A beginner’s guide to growing organic food

[@shilpag6772]

A lovely rendezvous with the silent Mother Earth and her children trying to understand the work and to feed and respect each other and coexist with all those beings❤

[@surendrareddy6555]

I work as an intern here at akshayakalpa farms. I visited one of their farm in shadnagar Hyderabad. Being an agriculture graduate it totally changed my view on farming. It was totally out of textbook. During the course of graduation we were only taught the diseases attacked and the required chemical to cure it. Hope i get onrolled at Akshayakalpa permanently.

[@Kai-n7i]

I have been growing complex regenerative Systems in Venezuela for nearly 20 years now, and watching this video as made breakfast was like taking a deep breath. The key to these Systems Is to never forget the why. For me, It is to build complete ecosystems that include and provide for all the diverse life in our village community and Also feed people beyond It. My Systems are a bit more complex, but they don't need to be. This man is an excelent farmer in all regards. He grows and provides Integrity.

[@goodfoodmovement]

Thank you for the kind words and we'd love to know more about your work. Is there some way we can access this? Our email id is [e-mail]

[@venkateshseshasayee9175]

11:02 This is it. This is key to getting to the “root” of farming. If we start from first principles as suggested by Shashi, which is to help grow the food (not just that one crop) we wish to consume, it is very likely organic AND safe.

[@goodfoodmovement]

Absolutely. Grow to eat it ourselves and most problems will vanish.

[@RaghuReddyPoli]

I never thought a single video can clear all my doubts on choosing the right diversed crops in farming .

[@goodfoodmovement]

Glad this helped :)

[@SSOrganicFarms]

Thank you so much Shashi Kumar sir for taking time to explain things in detail. Back in 2016 a thought came to my mind when we were still in the US that, whenever we move back to India we should have a fruit farm which will give us our favorite fruits and since Mango was one of our favorite fruits we decided to convert the sugarcane field which we just got at that time and started planting Mango, Guava, Lemon. Over the time we added Jack, Coconut, Sapota, Seethaphal, Banana, lil bit of rice for the family. The idea was to eat clean good and clean food from a known source (I couldn’t trust anyone at that time so decided to grow at our own farm). I also love Ongole cows so integrating them was not a problem at all. At least for now we don’t worry about the market, we eat good mango/guava/lemon/coconut/rice/sapota/jack and I’m one happy person 🙂. Forgot to include - mosambi/water apple from our other farm.

[@goodfoodmovement]

This is such an inspiring story. May it convince more to follow :)

[@wizjean]

Namaste. I watched this video fully. He has good knowledge of natural and integrated farming. Observed his explanation on Soil, Microbes, Microclimate, Mulching, importance of dung and weeds etc. Farm is maintaining well.

[@goodfoodmovement]

Thank you. Please feel free to come visit the Akshayakalpa farms in Tiptur. We are happy to arrange for everything here :)

[@rajeshexpowtr]

Listening ur fluent speech...nature....itself gives happy pleasant feeling....thru this smarphone itself....what will be if presemt there

[@KalPanthu]

Learned so much about farming in this episode. Really wish more humans understood this - we have to grow food that we will be happy eating

[@666madhusudhan]

Superb thought process . Very clear goals and a good road map for novice farmers like me

[@saurabhporwal9529]

Very down to earth and practical person and thanks for reaching out to him.

[@PravinPindariya15]

It's was great conservation and an amazing knowledge shared by shashi sir. I also want to start farming and has many doubts but after watching this video many are solved. I love to meet both of you and learn many thing about farming.

[@goodfoodmovement]

We are happy to host you at our Tiptur farm :)

[@selvaraj426]

Never seen such balanced individuals talking, and making it more informational for us..

[@ans4046]

Thanks for this video...I liked how calm he is and the way of explanation... Also the story behind Akshayakalpa was emotional and inspiring... I don't have land and not from agricultural background but I try to grow some small plants like mint, spinach, Bitter gourd, tomato, ginger, turmeric in a pot apart from flowering and indoor plants in my balcony... Success rate is not so good... But this episode was very Inspirational... 👍

[@goodfoodmovement]

It is important we keep doing our bit. Wishing you all the success :)

[@lajwantishahani1225]

Loved this video. Growing some of my food in a small backyard with dreams of owning a quarter of an acre land for integrated farming. But unfortunately we have the same land laws which don't allow genuinely interested people from buying agri land while farmers are selling theirs to developers.

[@dmanair]

I liked the conversation. Good questions asked. Unlike a typical interview where the interviewer butts in, this is good!

[@gabsave]

One of my relatives who has assets worth more than fifty crores grows elakki bananas at his farm. He sells all his produce for exports. Because of this export, the humble bananas have become expensive and out of reach of majority of Indians. Same is the case with other fresh produce like beans, carrot etc. This is injustice on poor Indians like me through capitalism and globalization.

[@goodfoodmovement]

Ideally we start growing whenever and wherever possible to reduce dependancy. Have you checked our video of this banana collector from Kerala? Link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZzMhZWthKaapZo

[@gabsave]

@@Suddhosibubbhosiniranjanosi What do you export?

[@girishrayewar8579]

We should start growing in our fields and promote other farmers for sale.

[@roxyroxy7671]

Land price are decided by land mafia....no one produce his food....again 2% profit will destroy farmers....putting their land to land mafia....

[@jaicedavis6618]

He is doing great..indian farmers are treated very badly both by government and society...oru society doesn't deserve our farmers..our society deserve only genetically modified ..pesticide filled ..mass produced shit .

[@johncybersecurity9921]

Thank you very much guys...such a precious content...it is also taken in engaging manner

[@arshiyasin6163]

Thank you Good movement team for this video. Truly insightful.

[@goodfoodmovement]

Thanks, Arshi. Hope you got a chance to watch other videos as well :)

[@virenbgada]

Very much helpful conversation.

[@rajeshrawal1681]

It’s definitely labor intensive as soon as you have ruminants I would like to do with anaerobic digester rather than cows very inspiring journey of yours So much inspiration I have also 6.8 acres near Gangavathi I will also try to develop

[@jegr6607]

Beautiful conversation ❤️ excellent questions and points, thank you for sharing deep knowledge🙏

[@goodfoodmovement]

Thank you :)

[@ujwalaprabhu5404]

There was a program called 'ramsay's kitchen nightmares' where this chef would visit failing restaurants and try to turn it around. We need something similar for organic farms . Someone who can explain the fails.

[@ankurjarora3697]

Wonderful video, full of knowledge

[@aryaman05]

Nice episode.👍 Could you comment on the use of NPK fertilizer or urea, i.e.: would you consider that "feeding chemicals to plants..", if yes, why, as I see no scientific basis to such a claim. Any Napier grass plot in the farm ? How about bamboo ?

[@goodfoodmovement]

Hello there, we do think it is "feeding chemicals" because these are synthetic. While it may give short term benefits it will most certainly degrade the soil and water systems inevitably killing good micro organisms and making its way into our food systems. Why ruin the nature and health when there are better ways? Also urea can produce N2O which a lot of people don't realise is almost 300 times as potent as CO2 when it comes to global warming. Happy to share more literature on this - please shoot us a mail - [e-mail] Also, yes we grow varieties of Napier grass and other varieties of fodder crops for the cattle. We will try to do a detailed story soon for you :)

[@rajeshexpowtr]

Commune based joint farming methodology among farmers in a particul area can be opted to

[@PuneCityFarmer]

Thank you for sharing this useful information 😊

[@dasolkar]

Very very informative video..thanks a lot🎉

[@manikanta-gc7tj]

Super video.

[@rajeshexpowtr]

Coop market creation for such good food....among farmers themselves directly to home buying using online mode producer consumer tieups for yearly uninterrupt delivery contracts...like milk supp can be devised to reduce middlemen chain for cost effect both sides

[@goodfoodmovement]

So true. And we believe consumers also should take that effort to directly meet the farmers and get what they want. Imagine if a housing society in Bangalore with more than 100 homes decides to join hands to get organic food? Farmers will be more than happy to find a way to get the products to the doorsteps. It is all about being leaders and taking the initiative to get good food on our plates. Akshayakalpa constantly has farmer market events in metro cities to directly connect consumers with the farmers. You can also purchase the products - quality check and packaging done by AK - directly through the app. We really want more initiatives to bridge the gap between the consumer and the farmer.

[@Charo-s2n]

Thank u for sharing this video❤

[@sandyy1397]

Great Content!!

[@pragneshparekh7652]

One question if you can cover in future. I know some big farmers growing organic crop for their family but use poisonous crops for selling in market. How to tackle this?

[@goodfoodmovement]

This is a problem. Only true solution is a mindset change - for farmers and consumers. We will definitely try to cover this topic more deeply in the coming episodes

[@sandeeps2678]

Very informative!

[@mukherjee429]

Very nice learning sir! please let me know if we can visit the farm and learn first hand from you and your team

[@goodfoodmovement]

Happy to arrange a visit for you to the farm. Please write to us: [e-mail]

[@ravi2911]

Real correct information

[@himanshusoni528]

First and foremost Farmers should get the same respect as soldiers, or other noble professions

[@goodfoodmovement]

So true

[@pandant1]

This is great.. but I guess it needs more fine tuning.. How can I reach out to Shashi.. is there a contact email for him please?

[@goodfoodmovement]

Hi, you can write to [e-mail]

[@treddym]

Got really moved when is said they had ro sell 13 acres for 20 lac. More success to you sir 😢

[@rajeshexpowtr]

Climate changing threat another dang now a days...non seasoned flip flop whether raining in hwrvesting time...severely imp farmers ....due to these flip flops productivity reduces...crops get destroyed. Along with all other challenges this one adding more issues. How can we tackle this is also to be added now in our farming topics....

[@goodfoodmovement]

This is so true. We will also try to cover this on GFM.

[@ramakrishnak598]

Iam organic farmer sell chikko /sapota at 50 rupees kg in bangalore No buyers from me... People talk much about organic farming no one support

[@goodfoodmovement]

Hi, how can we get in touch with you to know more? Alternatively you can mail to [e-mail] to get in touch with us.

[@firefibre26]

Simply because people are not bothered about buying organic food. There is not much awareness on the topic.

[@rajeshexpowtr]

Fresh to home online starup comp providing fish directly proc fr fishermen to home without any chemic preserv ..like entities reqd in every area

[@sahanapujar850]

Akshayakalpa: milk n it's products belong to him. If yes, is milk, A2 milk...?

[@goodfoodmovement]

Akshayakalpa does sell A2 variety milk in the market but they do not claim it to have superior benefits compared to A1. In fact both are just beta-casein protein largely dependent on the breed of the cow.

[@SamavayaP]

Effort is worth? I say, Yes!!.. its worth to wait for the original taste of fruits and vegetables rather than consuming chemicals...

[@goodfoodmovement]

Absolutely

[@ThulasiKakkat]

🌿💚

[@Vinayakahebbar-bi7kq]

How I meet you.

[@goodfoodmovement]

Hi, you are free to visit Akshayakalpa farms any time you want :) For more details please reach out to [e-mail]

[@versionanbu01]

if you want to really go thru the nature, please come out of the titles like CEO, etc.. look at the nature in natural way

[@nagarajukarnam1820]

Dear sorry to say you have not prepared well how to ask questions..

[@goodfoodmovement]

Hi, thank you for the feedback. We will try to improve in the coming episodes :)

[@manjunathad05]

Dear Sashi Kumar Sir I am new to farming. We have family land in our native village in Hiriyur Taluku Chitradurga District with adequate irrigation facility. I saw vegetables growing in Rised beds system with out tillage in your Akshyakalpa, Tiptur. Kindly help to get hands on training in your Tiptur farm, will help me start growing, create our own seeds and help farmers in our village and near by farmers. Please help Sir🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿 Manjunatha D Hoshalli Hiriyur Taluk

[@goodfoodmovement]

Hi Manjunatha, we are happy to host you in our farms and teach you what we know. Do let us know how we can reach out to you. You can also mail us - [e-mail]

[@palanivisu1344]

Useless camera. You have show the farm and the field what the gentleman is explain about not this to two people all time has no use

[@goodfoodmovement]

Thanks for the feedback. We will work on this in the future videos

[@sajithomas2158]

Seems little monoclulture mindset

[@goodfoodmovement]

We are sorry if it came across like that but Akshayakalpa is far from it. Happy to have you in our farms and discuss how the AK model works. Maybe learn a lot from you also - after all farming is about learning from each other. We are also constantly experimenting and aren't ever claiming to know everything :)

[@shashikmr]

Where in the conversation you felt a monoculture mindset?

[@monicaprakash4158]

Great video! Learnt the secret to farming is to care for what you grow, and let nature teach you along the way. 🥬