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52-YO Farmer Quits Cotton & Corn; Becomes ‘Chia Queen’ to Earn 3 Times More
Prema, a member of the tribal community in HD Kote taluk, Karnataka, had always relied on forest produce for her livelihood. But when the state government rehabilitated her from Nagarhole forest in...
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Farmer Inspires 2000 to go Chemical-Free, Earns Rs 40 Lakh by Growing Organic...
In Kanai village in Madhya Pradesh, Tarachand Belji used to grow paddy and other traditional crops on his 6-acre land. His father would mainly farm using chemical fertilisers and pesticides. But in...
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Nutritionist Helps You Rent Farms & Grow 12 Varieties of Organic Food For Rs...
For Sudharani, growing leafy vegetables at home during the lockdown was not enough to meet the needs of her family of six. When sourcing organic food became a challenge due to strict physical...
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Couple Start Turmeric Revolution in Drought-Prone Area, Stop Suicides & Child...
Ramila and Devilal Vyas’ efforts in making 102 villages in Rajasthan’s Dungarpur district child labour free was a landmark victory in 2004. In the early 2000s, children from marginal families in...
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How to Turn the Sweet Potato You Just Bought Into a Plant: 10 Easy Steps
Swati Dwidevi, a resident of Bengaluru, is a full-time HR professional whose hobby is growing various plants and documenting them on her YouTube channel. In her backyard, she grows over 200 plants,...
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Thyroid Forced Me To Rethink Food. I Now Grow 190+ Veggies on My Terrace
A few years after Darsha Sai Leela moved to Hyderabad from Ulpara village in Telangana, she was diagnosed with a thyroid ailment. Doctors recommended she start eating healthier food, and told her that...
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College Reunion Inspires Farming Startup, Duo Grow 70kg Soilless Veggies Per...
“My husband and I were looking to eat food that was lighter on the stomach and salads seemed like a great choice,” Sindu Pandalai tells The Better India. She adds that she decided to shift to healthy...
View ArticleWant To Start a Hydroponics Business? Expert Shares 5 Tips To Ensure Success
With hydroponics farming gaining popularity, several people are wondering how to grow vegetables, herbs and plants in nutrient-rich water rather than soil. This method is not only environmentally...
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‘I Started a Community Garden in Chennai to Grow Vegetables & Fruits...
In 2016, Samyuktha Kannan, a resident of Chennai, Tamil Nadu moved to London to pursue her higher education at Cornell University. During that time, she came across a unique activity for students on...
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First in Village To Go Organic, 70-Y0 Farmer Helps 1000 Others Follow Suit
Despite increasing awareness and discussion about sustainability and chemical-free food, organic farming is still at its infancy in India. This is evident with government records showing that only 2...
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Debt-Ridden Farmer Switches To Organic & Earns Lakhs, Inspires 100s of Others
Maruthi Naidu’s family, settled in Obulayapalli village in Andhra Pradesh, had been traditional farmers for generations. As Maruthi grew older, he wanted to try his hands at something different, so in...
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71-YO Farmer’s Weeding Innovation Reduces Costs for 1000s of Farmers
Labour scarcity is an issue pertinent to agriculture. The high cost of wages and irregular agricultural activities hampers the productivity of crops and, at times, even compels farmers to change their...
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A Simple Switch in the Farm Is Helping Kerala Farmer Earn Rs 30 Lakh/Year
There is no space on Swapna James’ 15-acre farm that has been left unattended. She has judiciously and smartly used every inch of the field to implement a farming technique called intercropping. The...
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60-YO Farmer Earns Lakhs & Blazes a Trail By Making His Own Clothes!
Each year, India produces an average of 5,770 thousand metric tonnes of cotton making it the world’s highest producer. The first evidence of cotton use was found in India and Pakistan, and dates from...
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She Started a Mushroom Farming Revolution With Rs 500 & Groomed 20000...
Over a decade ago, mushroom fungi were lesser-known in Darbhanga city of Bihar. According to national figures, the state output of mushroom farming was zero and it continued that way until 2015 when...
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NRI Quits Job & Returns To India To Start Organic Farming; Earns Rs 12 Lakh/Year
In 2007, Punjab-based Rajwinder Singh Dhaliwal’s family moved to the US, when he was 33-years-old. Initially, Rajwinder earned his livelihood by driving trucks, and later pursued a degree in hotel...
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Sugarcane, Roses & Gourds: This Award-Winning Homemaker Grows It All On Her...
“As a young girl, I was always fascinated by biology. But it wasn’t until I began noticing the care with which my aunts and grandmothers picked out fresh vegetables from their home gardens and fields,...
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Jalebi, Pani Puri from Sugarcane? Engineer Helps Farmers Bring Diversity in...
Can you imagine tasty Indian street food like pani puri, jalebi, tea or even popsicles made from sugarcane juice? The products seem surreal beyond the traditional derivatives jaggery and sugar....
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Pastry Chef Has a 1000-Plant Farm on Her Terrace With Seeds From London, Arizona
With over 1,000 plants in her Delhi home, Kishi Arora says that having to pick one that she favours more is unfair because she feels like a mother would when asked to choose between her children. Her...
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Techie Builds Unique Farmstay With 350+ ‘Forgotten Foods & Healing Herbs’
“Hearing a nine-year-old tell me that he was feeling bored was perhaps the proverbial straw that broke the camel’s back,” says 49-year-old Srivathsa Govindaraju. Having decided on wanting to work on a...
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