Surendra Awana turned 55 acres of barren land into a self-sustaining farm with organic crops, dairy, and over 300 cows, creating a model for green profitability.
Jyoti Padma, a mother seeking pure milk for her lactose-intolerant daughter, built BKD Milk, an ethical dairy farm offering A2 milk. Her innovative Cow Currency model allows urban households to own cows without maintenance, providing fresh milk and ghee. This unique approach combines sustainability with ethical farming practices.
In Sadri, Rajasthan, the Raika community, known for herding camels, has shifted from trading to sustainable camel milk production through Camel Charisma. This social enterprise, led by Dr Ilse Köhler-Rollefson and Hanwant Singh Rathore, is helping preserve the Raikas’ way of life and livelihood.
Kota engineer Amanpreet Singh runs Gau Organics, a dairy farm that exports products across the world and runs on several sustainable models -- for one, generating most of its own electricity, having provisions for rainwater harvesting, and more.
Punjab-based AgNext Technologies, an ag-tech startup has developed an NIR-spectroscopy, AI and machine-learning enabled device to help catch milk adulteration early.
Kishore Indukuri quit his job at Intel in the US and returned to rural India to start Sid's Farm. Named after his son, the dairy farm in Hyderabad has scaled up its operations through word-of-mouth.
From Barasu, elephant apple, strawberries, Pulasan, mangosteen, Abiyu miracle fruit, dragon fruit to local varieties of guava and pear, the farmland's got it all.