Agriculture

11 years ago, when he was working in the field, he was bitten by a snake. For more than an hour, the bite was undetected, till he collapsed on the field and couldn’t raise his arm.

After nine years as a merchant navy officer, he decided to quit his job and turn to organic farming.

You’re an eco-conscious apartment dweller who wants to start vermicomposting, but you’re not blessed with a large backyard where you can toss your food waste into a huge pile of leaves. So what do you do? Here’s the answer! #LiveGreen #MyGarden

The Solar Tunnel Dryer effectively curbs food wastage ⁠too by increasing the shelf life of farm produce by six months while keeping nutrients intact!

Currently residing in Cochin, Annie started uploading videos regularly on Youtube from 2015 bolstered by the encouraging comments of the viewers. Annie says that with each new video she makes, she feels the same kind of excitement and happiness she did when she started.

"What I appreciate about the group is that I don't have to wait for days to hear back from them — they respond in just 5-15 minutes!", says a farmer about the two Sangli friends who have been doing this in 7 states for 7 years!

It took him two years to make his first machine - a weeder, despite several failures, taunts from friends and doubt from his family.

Packed with vitamins but low on calories, Raktsey Karpo (as these apricots are known) is also rich in sorbitol - a natural glucose substitute that can be consumed by diabetics. And that's not all. The oil from its seed is known to relieve back aches and joint pain! #EdibleHeritage #HealthFirst #Rare

Apart from growing chemical-free food, he also created a seed bank named Aadhiyagai (which means first blooming in Tamil), with more than 300 native vegetable and fruit seeds.

The change was not limited to what he had to unlearn, but in a shift in his mindset. Since he genuinely enjoyed farming, the transition was not that difficult.