We depend upon plants for our health care to a large extent. By spending their lifetime, our ancestors have found out and documented the healing properties of various plants growing in the neighbourhood. This cumulative knowledge has been meticulously passed on to generations…
January 2019
The UT Organic Farm Internship and VOL Supported Agriculture (VSA) programs are offering a 20-week community-supported agriculture program beginning in mid-May and running through October.
Members will receive half a bushel of fresh, organic locally grown vegetables each…
The New York Organic Action Plan is a road map for supporting and growing the organic community in our state. We encourage New Yorkers to use this tool and to engage their legislators on organic issues said Andrianna Natsoulas, NOFA-NY’s Executive Director. NOFA-NY welcomes our…
The farmer efficiently leverages Information & Communications Technology (ICT) right from crop selection to its marketing. And this is the stage when an average farmer struggles to stay buoyant due to low payment that fails to match pace with the rising costs of cultivation.…
The government will soon enter a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with an Israeli company to create a Centre of Excellence (CoE) in organic famring, minister for agriculture Vijai Sardesai said, after inaugurating “AgriGoa” an agriculture exhibition in Margao on Thursday. …
Announcing setting up of 500 organic farming clusters, Goa agriculture minister Vijai Sardesai on Thursday said the objective is to create a ‘brand Goa’ in the farm sector on the lines of ‘Whole Foods’ in the US, and provide an impetus to farming with a thrust on organic farm…
Himachal Pradesh governor Acharya Dev Vrat said organic farming is future of tomorrow and also stressed on water conservation and cattle breeding. He said Himachal Governmennt last year had spent Rs25 crore on organic farming and allocated Rs10 crore to train farmers in it in 2019.
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Lanuakum Imchen, a farmer from Nagaland, has bagged the 2018 Best India Organic Farmer Award for North and Northeast India. Imchen, who has been promoting organic farming for the past five years, was given the award by Union minister of state for agriculture and farmers' welfare…
Inspired by the Indian culture from his alma mater, J Krishnamurti School in the UK, Mckenzie made his life-changing decision of stepping into India. Today, he finds happiness in farming with special emphasis on the Tamil cuisine and culture.
In a bid to bring organic (Jaivik) food to the consumers by educating farmers, Jaipur Rugs, which has been uplifting artisans and spreading awareness about conscious consumerism and organic certification for the last 40 years, recently conducted a seminar at Medh farm, 80km from…