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The couple gives us a sneak peek into their 15-acre Govardhan farm and highlights the principles they follow to maintain it.

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.

Inspired by Masanobu Fukuoka’s principles of Natural Farming, Raghava decided to transform the coconut monoculture that he had inherited into a food forest without the use of any fertilisers, pesticides, cultivation or weeding.

Once an abandoned and neglected park on a four-acre stretch of land, it is today a lush green area with more than 300 species of flora in the range of 10,000 native fruit-bearing trees, herbs, shrubs, host and nectar plants, air detox plants as well as vegetables!

“I am a fighter. I do not give up, and am almost always ready to take on whatever comes my way.”

Share Habitat is a self-funded initiative, and it is the sheer passion and desire to make a change, that drives the team.

Concerned by the declining green cover in Kolkata, 43-year-old Mantu Hait took it upon himself and developed one kilometer stretch of forest

Long before India began discussing global warming, Kollakkayil Devaki Amma with no formal education started to do her bit to save the environment. The result is a story of change that we all can learn from.

Located in the bustling metro city of Kochi, Alungal Farms is his labour of love and sweat. It boasts over 2000 varieties of rare medicinal plants, 400 varieties of fruits, different flowers, vegetables, herbs, and even spices—all of which thrive in wild harmony!

Originating from the Kannada terms ‘hosa’ which means ‘new’ and ‘chiguru’ which means ‘sprout’, Hosachiguru is a leading agricultural asset management startup that is running over 30 sustainable green projects on 800 acres of land.