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Retd Colonel Turns Carrot King, Makes UP Village India’s Largest Carrot Producer
Sunshine Vegetables Private Limited is one of the largest producers of English carrots in India. The company was started in 2006 by Col (retd) Subhash Deswal along with his friend, Lal Kishan Yadav. “I...
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Kerala Couple Grow 34 Varieties of Bougainvillaea, Earn Rs 2 Lakh/Month
If you pass by Bindu’s and Jojo’s and Bindu’s house in Perampra, Kozhikode, you’re sure to be awestruck by the brilliant colours of the bougainvillaea flowers their garden is brimming with. Yellow,...
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Delhi Family Sets Up Terrace Garden With Rs 500, Grows Gem Corn & 35 Rare Plants
Corn in regal blue, round bottle gourd, a not-so-spicy chilly, Italian basil with an exotic fragrance, an off-season but naturally sweet watermelon, and more — welcome to Indra and Malvika Singh’s...
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YouTube Helps Tripura Farmer Grow 50 Kgs of Dragon Fruit That Sells at Rs...
With its bright pink skin, lush green petals and whitish pulp fitted with black seeds, the Hylocereus undatus or dragon fruit, looks like something straight out of a vivid dream. Parimal Das, a...
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This ‘Open Jail’ in Kerala Is Generating A Revenue Of Rs 2 Crore Through...
While every prison is a chance for countless convicts to rehabilitate and reform, an open jail in Nettukaltheri, Kerala, is bringing out the true essence of reformation through their programmes....
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Startup’s Low-Cost Hydroponic Innovation Can Solve India’s Acute Fodder Crisis
It was an unusually hot day in Didaga village in Hassan, Karnataka. Vishwa, a local farmer, was out in the sun milking his only buffalo. He stepped out with the milking bucket, expecting the usual...
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10 Gurugram Residents are Helping Organic Farmers Bring Produce to Your Doors
Before the pandemic drove things awry, people would throng the club patio at South City-1 in Gurugram during the early hours every Sunday. A long line of people would queue up in front of the closed...
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How to Grow Nutritious Microgreens At Home Using A Simple Kitchen Ingredient
Microgreens are the first true leaves produced from the seedling of a vegetable or herb. These tiny leaves are imitations of their mature counterparts and are packed with intense flavour and nutrition....
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27-YO Man Invested Rs 10K to Grow Mushrooms. He Now Earns a Lakh Every Month
A job at a reputable company, with a salary to lead a decent life — this is the dream for any young professional. However, for 27-year-old Mahesh Kumar, a resident of Lingampally, a suburb in...
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Bengaluru Chef Delivers Affordable ‘Live’ Microgreens At Your Doorstep, Helps...
If you live in Bengaluru, and are looking for ways to ‘healthify’ your meals or add more greens to your diet, Earthistic Agro, a city-based startup has just the thing for you — fresh microgreens,...
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My Garden Gives Me 5 Kilos of Organic Veggies & Cool Air Every Day. Here’s How
Green, blissful and uplifting are the words that come to my mind when I hear about a terrace garden in Delhi’s Moti Bagh area. It was created by homemaker Sumathi Chelliah in 2014 to improve the health...
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Kerala Family Grows Their Own Rice & Veggies, Have Not Bought Any in 12 Years
In recent years, there’s been a drastic change in people’s lifestyles. From fast fashion, fast food and fast-paced consumerism, people are now moving towards slower, self-dependent ways of living. As a...
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17 Acres Of Barren Land Now Flourishes With Rice & Apples, Thanks to 66-YO...
Gudivada Nagaratnam Naidu and his wife, Satyavathy hailing from Hyderabad were comfortable with their well-paying stable jobs in an electronic goods firm but were struggling to find a sense of purpose...
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IIT Grad’s Low-Cost Innovation Helps Farmers in Lockdown Earn 30% More!
Almost all agricultural products have one thing in common. They are perishable. The only way to increase the lifespan of these goods is to use cold storage solutions. But cold storage in India comes...
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MBA Grad Turns Experiments With Soil-Less Gardening Into a Business
One of the hardest things I faced while trying to set up a balcony garden in my Bengaluru home was sourcing good soil. No matter how much effort I put into taking care of the plants, they would die in...
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I Grew an Urban Forest at Home. Now It Gives Me 17 Kg of Veggies in a Day
Laxmi Nadendla, a 60-year-old retired nutritionist from Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad began gardening in 2014 when she was introduced to the concept of permaculture. “My house has an expansive area for...
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From Aerial Potatoes to Israel Oranges, Retired Teacher Grows 200 Plants On...
It is the 127th day of lockdown, and the sun is just about to set in Hyderabad’s Kalyan Nagar. 67-year-old Tarakam Chaturvedula walks into his luscious garden to harvest half a kilo of tinde (apple...
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How I Grew a Fruit Forest on My Terrace in Goa’s Hot Tropical Weather
Gurudatt Naik is the proud owner of a luscious rooftop garden located in Borda, a bustling suburb in Margao, Goa. He has converted his small balcony, the adjoining sloping roof, and a portion of the...
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Blue Corn & Purple Carrots: IT Couple Return From US to Farm Rare Organic...
Amrita Chaudhury and Sanmitra Pandharpur quit their respective jobs in the US at the peak of their careers and returned to India in the early 2000s to pursue organic farming. They embarked on their...
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Rajasthan Book Seller Earns Rs 4 Lakh/Year By Part-Time Pearl Farming At Home
Mere desh ki dharti sona ugle….ugle heere moti.. Mere desh ki dharti Rajasthan-based bookseller, Narendra Kumar, never imagined that he would practice the lyrics of this patriotic song one day and grow...
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