The Joy of Urban Farming


Event Start Date:
6th May 2017
Event End Date:
7th May 2017
Event Venue:
Jaipur

AhimsaGram and Agrawal Organic Farms invite you to learn to make a rooftop kitchen garden or grow your own food on land and to experience the joy of growing organic food in city spaces.

We will learn ways to make potting soil for planting, composting kitchen-waste, design our roof top garden, techniques of planting seeds, making organic bio- fertilisers/ organic pest- and disease-resistant sprays. We will learn to make our own saplings and mulch in order to get safe and healthy food for our family and community.

You are welcome to get with you any gamlas, old containers (BIG or small), that can be used for a planter. Also bring along seeds, stem cuttings you may have. Paints & brushes for a day of creativity are also welcome as we decorate our pots.

This event is co-hosted by Deepti Agrawal, Shammi Nanda, Shrey Srivastava and Manisha Bairwa

About the Co-Hosts

Deepti has done paradigm-shift work in organic farming. She has turned a big piece of almost barren land into rich fruit forests and vegetable gardens. Her organic veggies, which we can buy twice a week at their farmers market in Jaipur come from her farm. This will be an opportunity to connect with like-minded people, thereby we will be able to create a community which wishes to work on growing organic food consciously. Her farm is inspired by Permaculture, Holistic Management and Fukuoka’s methods of natural farming. It focuses on using minimal resources and works by creating self operating processes which allow the farm to flourish as a complete eco-system, with least human intervention.

Shammi has been working for Social Change and Community Building for the last two decades. He has lived in eco communities all over the world, learning about growing organic food and cooking it in conscious and healthy ways. For the last six years he has been living, learning and sharing Nonviolent Communication(NVC) and collaborative decision making systems like Sociocracy. He has also initiated a community space Ahimsagram(www.facebook.com/ahimsagram) in Jaipur. To know more about his work see his blog at www.courageouscommunication.wordpress.com

Ajit is a safe-food-lover. He loves to live in complete harmony with nature. He practices what he preaches. Holistic and wholesome growth is not just his passion but his way of life. He is an expert in zero-budget farming, and Vegetable and Fruit cultivation. He is currently working in Agarwal organic farms near Jaipur. His areas of expertise are soil restoration, ecological conservation and holistic Farm and land management using cattle.

Shrey is passionate about organic farming and dreams of a growing food and farming community in Jaipur. He is also keen to learn as well as enjoys sharing his learnings with the larger community.
Manisha loves to support the growth of social change communities which want to bring life style changes. She is working on composting for neighborhood projects as well as supporting those who want to do it in their homes.

Financial Contribution

This workshop is offered in the spirit of gift culture. We believe that our events should be accessible to everyone in the community. At the same time we want the community to support those who offer their heart time and energy to such event. The contribution will be be shared by AhimsaGram, Shrey and Manisha.

Thus, a contribution of Rs 500 (more if you want to) will be appreciated. However, please feel free to contribute what works for you. But don’t let financial constraint prevent you from joining in.

Food

As we will work with our hearts, hands and bodies in the summer morning- and evening- heat we surely will get hungry and thirsty. So all are requested to bring snacks, fruits and cooling drinks for yourself and to share with other participants. Let’s make this event a celebration as we change the world we live in.

Date, Time and Venue

Day 1: 6th May – 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm

At Samarth School, C-26, Gulab Path, Gali No 2, Chomu House, Jaipur

Direction Link – https://goo.gl/maps/tmdFbfCo8HA2

Day 2: 7th May – 6:30 am -12:30 pm

At AhimsaGram, 242 Vinoba Vihar, Model Town, Jaipur

Direction Link- https://goo.gl/maps/x599ewT9He72 

Contact
Shrey – shreysrivastava21@gmail.com
/ +91-7727048313 for more details

 

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