Community Farming
Do your bit to ensure your food is safe to eat. Educate your next generation on how to grow their own food.
Do your bit to ensure your food is safe to eat. Educate your next generation on how to grow their own food.
An initiative driven by passionate and committed community of people who care about farmers, farmlands, and naturally grown food. Community farming offers many benefits to farmers who want to practice sustainable agriculture and to consumers who want fresh, healthy, locally-produced food.
The objective of nextGen farmers program is to provide an opportunity for children’s to experience nature and understand fundamentals of organic farming and self-sustainability. It’s a program specifically designed for children’s where farming is approached more as a lifestyle than as a profession. In tie-up with school management, Students visit near-by farm over the weekend. Training programs will be provided by farmers themselves and participants would get the opportunity to engage hands-on and learn fundamentals in farming.
Rare variety of bottle gourd at RKN farm school
Farmer : Satheesh , Area : 3 acre
Mullaivanam is a lush green farm growing natural organic vegetables and fruits. Result of an ex-IT professional's passion for farming and attaining a self-sustainable lifestyle.
Farmer : Ajiet , Area 3 acre
As the name implies green forest is indeed a forest that was built over a span of 2 years. Driven by Ajiet's Passion for biodiversity, Green forest successfully spread green cover amidst ever hungry real-estate on one side and chemical farming community on the other.
Farmer : Siva , Area 3.5 acre
Siva a public transport driver by profession, Plunged into farming after being inspired by Subhash Palekar. As a true follower of Zero budget farming, Siva’s farm is an example of how one can successfully engage in farming with limited resources. With strong support from wife and kids Siva’s farm is a true example of family farming.
Area 30 cents (12000 sqft)
In the recent past, farmlands were converted into real-estate plots… Now, how can one re-utilize such plots for farming? Starting mid Dec 2017, I am starting a new project that would attempt to put to use one such plot that has not been utilized for little over a decade. The challenge on hand is this plot neither has fence nor water source. Ecological farming indeed!
This 17 mins video attempts to change the way we consume vegetables. It talks about cure for various diseases by eating 12 variety of raw vegetables. The challenge with eating raw veggies is that it "HAS" to be chemical free. We've encouraged farmers to sow this set of vegetables in natural setup and are happy to share them with people who wish to try this method. If you don't understand Tamil, visit website www.vegetableclinic.com
Seeing is believing....Feel free to visit our farm.
CHENGALPATTU Tamil Nadu, India
Farm Visit 7:00 to 9:00am or 4:00 to 6:00pm