Bharathiar

 Bharathiar - The Great Poet from Tamil Nadu.

I am an ardent fan of the Great Maha Kavi.

Recently his statue was inaugurated at my alma mater - NGM College, Pollachi, Tamil Nadu, India.

That is where I did my UG. It was always great environment and fun doing my UG there. Great professors including Tamil Shri. Dr. Sirpi Balasubramiam and Shri. Dr. Amudan taught us. They always instilled the values of knowledge in us, the students.

Bharathiar in each of his poem attracted us in many ways and we are very much attached to him and his visions.

We want to follow him and be his fan always. I had the opportunity to do M.Phil at Bharathiar University, named after him. I feel proud of that. 

My friend's article about great Bharathiar and his connection to Swami Vivekananda.

One of my favorite poem of his, followed it and fulfilled it by building the EAFARMS farm project:

காணி நிலம் வேண்டும் - பராசக்தி

காணி நிலம் வேண்டும்,

(I need a piece of land , Oh divine mother, A piece of land, and there,) - Photos taken at EAFARMS.

அங்கு

தூணில் அழகியதாய் - நன்மாடங்கள்

துய்ய நிறத்தினதாய் - அந்தக்

காணி நிலத்தினிடையே - ஓர்மாளிகை

கட்டித் தரவேண்டும் 

(In the midst of that small piece of land you should build me a house with,

Four pretty pillars and several floors)  

அங்கு

கேணியருகினிலே -

தென்னைமரம்

கீற்று மிளநீரும்.

பத்துப் பன்னிரண்டு -

 தென்னைமரம்

பக்கத்திலே வேணும் - 

(and there near the small pond, Coconut tree leaves should shine in small well water.)

நல்ல

முத்துச் சுடர்போலே - நிலாவொளி

முன்பு வரவேணும், 

(Near ten or twelve coconut trees , moon light should come)

அங்கு

கத்துங் குயிலோசை - சற்றே வந்து காதிற் படவேணும், -

(and there the soft song of the Indian cuckoos - nightingales,

Should come and fall in my ears to make mind happy,)

என்றன்

சித்தம் மகிழ்ந்திடவே - நன்றாயிளந்

தென்றல் வரவேணும்.

(Good light breeze should blow to make me further happy.)

பாட்டுக் கலந்திடவே - அங்கேயொரு

பத்தினிப் பெண்வேணும் - எங்கள்

கூட்டுக் களியினிலே - கவிதைகள்

கொண்டுதர வேணும்

(To mix music there , there should be a virtuous wife there, and in our play together , you should bring and give poems,)

- அந்தக்

காட்டு வெளியினிலே - அம்மா! நின்றன் காவலுற வேணும்,

 - என்றன்

பாட்டுத் திறத்தாலே - இவ்வையத்தைப்

பாலித்திட வேணும்.

(And in that forest expanse, Oh mother you should provide guard,

And by the great knowledge of music , you should look after this world.)

Matangi Amma temple overlooking EAFARMS:

What a vision by Great Mahakavi Bharathiar. 

Quora question about this Bharathi song: 

https://www.quora.com/What-do-you-think-about-Mahakavi-Bharathis-1882-1921-question-Whatever-I-perceive-as-standing-still-walking-and-flying-around-me-are-all-of-these-just-my-dreams-Are-they-mere-illusions

I thank God that I have followed his dream and built EAFARMS project as he dreamt. It has become a nature wonder.

Makesh Karuppiah, PhD

Environmental Scientist and Information Technologist

Mahakavi Bharathiar Fan

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.

Agri Produce during Pandemic.

 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.

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.

Sustainable Organic Natural Farming

Our support is always there for volunteers who plant trees, clean water bodies and work to protect the Environment and who work to eradicate hunger and poverty.

Makesh Karuppiah, PhD

Environmental Scientist and Information Technologist.

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. 

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.