In the spirit of staying truly naked, I’ll be honest and say I’m deathly afraid of water. I stepped into a pool for the first time on my first day of middle school, holding onto a paddleboard for dear life and giggling away, waiting for our swim teacher to start the class. And well, as...
The future looks grim for rice as we know it. It supplies 25 per cent of global calories and half the world’s population depends on it as a basic food. For much of the developing world, rice is a key to human survival. But at the same time, climate change is poised to create a negative...
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...
A unique opportunity for kids aged 12-17 to experience this clean-green environment while living a sustainable lifestyle with nutritious food for a fortnight filled with adventure and exploration. This Low Carbon-Foot-Print camp at Varanashi Organic Farms aims to enrich lives through a hands-on learning experience of how the farm (which has been organic for over...
