Aanandaa Farms: The joy of growing a food forest

Manisha Lath Gupta, who was an executive vice president in a private bank, decided to grow healthy food for herself and her family in 2011. She …

Over 100 global experts to exchange ideas at 13th International Permaculture Convergence

The conference will bridge the gap between the small and the big farmers, and also bring to light the importance of women farmers

How this woman changed the lives of children by nurturing an organic farm in Faridabad

Veena Lal’s organic farm and mud house located next to her organisation and children’s home in Faridabad near Delhi …

How a British farmer reaps the dividends of running a sustainable farm in Auroville

Krishna McKenzie runs a six-acre permaculture farm in Tamil Nadu’s Auroville

Look back at the decade: Food

The second decade of the millenium saw the spread of permaculture in India

Promoting permaculture can put an end to GMO culture in India

Experts at the 13th Permaculture Convergence in Telangana reposed faith in permaculture and urged farmers to explore this as an alternative to …

10 good news we got in 2018

As this year nears its end, here’s a look at stories by Down To Earth that brought some relief to an otherwise climate change-ravaged period

Permaculture: Stricken by drought years ago, a Nepal village comes back to life

Hundreds left Kurule Tenupa village in Nepal’s Dhankuta district a decade ago; they are now returning home to newer ways of farming

Can permaculture make agriculture sustainable?

Is permaculture a real solution to agricultural distress?

Permaculture farming, which spread across the West as part of the hippie movement, is fast gaining ground in India among subsistence farmers and …