natural farming

An advocate of minimal human interference, he avoids using any fertilisers or pesticides and lets nature take its own course.

Thomas was disturbed by the amount of fertilisers and pesticides sprayed upon fruits and vegetables supplied in not just marketplaces but also on those that were grown in kitchen backyards.

A benchmark for terrace farming in Chennai, this initiative believes in growing what you eat.

The 11-year-old grows over 30-odd types of fruits including fig, pulasan, durian, baraba, gooseberry, custard apple and sapota and most vegetables like Chinese cauliflower, bajji chilli, carrot, beetroot, cabbage, green chilli etc.

Soon the region will be a global benchmark for organic farming.

Today, this resident of Pune has successfully converted a 3,500 square feet plot into a beautiful garden where she grows various fruits and vegetables, and she does it without using a drop of chemical pesticides or fertilisers.

She grows enough organic vegetables and fruits to feed her family and sells what they are not able to consume.

Hemal Patel started ‘Urban Soil,’ an initiative which is striving to increase the number of space-efficient farms within cities.

Manohar Tarkunde planted over ten lakh neem, Gulmohar, teak and sandalwood trees after studying the biodiversity of the area, of which seven lakh survived.

Celebrated for pioneering shizen nōhō, which translates to natural farming, Fukuokais is considered to be one of the five giant personalities who inspired the organic farming movement.