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Kerala Farmer Invents New & Improved Grow Bag That Waters Itself! Here’s How
EK Eyo, 72, from Nedumkunnam, Kottayam has always loved farming and finds a lot of pride in saying that he is a farmer. “I am a fourth-generation farmer, and have been farming ever since my childhood,”...
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Nashik Man Uses Kitchen Waste, Grows 35 Organic Veggies In 3-Tier Terrace Farm!
Most people do not believe Sandeep Chavan, a former journalist in Nashik, when he claims of growing three vegetables in one square foot. He patiently waits for people to finish their mocking to tell...
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500 Punjab Kids Turn ‘Farmprenuers’, Grow Organic Veggies in School Grounds!
Since last one year, close to 500 students across 70 government schools in Punjab’s Mansa district have been quietly setting an example in healthy living that the entire nation should learn from. In...
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TN Astrophysicist Gives Up French Fellowship to Help 1500 Farmers Earn More!
In 2008, Ajay Tannirkulam was all set to leave for Nice, France to pursue his life long dream of studying the sun, stars, planets, galaxies, and other non-Earthly bodies and phenomena. The excitement...
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80-YO woman creates a 500-plant urban jungle in the heart of Chennai!
A thick canopy of trees shield the entrance of Saroja Thiyagarajan’s home, which is located in the corner of Anna Nagar B Sector, Chennai. The first thing one notices when entering her abode is the...
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Punjab Man Quits Job, Sets up Organic Gardens in Homes For Affordable Superfoods
It is no secret that Punjab’s cancer rates are the highest in the country. In fact, there is a ‘Cancer Train’ that leaves from Bathinda to Bikaner, Rajasthan every day carrying 60 odd cancer-affected...
View Article5 Times People Chose Humanity Over Everything Else in Riot-Hit Delhi
In the last week of February, India witnessed one of the most devastating communal clashes in its capital city. A series of inhuman acts took over 50 lives, left several people gravely injured and...
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Zero Waste in 3 Years, 50 Organic Veggies Grown at Home: B’luru Couple Shows How
Three years ago, when the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) asked a Mahadevpura-based society to stop generating wet waste, there was a wave of mild panic among its 200-odd residents. While all...
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IT Engineer Leaves US Job to Turn Organic Farmer, Uses 50% Less Water & Earns...
When Suresh Devang, an IT professional working in California told his parents about leaving his job and taking up organic farming in India professionally, he faced protests in place of support. His...
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Moved by Granddad’s Struggle, IIT Grad Empowers 3000+ Farmers With Unique...
Hailing from a farming family in the small village of Manoli in Rajasthan, Anu Meena grew up watching the struggles of rural cultivators from close quarters. Aside from the inaccessibility of advanced...
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300 Plant Varieties in 1 Acre Increases Mysuru Farmer’s Profits to 10 Lakhs!
For years, Thammaiah PP had to continuously fight recurring problems of poor irrigation and crop failure despite practising organic farming since 1984. The primary concern was availability of water to...
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Kerala NRI Turns Rubber Plantation Into Organic Farm, Exports Veggies to Europe!
After working for ten years in the Middle East, Joy Vakayil and his wife, who was working there as a nurse, returned to their hometown in Kottayam, Kerala in 2004. The couple had just had their first...
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TN Engineer Grows Crops Out of Mere Air, Boosts Productivity By 15 Times!
It’s safe to say that we all know the basic components of farming. Seeds, water, sunlight and most importantly, soil, which forms the base for any successful harvest. But what if I told you that there...
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This Goa Couple Grow Their Veggies & Fish Without Using Soil or Chemicals!
Goa-based Peter Singh is 74-years-old, and his wife Neeno Kaur is 65. They are a power couple, setting an example of how to be self-reliant with food, and at the same time, converting biodegradable...
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Kolkata Society Takes Kids From Textbooks to Fields, Teaches Them to Farm!
An apartment complex in Kolkata’s Newtown came up with a way of engaging school students in producing organic vegetables and getting them closer to nature. By being in urban settings, kids are...
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Kerala Man Starts Farm On Terrace, Now Harvests 120 Kg of Organic Veggies...
If you ever visit the White Magic Shooting Floor Studio in Ramanatukaara, a picturesque town in Kerala, you can be sure that you won’t be leaving with just pictures. The studio is also home to a...
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Kerala Techie Quits Job, Now Farms 550 Exotic Fruits From Across The World!
After a string of failures with his startup ideas, William Mathews, an MCA graduate from Kappatumala, a village in Kozhikode, decided to move to the UAE. But in 2010, William left his job there,...
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Kerala Man’s Self-Sustaining 10 Acre Farm Gobbles Up the Waste of An Entire...
PM Illias from the Pulickal Panchayat in Malappuram, Kerala has been innately connected to nature since his childhood. Wanting to carve out a piece of heaven for himself, he began cultivating a forest...
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Here’s How This Kerala Engineer Grows 26 Types of Veggies In Just 60 Sq Ft...
Nasar, a resident of Arukutti, a town in the Alappuzha district, is an engineer who also doubles up as a farmer. Spending only 30 minutes on his farm, a plot of land measuring 60 square feet, every...
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Idukki’s ‘Fruit King’: Architect Turns 10 Acres Into 100-Variety Fruit...
After working as an architect for almost 15 years, Eldho Pachilakkadan, 42, a resident of Kottayam, decided to quit his job and turn to a simpler lifestyle surrounded by nature. He turned this dream...
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