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When The Walls Leaked
Our traditional farm home has two levels of Chajjas all along the length of the walls, which protect the walls from the monsoon rains. Made with stone, brick, cement mortar and mud faska, the mud plaster on the wall above the Chajjas could not withstand the slow and steady rain that came down unceasingly for 72 hours. The walls leaked. Like lizards on walls, rats in the kitchen, mosquitos in the rooms, and ants on the floors this was a message from Nature …. Continue reading
Natural Farming at Aman Bagh Part III: 2014-2017
Our intensive farm operations continued, alongside a growing understanding of strategic issues. I started to understand the core message from Albert Howard and other natural farming pioneers: the forest is nature’s farm. No one waters the forest, no one manures … Continue reading
Posted in A Day in The Life, Cattle, Crops, Links to Organic Farming, Policy & Politics, Rural Village Life
Tagged agroforestry, food forest, organic farming, organic farming practices, Organic Pest Repellants, permaculture, plant biodiversity, Rural Haryana, seeds, soil, sustainable farming
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Making Sense of A Fragmented World
I read Mihir Shah, agriculturist, in The Best of Times The Worst of Times in the Hindu newspaper (13 June 2017) on the agrarian unrest in parts of India earlier this year; and listened to P. Sainath, the face of … Continue reading
A Movie on Aman Bagh. 2017
Aman Bagh (www.amanbagh.org) is an organic, natural farm on 6 acres in Mangar village, in south Haryana, India. This 20-minute movie was created from a powerpoint presentation made at a private forum in July 2017, and is therefore without a … Continue reading
Vanya – a Food Forest in Madhya Pradesh, India
” The twin problems of soil degradation and erosion have plagued humanity since the dawn of agriculture…. When I considered the history of agriculture through a geological lens, I saw a boomerang effect – how we treat land determines how … Continue reading
Posted in A Day in The Life
Tagged food forest, natural farming, organic farming practices, permaculture
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A Sustainable Village Life
Sustainable farming is variously called organic, natural, biodynamic or permaculture; all of which are overlapping methods and systems to feed ourselves mindfully. Each system brings something for a farmer and consumer to understand, absorb and practice. A sustainable agricultural life … Continue reading
Agriculture Stagnates, Bharat Suffers
The annual Union Budget is a powerful indicator of the priorities of the government in power, and after this Budget presentation it is clear to all but the very partisan that the Narendra Modi Cabinet is clearly pro-urban and pro-corporate … Continue reading
Posted in Policy & Politics
Tagged agriculture, organic farming practices, rural India, Union Budget 2015
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Breeding Invasions of a Different Kind
I recently watched “Breeding Invasions: Livestock At Stake” – a sensitive and thought provoking documentary produced by Anthra, an unusual organization “ …..of women veterinary scientists working primarily on issues of livestock development in the wider context of sustainable natural … Continue reading
Farming as a Way of Life, and Not Just Commerce
Kheti Dharma Hai Vyapar Nahin – Farming is a way of life, a value system, and not just commerce. To paraphrase Masanobu Fukuoka, Aman Bagh’s reason for existence is to “cultivate better human beings and not just grow crops”. This gives me the … Continue reading
Posted in A Day in The Life
Tagged climate, environment, nature, organic farming practices
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Another Time and Place 