Tag: Tamil Nadu
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Organic Farmer Role Model for Educated Indian Youth – Many From Corporate World
A reader, who is also interested in the organic food movement, shared a link to the following article. It is so encouraging to hear about educated young people taking up organic farming instead of heading off to corporate jobs. Many youngsters are pouring into Pakkam, a village in Thiruvallur district, about 35 km from Chennai…
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Indian Farmers Learn From Past Mistakes
Tan Cheng Li writes about a growing number of farmers in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu who are returning to the old way of chemical-free cultivation of crops: YONG Weng Thing was amazed when he saw the field of spinach. Being a farmer himself, he knows good quality stuff when he sees it and…
The Village Market 