Seeding for a healthy future
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Updated: May 24, 2015 05:33 IST
Seeding for a healthy future
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Farmers displayed up to 800 varieties of paddy.Photo: M. Vedhan
It
was his urge to give good pesticide-free food and thereby, a healthy
life to his young daughter that drove R. Mithunkumar to get into
community farming. “I also have a terrace garden. I am right now doing
the initial work for my farming and in a year or so, I expect to get it
fully running,” he said picking up lots of seeds at the organic food
Mela organised on Saturday.
Many
like Mr. Mithunkumar picked organic seeds from farmers who had brought
in native varieties of brinjal, bitter gourd, cluster beans, snake
gourd. The Mela, organised also as part of worldwide march against
Monsanto, had farmers displaying seeds of up to 800 varieties of paddy.
G.
F. Visvasam from Simcodess, an NGO working with 250 farmers on 488
acres, explained how they were reviving Karunkanni cotton, native to
Tamil Nadu and one of the oldest varieties in the State. His stall also
had seeds of thambatta avarai whose cluster bean would each grow up to a
length of half a foot, aamanaku and different kinds of saamai. The mela
also had terrace garden tools and a food section where native foods
including uradh dhal kali, modakathaan juice, and varagu sambar saadham
were available. Ananthoo of the Safe Food Alliance explained how such
melas helped spread the message of organic farming. “We are seeing a lot
of terrace garden enthusiasts at the melas. There is exchange of
information and ideas here,” he said.
posted by Ananthoo @ 2:05 AM
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