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Showing posts with label Natural. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Natural. Show all posts

Monday, August 15, 2022

India Independence Day Anniversary

 On the 75th year Anniversary of India Independence,  
 We at EAFARMS hoisted Indian Flag. We practice Sustainable Organic Natural Agriculture with Zero Budget Natural Farming, Regenerative, permaculture and indigenous methods at EAFARMS.
 INDIA FLAG hoisting at EAFARMS Front Gate

INDIAN Flag flying high

Nature depicting Tri color - before and after transformation of EAFARMS

India's Achievements - 75 years of Independence

On this great day we planted 75 trees which will fight anthropogenically induced climate change along with our coconut trees.

Tree Saplings are ready and are ready for transportation to EAFARMS

75 Tree Saplings planted at EAFARMS on 75 years Of India Independence

Certificate of Appreciation from Ministry of Culture, Government of India   
AZADI KA AMRIT MAHOTSAV

We are also winners of EnviroCare Green Awards, 2022.
We at EAFARMS are proud of our freedom and will work towards betterment of India, Environment, Better Human Health, Better Earth for current and future Earth Inhabitants.

Friday, April 1, 2022

EAFARMS_PROGRESS

 EAFARMS PROGRESS: 

The idea was conceptualized in 2007 and started the enviroapps blog. - FIRST BLOG SPOT.

Actual farm work started from 2010:


SUSTAINABLE ORGANIC NATURAL AGRICULTURE following REGENERATIVE, PERMACULTURE and INDIGENOUS METHODS:


CREATING FORESTS - A CONTRIBUTION BY EAFARMS TOWARDS COUNTERING ANTHROPOGENIC INDUCED CLIMATE CHANGE:



WATER CONSERVATION:



DIVERSIFIED HEALTHY AND TASTY AGRICULTURE PRODUCE:



AWARENESS and EDUCATION:



To - watch as a presentation - EAFARMS PRESENTATION.




Makesh Karuppiah, PhD
Environmental Scientist and Information Technologist.





Thursday, March 11, 2021

Building_Sustainable_Agriculture_Projects

 Converting a several years of artificial chemical utilized (Pesticides, Insecticides and other artificial chemicals) agricultural land to a Sustainable Organic Natural Agriculture system takes some hard work and time. At EAFARMS we have executed this project and want to share the steps.

Practicing water conservation methods, coconut farms were maintained with farm manure without use of any artificial chemicals.




Coconuts are dehusked and the husks are used in composting again in the farm.








Once coconut flesh are removed,
they are sun dried for few days 
and pure organic coconut oil is extracted in the oil mill.

Remaining coconut powder is added
to cow feed as an additive to complete the whole process.

Pure organic oil and milk are supplied to local community for healthy produce, milk and food. 


This process of ZBNF methods are followed at EAFARMS. Integrated Agriculture (Animal rearing) - 

Sustainable Organic Natural Agriculture with Zero Budget, Permaculture and Dr. Nammalvar farming techniques along with regenerative principles are practiced at EAFARMS


Saturday, January 16, 2016

Pongal, Sustainable Organic Natural Agriculture

During the auspicious Pongal (Tamil Harvest Festival) I want to present this article for farmers.

As an environmental scientist and information technologist I could share
my useful knowledge and experience for the benefit of the natural farming community.

Farmers practicing natural methods have questions about plant diseases, weeds and pests (how to control them in a natural way).

Natural methods are there for sure to control diseases, weed and pests:

Neem, Cow manure, butter milk, garlic, turmeric, chilies, physical fly catchers, diatomaceous earth, row covers, crop rotation and integrated pest control can be used. You can google about each topic (along with natural pest control) and read more, understand and practice. One thing to note is our agricultural forefathers have been using these methods successfully. I have heard that the amount of yield was so high that they had to use elephants for removing husk from rice instead of bulls. They had mastered the natural farming techniques at very high level. Water management - I was surprised to know that drip irrigation was mastered by placing an earthen pot with water near the tree, ploughing techniques using bulls (for Nitrogen Fixation) and crop rotation. Then came chemical take over. We converted our lands into sterile lands rather than fertile and lively lands.

Read about natural methods from -

Tamilnadu Agricultural University

Here I want to mention that there are no concise definition of Organic Farming. Some say that Organic farming is more dangerous than chemical farming. It is how one defines what is Organic Farming and how one practices organic farming.

In my definition and what we practice in our farm - Sustainable Organic Natural Agriculture (SONA):

- SUSTAINABLE - Food production along with objectives to protect the environment, eco-justice. human health and communities.


- ORGANIC - We use farmyard manure (derived from living organisms such as cows, wastes from produce grown at EA FARMS and without the use of artificial chemicals).

NATURAL Every input into the farm is from natural materials produced in the farm (also following Nature and Eco-justice) in proper limited amount (not excess amounts).

At EA FARMS Agriculture - we understand that - "when the limit exceeds even Ambrosia (Amurtham) is poisonous" as our traditional old saying.

Some suggests that weeds are there for a reason.That is also true. That takes me into two directions -

1) Natural farming:
          experience by the great Japanese natural farming pioneer Masanobu Fukuoka. Again you can google about him, read and acquire his natural farm methodologies.

2) Spiritual farming:
            Never go for single type of crop, always have different types of trees, plants, crops (different layers). Diversification is the key word. You need to have COWS for farming. We consider cattle as main part of our agriculture and they provide milk, fertilizer and help in ploughing and transportation. We heart fully thank them during Pongal.

Kankrej Cow @ EA Farms


Even chickens will help in reducing the pests. There are agricultural universities and best researchers in the them. Discuss with them understand your soil and ask them for natural methods.

Creating seedballs (earth balls) consisting of variety of seeds


In spiritual farming,  I think the first step is to love your farm (each part of your farm - what I mean is soil, plants, animal and people involved in it). If you do that in your farm, your trees, plants, crops, animals and farm will flourish. Even Scientifically, Scientist Jagadish Chandra Bose, long back have found that plants can feel pain, understand affection etc.,

Just by touching and interacting with plants, you see them flourish 


Which we have experienced personally. You might have also experienced that. Finally you work with your farm naturally and spiritually to make it a wonderland.

Great to have several guides (Subash Palekar Ji, Nammalavar, Pasumai Vikatan)  for practicing natural farming.

We will and are following these steps at EA Farms -  and share our knowledge to everyone.

We should be thankful for all these and follow Natural Farming.

Good Luck to farmers all over the world.