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Sustainable Farming Guide

This blog is a guide on Sustainable Farming. It covers :Principles of Sustainability for a food forest. Different natural farming practices to achieve environmental and financial sustainability. Role of indigenous seeds in sustainable farming. Role of local climatic conditions in farm planning. Sustainable farming success stories. Sustainable farming business models. Farming practices and its impact on the environment. Natural pest management techniques. Soil and water conservation.

A Bee's Diary - Volume 4

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- August 02, 2021

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A Bee's Diary - Volume 3

- July 08, 2021

Sustainable Farming - Know your Soil

- August 28, 2019

Healthy, Fertile Soil Infertile Soil It is natural for a common man to question the authenticity of “Organic food” available in the markets today. In fact, I would insist, one must. Knowing, what makes your food organic; will empower you to make the right choices. Sun, Soil, Water and Air make the food for everybody. Each plays a pivotal and specific role in food production. It is a good idea to start with the Soil. Soil is made of minerals, air, water and organic matter-biomass from trees and living organisms. It takes around 200 years for formation of 1 cm of soil and 3000 years for it to have enough components to make it fertile. This should put the questions about the “Organic quality of soil” in perspective for us. A soil is either fertile or it’s a deserted land without any bioactivity. For beginners it is necessary to know about soil carbon, this enables growth. Plants get all the carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen they need from...

6 Pillars of Sustainable Farming

- June 28, 2021

Jal(water) Jungle(forest), Jamin(soil), Janvar(farm animals and wild animals), Jeevan(life) & Jevan(food). These are the 6 Pillars of Sustainable Farming. Sustainable farm needs patience, rather it is an ever evolving dynamic space. It will evolve until it becomes regenerative and not dependent on any external inputs. Like a "Food Forest". Self sufficiency in water is of utmost importance, when one wants to farm. Farming is water intensive and being dependent on ground water, water from rivers/dams will only deplete it . Rain fed agriculture may not be rewarding. . So creating one's water source in the land is necessary. Various ways to retain water in your land are: Farm ponds, Desi tree plantation, bunds and trenches, rotational cropping , keeping the soil covered with crops, trees, weeds through the season. Creating a "Jungle", "Forest" kind of ecosystem by planting trees where birds can nest and eat the fruits from,. Layered farming with big ...