NEW DELHI, FEB 19: Food rights organisations, under the aegis of the Right to Food Campaign (RFC), have written to Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar urging him to tackle food security in more ‘fundamental ways’ rather than link it with genetically modified (GM) crops. At a press conference here on Tuesday, RFC released the letter signed by […]
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2013 On the occasion of the 77th birth anniversary of the iconic farmers’ leader Prof. M.D. Nanjundaswamy, the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) and the Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) organized a series of events from the 13th to the 16th Feb to commemorate his memory. The North and South Indian farmers movements jointly inaugurated their […]
INDIA, Updated Feb 18, 2013 at 10:29am IST Samia Kapoor, CNN-IBN New Delhi: A young entrepreneur, Ashmeet Kapoor’s business venture ‘I say organic’ is the bridge between farmers and consumers of organic produce. His initiative delivers fresh organic veggies at the doorstep and also helps more than 50 farmers get a better price. 27-year-old Delhi boy, Ashmeet […]
ReStore (restore.org.in) is perhaps the best known organic food shop in chennai. It is run by an amazing bunch of volunteers with deep commitment to the organic farming movement. They have identified and come up with two significant problems in organic food marketing in urban India. How do you supply a basket of products to […]
NATIONAL » TAMIL NADU CHENNAI, February 17, 2013 Panchagavya, an organic manure, helps to achieve good yield Farmers of Tamil Nadu’s Tirunelveli district have turned away from using chemical fertilizers to get good yield despite acute water shortage, monsoon failure and power cuts prevailing in the State. Though Tirunelveli is known for its temples and halwa, about 45 […]
Feb 15, 2013, 06.38AM IST TNN[ Abhilash Botekar ] NASHIK: The city will now have more outlets with organic produce, after a policy decision taken by the state government to encourage organic farming. The state government has decided to promote organic lifestyle and has promised various measures to promote the use of genetically non-modified seeds, providing cold storage, […]
Today’s Paper » NATIONAL » NEW DELHI CHANDIGARH, February 16, 2013 Various farmers’ unions, environmentalists, social groups, scientific and health organisations as well as individual intellectuals came together on Friday to oppose the decision of the Punjab Government which recently signed a memorandum of understanding with the multi-national company Monsanto to what was projected as promoting […]
Staff Correspondent : A software engineer gave up a bright career in a multinational company in Bangalore three years ago to take up organic farming and dairying near Mysore. He, with six other like-minded persons who have passion for farming, has now turned into a full-fledged farmer. Balachandra, a native of Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu, […]
By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) February 12th, 2013 Declaring that they will only rely only on animal and farm waste to fertilize crops, Bhutan intends to become the first country to produce exclusively organic food. Banning the sale of pesticides and herbicides within its borders, Bhutan is largely organic already. The government expects that this […]
TNN Feb 10, 2013, 01.23AM IST VADODARA: The city gave the thumbs up signal to a nationwide call given by citizens groups to celebrate the anniversary of moratorium on Bt Brinjal as ‘National Safe Food Day by bringing out a rally here on Saturday. Mayor Jyoti Pandya flagged off the rally, saying the city would […]