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An Engineer Has a Unique Solution for Farmer Suicides. And It Involves Cows.
Cowism is a startup founded by computer engineer Chetan Raut, who believes the integration of indigenous cows in agriculture is the only solution to stopping farmer suicides. Farmer suicides were at...
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This Ex-Microsoft Director Returned to India to Put Jackfruit on the...
Biryani, masala dosas and galouti kababs made from jackfruit ? Their creator is an ex-Microsoft director who is showing the world that jackfruit is truly the jack-of-all-fruits ! James Joseph did...
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In the Face of Extreme Hardship, This Farmer Did Something Incredibly Brave...
Meet Vitthal Hari Mandole (Vithoba) from Khadki Budruk village of Jalgaon district in Maharashtra, the farmer who tilled his land with a cot because he could not afford a plough and a pair of bulls....
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Growing Soil-Less With Hydroponics: An Introduction to Innovative Farming at...
Hydroponics can play a vital role in changing the way we think about plant growth and may well be the future of gardening and farming. Have you ever wanted to grow your own vegetables or herbs at home...
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TBI Blogs: A Beginner’s Guide to Choosing Fresh and Healthy Fruits & Vegetables
Navigating the maze of organic foods can be daunting. Here are four easy steps to help you choose fresh and healthy fruits & vegetables. We live in a country where arrays of colourful vegetables...
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The Farmer Who Tilled his Land with a Cot, Now has a Pair of Bulls. Thanks to...
Just a week ago, The Better India shared the story of Vitthal Hari Mandole (Vithoba) of Khadki Budruk village, who tilled his land with a cot because he could not afford a plough and a pair of bulls....
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Fresh Flavours for Your Food: How to Start Your Very Own Herb Garden at Home
Just about every dish tastes better with fresh herbs and there's no better way to get fresh herbs than to grow them yourself at home. Here's how you can grow and get the most out of your herb garden....
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Buy and ‘Plant’ This Special Rakhi To Help Save a Farmer from Poverty
This Rakshabandhan get to know what goes into making the thread that binds – the farmers, weavers and spinners behind the scenes. You can also grow a small plant from the seed encased in this very...
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This Engineer Left His Government Job to Become a Farmer and Is Earning in...
Harish Dhandev, a 24-year-old engineer, left his government job in 2013 and started doing aloe vera farming. Today, he is the owner of a company with a turnover in crores. At a time when the number of...
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How Millets Can Alleviate India’s Malnutrition Problem and Mitigate Climate...
The consumption of hardy millets has dropped exponentially since urbanisation made Indians switch to wheat and rice. But millets could be the answer to fighting climate change and poverty, while being...
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This Man Gave up City Life to Pursue Organic Farming & Preserve Indigenous...
Shri Syed Ghani Khan is a 38-year-old agriculturist who belongs to Kirugavalu village of Mandya, Karnataka. Kirugavalu means 'watch place' and was so named because it was where the arrival of the...
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At the Age of 50, This Man Decided to Give up His Successful Business to Take...
From having a successful business to giving it up at the age of 50, from selling furniture to becoming a farmer – this is the amazing story of Suneet Salvi. "People have family lawyers and family...
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How Mango Saplings Are Turning around the Fortunes of Farmers in Anantpur
Say Trees, an NGO that focusses on planting trees in Bengaluru is helping farmers in rural Andhra Pradesh plant fruit trees as an alternate source of income. This is how. Meda Mallaiah is a farmer in...
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Holidaying with Nature: This Organisation Lets You Live and Learn on Organic...
The new buzz word in the world of travel, voluntourism is a concept that aims to combine people’s wanderlust with their desire to make a difference. India has several voluntourism organisations that...
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TBI Blogs: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Starting a Vegetable...
Turn your terrace or balcony into an urban vegetable garden with this comprehensive guide about gardening in the city. Creating something always brings joy and a sense of accomplishment. It can be a...
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Food Secrets: 15 Rare Indian Fruits That Will Amaze You With Their Uniqueness
If you take a stroll through a supermarket’s perishable produce aisle, you might be forgiven for thinking that you have an impressive variety of fruit at your fingertips. In reality, however, these...
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Celebrating India’s Rural Women: 3 Inspiring Stories of Women Farmers...
A ccording to the World Bank, rural women comprise 43 percent of the agricultural labour force that produces, processes and prepares much of the food available in the world. In recognition of the...
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How a Young Couple from Delhi Left City Life behind to Become Full-Time...
Meet Vivek and Juli, a couple who started doing organic farming in Mysore in 1986 and have today built a unique example of sustainable living. About 30 years ago, Juli and Vivek Cariappa, a young...
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This Woman Farmer from Maharashtra Grew 15 Crops in a Year Using the One-Acre...
Vanita Balbhim Manshetty, a 35-year-old farmer from Maharashtra, took up the one-acre farming model in 2014. Today, as an independent farmer, she is happy to provide her family with nutritious, organic...
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Back to the Future: These 13 Ancient Grains of the World May Hold the Key to...
Looking to reduce gluten in your diet and worried that you will be stuck eating brown rice and quinoa for the rest of your life? Fret not, these aren't the only hip and healthy alternative to white...
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