wanted to present my arguments to y’all. I have not looked at the numbers of…
Cyclone Fani: A Photo Blog of the farm
A Jowar (sorghum) crop under the neem shade looks darker than under full sun A mulched (with hay from the rice harvest) native brinkal bed retaining a lot of the rain water from the Cyclone Fani One of the only 2 mighty Agathi trees in the farm has fallen to the short but ferocious windstorm…
The Journey Begins
Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton Vivasayee /ʋɪʋəsɑ:ji/ विवसायी விவசாயி Tamil Noun. 1. Farmer The occasion of Pongal seemed like an appropriate time for me to give you guys an update of the goings-on at the farm my parents, Noushadya and I have been spending the last 6…
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