As the craze for good health grips , more and more people are growing their own food and leading a sustainable life.Now, this Chandigarh-based founder-member of Nature's Club, which boasts of more than 50 members across all age groups from around the region, teaches people how to grow organic food in their own backyards or terraces if they live in apartments.
As the craze for good health grips , more and more people are growing their own food and leading a sustainable life.
Ten years ago, freelance CSR expert Diksha Suri went to Auroville in Pondicherry. What fascinated her most about the trip was the fact that organic was a way of life there and not a fad. When she attended the Organic India Fair held in Chandigarh two years back, she wasted no time to Google all the information she could on growing organic vegetables and pulses at home. Next step was converting her garden into a kitchen one and buying containers to be placed on her house's terrace for vegetable growing. |
| Diksha Suri | Pic Source : India Today |
Now, this Chandigarh-based founder-member of Nature's Club, which boasts of more than 50 members across all age groups from around the region, teaches people how to grow organic food in their own backyards or terraces if they live in apartments. "Friends, neighbours, club members and students -my effort is to make as many people aware as possible that one does not really need to visit fancy stores and markets to buy expensive organic stuff. All that is required is a little bit of effort. And it is worth it, for the health benefits are immense," says this 40-year-old.
From guiding about which pulses and vegetable to grow in what season, preparing natural manure and composite pit, to saving the produce from pest attacks by using natural pesticides, Suri insists that her number of students are growing by the day. "People in general are gravitating towards a healthy lifestyle. Thanks to various media reports, everybody is scared about the ill-effects of insecticides and pesticides being used on the vegetables and fruits sold in the market," says Suri. Most of the stuff consumed by the family is now grown in her own kitchen garden and containers on the terrace. "Well, most of the time the produce is so much that I have to distribute tomatoes, lentils, dhania and palak to friends," she says.
But there is another reason why she loves her newfound hobby. "Believe me, getting your hands dirty can be really therapeutic. You learn so much about being in sync with nature, the fact that everything cannot be controlled. And yes, despite the risk of sounding cliched, I must confess that working with soil has been good for my temper at least," she says.
Source : India Today
This story is published under "Humans Who Grow Food" category. Humans Who Grow Food is an initiative to encourage people to grow their own food.Main objective of this initiative is to connect the community of gardeners and inspire others to grow their own food.
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