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Coimbatore Farmer Grows Half an Acre of Millets Just For Hungry Birds
For most farmers in India, the presence of birds is a menace, but that’s not the case for Muthu Murugan from Coimbatore district’s Thondamuthur village. The 62-year-old organic farmer is happy to...
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Mumbai Woman’s Organic Food Delivery Has Helped 50,000 Farmers Bag Higher...
On any given day, Zama Organics’ warehouse in Mumbai overflows with organic colours and fresh aromas. Freshly ground yellow chilli powder from Uttarakhand is carefully placed next to the pink salt...
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How to Grow Avocados In Your Balcony? Amritsar Farmer Shares Step-by-Step...
Also known as alligator pear, the avocado fruit is swiftly making inroads in urban Indian households. Whether it is making an avocado toast, adding the fruit flesh in your juice or even adding parts of...
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Homemaker Turns Organic Farmer, Earns Lakhs Through Her ‘No Shopkeeper’ Stall
For the last 10 years, Hema Anant’s daily routine has remained unaltered. At the break of dawn, while her husband is sound asleep, she travels 11 kilometres to her farm in Gowripura village, near...
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Maharashtra Man Switches From Sugarcane to Organic Guavas, Makes Rs 10,000 a Day
To go against the flow often brings turbulence in one’s life. But many do take the risk nevertheless, face the consequences with a strong will and achieve something unique. The story of 34-year-old...
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Bengaluru Couple With 250 Plants Shares How to Grow Gourds & Beans on Your...
Every morning as the sun rises, Bengaluru-based Vijay Narasimha (43) and his wife Vasundra Narasimha (41) are on their terrace sipping a cup of coffee, speaking to their 250 plants. They are not...
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How to Grow Lemon In Your Balcony or Terrace: Gardening Experts Shares Steps
A very common citric fruit, the lemon found in our kitchens has gained more importance in recent months. Rich in Vitamin-C, the fruit is a good immune booster, providing much-needed nutrition when the...
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Tamil Nadu Man Quits Corporate Job, Helps 3000 Farmers Double Their Yield...
Farming is a science that involves elements of chemistry, geography, weather and timing. Reaping the best yield out of farms requires a perfect blend of these elements with high precision and timing....
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Rajasthan Farmer Breaks Centuries-Old Traditions, Boosts Income 100% With...
Born and brought up in an arid, barren hilly region of Rajasthan, Lal Singh never imagined he would earn well by farming chillies. For almost forty years, Lal Singh from Singhatwada village in Udaipur...
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How to Grow Bell Peppers in Your Balcony: Gardening Expert Shares Two Easy Ways
A few days ago, Mona Chopra from Ludhiana, Punjab posted her home-grown bell peppers (capsicum) on Facebook. To her surprise, inquiries poured in asking how she achieved the task and the process to...
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Low-Cost DIY Gardening Kit Helps Mumbai Couple Earn Rs 9 Lakh in 5 Months!
Like many urban gardeners, Mumbai-based couple Tanvi and Ankur Agarwal did not struggle to procure vegetables from outside their home during the nationwide lockdown. Their terrace garden fulfilled 90...
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Got a Bucket? Growing Curry Leaves at Home Is Easier Than You Think
I was about 20 years of age when I visited Hyderabad with my cousins for a short vacation in 2008. During my four-day stay, I was intrigued to see almost all food items being served with curry leaves....
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Curry Leaves to Drumstick, Bengaluru Man Grows Vegetable Forest In 10×10 Space
It is a common belief that growing vegetables in a balcony or maintaining a terrace garden requires a large amount of space for a small amount of produce. But 37-year-old Devaraj K from Bengaluru...
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In Remote Meghalaya, This Farmer Has Been Growing The ‘Best’ Pepper For 30...
Nanadro B Marak’s house is tucked away in the misty hills of the Tikrikilla block, West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya. As you walk towards his premises, you will be greeted by towering black pepper...
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20 Kgs of Pumpkin to 8 Types of Tumeric: Bengaluru Chef Grows 98% of Food at...
On any given day, Bengaluru-based Pratima Adiga’s home garden is an explosion of colours, from orange sweet potatoes to blue gingers, purple carrots, pink radish and all possible greens. There are also...
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Trying to Save Apple Orchard, Uttarakhand Man Grows World’s Tallest Coriander...
How many times have you carefully looked at the green shade of coriander or felt its texture? Because it is such a universal ingredient in food dishes and readily available, this versatile herb cum...
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Growing Turmeric Is Easier Than You Think. Pune Woman Explains How
From being a fundamental spice in the kitchen or grandmother’s remedy to stopping bleeding wounds to having a wedding ritual dedicated to it and even being a traditional healing drink, fancied as...
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Kerala Man Builds Low-Cost, Naturally-Cool Home in a Pond, Will Teach You as...
Everyone has a dream house, Thacholath Gopalan too had one in mind since his childhood. When The Better India (TBI) contacted Gopalan, he said that when he was a child, he wanted a house in a river,...
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50-YO Kerala School Teacher Turns Waste Dump Yard into Fertile Farm in 4 Years
From tapioca, iron-filled red spinach, to the sweetest bananas, this vegetable garden is filled with nutrition and protein. However, it’s hard to believe that this green patch was once just a pile of...
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Telangana Engineer Grows her Own Food, 700 Plants & Mini Floral Forest on...
“When you like a flower, you pluck it. But, when you love it, you water it daily and let it flourish,” says 28-year-old Kusini Jyothi Priyanka, a nature lover and an avid urban gardener. In her...
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