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Our next Vedic Farming Workshop will take place on Sunday, 11th March, 2018. The theme of this workshop will be on how you can become a SEED KEEPER. This workshop is between 10am and 2pm will focus on the basics of chemical free cultivation of rare and endangered indigenous native vegetables and how to make seed from seed.
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Vedic Farming Workshop | Hariyalee

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Venue: Aditi Farms, Off Kanakapura Road 10 km past Art of Living ashram (google maps pin will be sent after registration)

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Meet Dr. Prabhakar Rao from Bangalore, India 🇮🇳

“An article in July 2011 edition of National Geographic magazine made me realize how critical it was to preserve whatever little biodiversity that was left with our vegetables. It was then that I decided to become a full-time seed keeper and returned to India.

Prior to 2011, I worked in the area of landscape architecture and traveled to many parts of the world. I had collected precious seeds of 560 varieties of vegetables over a period of 25 years. I tested them for genetic stability, purity and environmental suitability. I was able to successfully stabilize and multiply 142 varieties of vegetables at our 2.5 acre farm near Bangalore and share the seeds with friends, home gardeners and farmers.

I work with farmers at grassroots level across the country, training them in chemical free farming. The need to provide a viable alternative to industrial agriculture is of paramount importance today. Farmers, especially marginal farmers, are fed up with the downside of chemical farming that destroys the fertility of their soil and the spiraling cost of production. Natural farming techniques are sustainable and make economic sense. I conduct training programs across the country for farmers to adopt this technique.

In a world where groundwater is contaminated, excessive chemicals are being used for cultivation and harmful pesticides and herbicides are used in agriculture, we do not know for sure if we are eating food or we are consuming poison. Growing your own food ensures that you understand what goes into creating that food. Knowing that the food you have grown does not have chemicals provides a high degree of comfort.

I wish to bring back the tradition of Seed Keeping in the country. It is important that we preserve the biodiversity of vegetables so that we can protect the food security in the coming years. Seeds belong to all of mankind. No-one can have proprietary rights on seeds.

My work brings me the joy of knowing that these endangered vegetables are alive and growing successfully somewhere on this planet.”

Dr. Prabhakar Rao holds a PhD in plant breeding and genetics and has spent several years travelling across the world, collecting native indigenous seeds of endangered vegetable species. He is the founder of Hariyalee seeds, a family-run farm, which curates species of endangered seeds from all over the world. He is also a member of the Seed Savers Exchange, a non-profit organization based in the US and shares these seeds with many other Seed Keepers across the world.

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