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Jagriti Agro Tech: Bringing Organic Produce Directly To Consumers
I met Ashmeet Kapoor a year ago, on a one-of-its-kind train journey called the Jagriti Yatra. It was an 18-day long journey of entrepreneurship that took young, bright potential leaders of India across...
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India Untravelled: See The Real India
Mahatma Gandhi once said “India’s way is not Europe’s, and India lives in seven hundred thousand villages.” To know India one has to know it’s villages, the way of life there – the culture, the...
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TBI Specials: Kolar’s Community Heroes – Leaders From The Countryside
The town of Kolar in Karnataka might have lost its golden sheen, but its marginalised communities, including bonded labourers, illiterate Dalits and women are rising in unprecedented ways and improving...
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TBI Heroes: Vidya Rattan Sharma – Incorporating Modern Ways To Solve Age-Old...
This is the story of a remarkable man, Mr. Vidya Rattan Sharma, who started as a cook in a local NGO, and went on to create several innovative products in the area of cooking stoves, traditional...
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TBI Women: Sowing The Seeds Of Change – Sustainable Agriculture Driven By...
Self-sufficient farming gives women in Alipurduar food, health and confidence! At a time when chemicals have virtually replaced nutrients in food, women in this tiny area of West Bengal are growing...
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TBI Changemakers: Tamarind Tree – How One Couple Is Changing A Village, A...
The very next day after their wedding, Hemant Babu and Michelle Chawla packed their bags and set off, not for their honeymoon, but to live in an unglamorous tribal village, Dahanu. Their parents...
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Video: How Kalaivani Used Organic Farming To Triple Her Profits
Twenty years of hard work and devotion has made Kalaivani from Vellitiruppur, Tamil Nadu a celebrity of sorts in the organic farming circles in Erode district and beyond. In this video, learn how she...
View ArticleWhat Does A Farmer Do To A Land That Has Died? He Teams Up With Nature And...
In the midst of the pitched debate around how genetically modified (GM) food crops are going to give the world its solution to the impending food crisis, ‘It’s a Good Life’ tells the story of how one...
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5 Secrets To Creating The Most Amazing Terrace Garden – From The Father Of...
Want to grow your own veggies but don’t know how to begin? Dr. Viswanath, the pioneer of terrace gardening in India, will tell you all you need to know. The right mix of the soil, what veggies to grow...
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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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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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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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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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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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How Six Families Joined Hands to Grow Their Own Organic Food in Noida
A healthy diet begins with lots of fruits and vegetables, but some of the shiny, 'perfect looking' veggies available in the market may not good for your health after all. A study by the Food Safety...
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Meet the Engineer Who Chucked His Well-Paying Career to Help Beggars Become...
An engineer by profession, Ganpat Krishna Yadav could have held on to a lucrative job. Instead, he chose to set up an organic farm in Jaipur with the focused intention of providing employment...
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Meet the Bangalore Lawyer Who Quit His Job to Become an Organic Farmer, but...
Meet H R Jayaram, a 58-year-old lawyer who quit his job to take up organic farming and has started a movement to spread awareness about the importance of organic living in India “I was born in a family...
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Over 5000 Organic Farmers Are Reviving Traditional Crop Varieties. Thanks to...
Did you know that India once used to have over 100,000 varieties of rice? Some fifty years ago, these varieties abounded in the country. Now, however, only 6000 odd local varieties remain and not all...
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TBI Blogs: One Year on, Sikkim Proves Why the Rest of India Must Adopt...
The movement for organic food and an organic lifestyle has slowly picked up pace in India over the last few years. Ashmeet Kapoor, CEO, I Say Organic, discusses India’s organic future, and the rise of...
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