While the body of the pen is built from plantain leaf, papaya leaf stem, coconut leaf and castor stem, a nib is fixed at one end of the stem. The other end is sealed using maida starch which holds the ink.
Tired of eating vegetables and fruits doused in chemicals, the agricultural collective was on the look-out for farmers who did not use fertilizers. They were able to identify farmers from Mangaluru, Kalaburagi and Mandya.
A project commissioned by the Harayana Department of Horticulture is supplying safe, chemical-free fruit and vegetables to residents of Delhi and Gurugram and encouraging a new generation of urban farmers in India.