chemical-free food

Does leaving your 9 to 5 job and moving to organic farming sound interesting? These stories will leave you motivated.

Following heart surgery on her five-month-old son, doctors told Subhashree Santhya to give her son chemical-free vegetables, which she decided to grow on her own. Now an urban farmer, she has started an organic food brand called ‘Mud to Mother’.

Aditya Rao, a resident of Bengaluru, shares how his family grows and maintains an organic garden on the 12,000 sq ft terrace

S Jayalakshmi from Chennai is a natural farmer who grows chemical-free fruits, vegetables and paddy and helps hundreds of city-dwellers live toxin-free with her brand, Namma Boomi

Mrinal and Lakshay Dabas from Jai Khor, Delhi, started Organic Acre to push for organic produce, which they believe is the next revolution in agriculture

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From growing a tomato plant in the balcony of his rented home in Bengaluru to becoming a full-fledged natural farmer, Rahul has come a long way. 

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.

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.