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 […]
By Ramaninder K Bhatia, TNN | Feb 7, 2013, 06.13 PM IST NEW DELHI: To celebrate the anniversary of first successful opposition to genetically modified (GM) food in India, and to continue their opposition to the entry of such food products in India, pro-organic food organizations have decided to commemorate the third anniversary of the moratorium as ‘Citizens’ […]
Bhopal, Fri Feb 01 2013, 10:25 hrs An ambitious 10-year action plan to convert river Narmada’s catchment area into an organic or natural farming belt will be released during the upcoming three-day International River Festival. The International River Festival (IRF’13) will be held from February 8-10 on the banks of Narmada at Bandrabhan in Hoshangabad […]
Kochi, January 30, 2013 K. Pradeep K.M. Hilal believes in the natural way of life. As a man who is in the process of transforming rice cultivation in Kerala, he talks about the benefits of Zero-Budget Natural Farming. Prakash Venkataraman quit his job as Hardware Engineer in the U.S., took up a job in Bangalore, so […]