Agriculture & Organic Farming
- Basic Course : Five Elements Approach to Holistic Farming
- Growing Vegetables
- Growing a Food Forest
Five Elements Approach to Organic Farming:
Prithvi: Soil, organic matter and organisms in soil; improving soil. Testing soil, nitrogen fixing plants, pioneer plants for degraded soils, making jeevamrutham to improve soils; making beejamrutham to preserve seeds; other bio growth promoters and pesticides; natural pest traps; importance of bees, cows and other animals in a farm; Ecological and Holistic farming.
Jal: Water: – when, how much, mulching to minimize watering, drainage and ponds for rain water harvesting, drip irrigation. Rain fed crops
Agni: Sunlight – how much does a specific plant need? Sunlight as scarce resource, multi-level farming to harness sunlight, protecting soil from excessive sunlight – always let some plants grow on it.
Vayu: Protecting from excessive wind, wind breakers; companion and alternate crops; value of biodiverse farm with food forest.
Akaash: Space, infiniteness that are symbolic of the sacredness of Nature; Holistic farming as a meditative and spiritual activity; balancing commercial viability and respect for Nature.
Who are we?
Bhoomi Network was started in 2008 as a unit of KNA Foundation, a not-for-profit trust established to foster education for sustainability. It is a sister organization as well as the research and dissemination wing of Prakriya Green Wisdom School, an ICSE school established in 1999.
Bhoomi’s mission is to enable the transition into a more humane and ecologically sane world. Bhoomi Network is a platform and an expanding community of people with a focus on holistic learning, living and enquiry to help us live in harmony with Mother Earth.
What we do
We work to:
- bring people together to revitalize their wellbeing, local food systems, communities, eco-systems and economies.
- support inspired individuals to discover new possibilities and be the change agents the world needs, in their journey towards sustainability.
- promote localization allowing local, regional producers and farmers to replace dependence on distant, unaccountable corporations.
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