Episode 1 of our organic farming course in collaboration with Varanashi Farms dwells on the subject of high performance farming. Taking a scientific approach to organic farming can yield fantastic results that far surpass methods used in chemical farms. In part 2 of the high performance organic farming segment, we explore some...
The Varanashi family has been working in the agricultural sciences for decades. The family has been involved with setting up India’s first domestic chocolate factory to turning agro-industrial waste to compost to developing beneficial cultures of micro-organisms.
Varanashi Organic Farms currently extends for about 100 Acres over two properties, with seven irrigation ponds, as well as a river and a riverlet adjoining one of the properties. Crop plantations are maintained within the natural vegetation of the area, and 60% of the farms is still untouched forest. Crops like Arecanut, Coconut, Cocoa, Nutmeg,...
During their summer project in April and May, 12 volunteers met at Varanashi Organic Farms. Our working days started with putting out the cocoa to dry and after that, different kinds of work was done. Mainly, they we cleaned the water channels in the cocoa plantations for the rainy season. Fridays were the cocoa pod...
From the 10th-20th October, we worked with 20 German volunteers on Varanashi Organic Farms. Our work was to fertilise different trees: cacao, nutmeg, arecanut and coconut trees. We fed the plants with 45 tons of manure and covered 15 acres with it. We worked in teams of 5-10. So, we split the work in...
Varanashi Organic Farm is locate don the west coast of India in Southern Karnataka, Its a family run oranic agricultural farm which has been passed down by generations since last 300+ years and currently covers around 100 acres with numerous irrigation ponds, as well as a river and a riverlet adjoining one of the two...
Jataka Flow Fest began on the 29th of February and went on until the 1st of March 2020. We had pioneers from various movement and sport communities come together and organise workshops for our participants over those two days. It was a campsite festival that housed around 100 participants and 50 talents & artists who...
