Farmer Stories
Soil is a finite resource and the soil in one of the farms in Kookalthorai, Nilgiris has lost its nutrients,
Soil is a finite resource and the soil in one of the farms in Kookalthorai, Nilgiris has lost its nutrients,
Gillan, farmer, Kookalthorai, Nilgiris. “I have 2 acres of land and I’ve been farming on this land for over 20
“The washing unit runs for 4-5 hours a day, but that depends on the number of carrots that need to
“I’m Mahendran and I’m in charge of the washing here. We wash the carrots and send it to Ernakulam. We
The farmers of Kookalthorai, as you’ve seen, have been using chemically germinated seeds for a faster harvest of vegetables and
“It takes 85 days for us to harvest carrot. From 40 days to the next 45 days we apply pesticides
“I grow beans, carrot, and beetroot in my 2 acres of land. I do chemical farming, I have no option,
A mother in Keonjar district, Odisha. “My daughter is hungry, and my resources are so scarce that I can hardly
“I’m not sure what it is, he suddenly shivers and some kind of hardened saliva comes out of his mouth
“I cannot afford to get my kids a nutritional meal. Everything is so expensive! I gather greens that can be