A Gondi Adivasi lady preserves seeds for over 12 years using a traditional technique!

The stories in the book challenge inequality, ecological damage, centralised governance, and the currently dominant model of development.

Permaculture farms offer food throughout the year, reduce waste and pests and keep the soil healthy and productive.

... training small farmers to adopt natural resources for sustainable livestock farming, fishery and crop husbandry, and that too, free of cost.

"We give each farmer (signing a pledge to use organic methods) two kilos of seed; they bring double the quantity back the next year, ”

ZNBF has shown increase in yields for cotton by 11%, paddy by 12%, groundnut 23% and chilli by 34% - at less than half the cost of cultivation.

Residents in flats have started sharing their produce regularly forming WhatsApp groups and displaying pictures to attract buyers.

The Raj Gonds have the seeds germinate speedily between layers of leaves of teak and Vitex trifolia, a method suitable for dry conditions.

"When will New Delhi rise to connect the dots between representative democracy and ecological sanity?"