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Sowing the seeds of food security in young minds

Here is an example of a school programme for sustainable agriculture and environment that also delivers food security and nutrition benefits: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/28/business/global/28iht-RBOG-CAPE28.html?_r=1&src=busln&pagewanted=all 34 schools around South Africa follow a three-year Organic Classroom Program. The design of the garden feeds into math…See More

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As farming fades in parts of Europe, Indians step in

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/08/world/europe/08iht-italy08.html?_r=2&ref=europe&pagewanted=all This is a heartwarming win-win story of farmers from Punjab stepping in just at the right time as Italians began giving up on dairy farming along the Po river valley. There are shades of Yuba city in California where Sikhs from Punjab settled in the 19th…See More

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Amandeep and Amrita Suri are now friends Aug 19, 2011

Peri-Urban Agriculture in Milan

http://www.countercurrents.org/brooks090811.htm "At present, the most relevant project we have in this field is Nutrire Milano (Feeding Milan). It is an initiative promoted and developed in Milano by Slow Food, Politecnico di Milano, Facoltà di Scienze Gastronomiche and several other local partners. This project aims at regenerating the Milanese peri-urban agriculture (that is the agriculture near the city) and, at…See More

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Dear Amandeep Sir I feel this is an appropriate forum to discuss my idea. I am thinking of treating the waste water from nearby cities which can be utilized to irrigate nearby agricultural lands. This water can be mixed with desired nutrients…

Jul 7, 2010

Ravdeep Kaur commented on Amandeep's blog post 'NDTV Story on the Plight of Punjab Farmers'

Increasing cost of inputs for an intensive agriculture system, is a cause of great concern. The farmer in Punjab needs initial hand holding for adoption of low cost, on-farm inputs based and environment friendly agricultural production system. Rural…

Apr 30, 2010

Do nothing Agriculture

Japanese natural farming pioneer Masanobu Fukuoka talks of the ideal of ‘do nothing’ agriculture. For him this is a spiritual principle, the Zen ‘mu’, as much as a practical guideline for the practice of sustainable agriculture. No chemical inputs, no genetic manipulation, no machines and no cultivation. In his small farm in Shikoku he consistently achieved better yields with higher biodiversity and less effort than the neighbouring fields with their intensive practice of modern agriculture. A…See More

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Amandeep, I am interested in your work in sustainable community development. My primary focus is to integrate local community electric power production, community greenhouse farming of food for direct human consumption, and community outreach in the…

Dec 31, 2009

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Sowing the seeds of food security in young minds

Here is an example of a school programme for sustainable agriculture and environment that also delivers food security and nutrition benefits:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/28/business/global/28iht-RBOG-CAPE28.html?_r=1&src=busln&pagewanted=all

34 schools around South Africa follow a three-year Organic Classroom Program. The…

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Posted on December 5, 2011 at 2:50am

As farming fades in parts of Europe, Indians step in

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/08/world/europe/08iht-italy08.html?_r=2&ref=europe&pagewanted=all

This is a heartwarming win-win story of farmers from Punjab stepping in just at the right time as Italians began giving up on dairy farming along the Po river valley. There are shades of Yuba city in California where Sikhs from Punjab settled…

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Posted on September 9, 2011 at 3:25am

Peri-Urban Agriculture in Milan

http://www.countercurrents.org/brooks090811.htm

"At present, the most relevant project we have in this field is Nutrire Milano (Feeding Milan). It is an initiative promoted and developed in Milano by Slow Food, Politecnico di Milano, Facoltà di Scienze Gastronomiche and several other local partners. This project aims at regenerating the Milanese peri-urban agriculture (that is the agriculture near…

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Do nothing Agriculture

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Posted on April 4, 2010 at 11:55pm

Dec 6: Mushrooms are strange beings. They cannot be characterised as plants as they convert starch to carbohydrates and proteins without the benefit of chlorophyll or solar energy; for the mystically…

Dec 6: Mushrooms are strange beings. They cannot be characterised as plants as they convert starch to carbohydrates and proteins without the benefit of chlorophyll or solar energy; for the mystically oriented they run on moon energy. Nor can we put them in the animal kingdom – they need a substrate to ‘grow’ and you need seeds or more precisely spawn to grow them. For our purposes – sustainable integrated agriculture – they are a key ingredient. They…

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At 9:01pm on July 7, 2010, Parag Mehra said…: Dear Amandeep Sir

I feel this is an appropriate forum to discuss my idea. I am thinking of treating the waste water from nearby cities which can be utilized to irrigate nearby agricultural lands. This water can be mixed with desired nutrients (manured water) to lessen the use of fertilizers.

Since good quality water is scarce, water of marginal quality is considered for use in agriculture. Although there is no definition of 'marginal quality' water, for all practical purposes it can be defined as water that possesses certain characteristics which have the potential to cause problems when it is used for an intended purpose. For example, brackish water is a marginal quality water for agricultural use because of its high dissolved salt content,
and municipal wastewater is a marginal quality water because of the associated health hazards. From the viewpoint of irrigation, use of 'marginal' quality water requires more complex management practices.

At 10:29pm on December 31, 2009, Rober M. Service said…: Amandeep,
I am interested in your work in sustainable community development. My primary focus is to integrate local community electric power production, community greenhouse farming of food for direct human consumption, and community outreach in the third world and beyond using alternative technologies with community suppported efforts. Each site and community needs to be alalyzed and served according to their needs & potentials.

At 1:08pm on October 29, 2009, Dr. Poonam Pandey said…: Dear Amandeep,
Thanks for warm welcome. I will definitely involve in activities of yours organization.
With regards,
Dr. Poonam Pandey, poonamkarnal@gmail.com

At 10:28am on September 4, 2009, Ranbir Nerwal said…: Hi Amandeep,

Thank you very much.

At 9:34am on May 5, 2009, SUSANTA BISWAS said…: Dear Amandeep Ji,

Thank you for the warm welcome at FFF and your cordial invitation to visit the Model Farm at Bilaspur. I'll definitely visit the farm at my first chance.

In the last month I've got the opportunity to visit the farm at Ramakrishna Ashram, Nimpith, South 24 Parganas by the invitation of Vivekananda Institute of Bio-Technology. It was amazing. Hope you had come to know about their endeavour.

By the way, let me inform you that for last one year I'm Editing and publishing an online Internet Magazine CHARCHA The Pioneer Webzine at:
http://www.charchaonubad.org
The Bi-lingual webzine also deals with research oriented articles in English & Bengali. You are cordially invited to contribute articles in the webzine for sharing your thoughts.
You may send your articles to: editor@charchaonubad.org

Hope to have a long acquaintance with you.

With regards

Susanta

At 11:08pm on April 21, 2008, Dr.Surinder singh chauhan said…: Dear Aman
Thanks for your comments. I liked the foundation and its mission. I am looking forward to work with the foundation.
Surinder

At 11:12am on April 14, 2008, Digvijay Chauhan said…: There are two new features, Events (where you can add a calendar and invite people to participate in public and private events) and Notes, which you can now add to your web site. Check out this link for more details.

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