Terrace kitchen gardens are slowly making their mark here.

Nataraju is now engaged full-time in palm climbing. He travels across Tumkur district and is able to save up to Rs. 800-1,000 per day.

The Internal Control System used by the Organic Mission for certification brings farmers’ holdings on a village or block level into collectives so they can avoid seepages between farms.

A conversation on Community Supported Agriculture with Ashwin Paranjpe of Gorus Organic Farming Association

We can add millions of hectares to irrigated land without building a single new dam. We just need to adopt a different method of managing the water already stored in them.

Government officers, scientists, civil society activists and media come to the region regularly to look at the women’s farms and seeds. Their stories regularly appear in newspapers and on television channels ...

“So far, nobody educated us about local vegetables. But after listening to Sajeevan I am using 15 leafy vegetables that were growing in my homestead since the last monsoon ...

"Health concerns are attributed to poor nutrition in low income segments of the population, whereas the affluent need to address health issues arising from changing lifestyles and food habits"

Children are exposed to a conscious way of living that respects the environment and its diversity within an organic farm that is also mostly powered by renewable energy ...