Sowing the right seeds

A group of urban gardeners is raising awareness about native seeds and how they help the environment

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At a time when small farmers across India are quitting agriculture in favour of more lucrative professions - even as the world worries about food security and long-term effects of chemical-dependent crops - a quiet movement is working its way up from the grassroots. Vividhara, a Delhi-based group of urban gardeners, has been slowly sensitising people about the pleasure of growing one's own organic food, even as it markets the organic produce of small farmers across the country. Vividhara promotes native (desi) seeds collected by small-scale organic farmers mostly in Uttarakhand amongst ...

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Sowing the right seeds