Auroville - Empower a regenerative Future

Greetings from Auroville !

we have exciting news to share: Auroville`s regenerative farming experts are launching a first hybrid training module: 

A weekly morning course in "Market Gardening" , presented by Annapurna Farm, AuroOrchard, Buddha Garden and others is offered to all interested. 
This is the first in the course series on different aspects including integrating animals in farming, orchard design and management and an integral philosphy of food and agriculture.
The course is first  online, with an optional practical involvement in Aurovilles AuroOrchard farm in the later months. https://auroorchard.auroville.org/market-gardening/ 

The course starts in Nov and continues til March, contribution is on sliding scale.

The aim is to share the expertise in regenerative agriculture in the tropics, which is uniquely acquired over 50 years experience:  soil fertility, restoring biodiversity, sustainable water use etc. 

A second aim is to attract new volunteers and eventually young people to join Auroville`s farms as farm trainees and future Co-farmers.  

Auroville`s expertise in land regeneration is moving into a next phase - sharing its expertise widely and bringing together a large international community of students and supporters . 

Already Auroville is part of several big international networks: Global Ecovillage Network GEN and COFSA Conscious Food System Alliance, (part of UNDP) with Thomas Legrand, Andrew Bovarnick, as well as the "Namalwar Multiversity" and the recently founded network "Farmvarsities"  in India. 

Your support, to consolidate the land and to support our work in bringing the green expertise to fruition is essential. We thank you for every support given! Its much appreciated! 

We hope for your continued support, as to Auroville`s land flourish and bring abundance into this world. 

Namaste, 

Sigrid

The grand gathering for organic farmers of the Auroville Bioregion is the annual "Seed festival", where farmers, gardeners, educators, and ecologist come for together for a day to share seeds...and more.

Most important is the human dimension - feeling the love for nature and being instrumental in fostering biodiversity, healthy food, a sustainable life style and being part of the organic farming movement. Traditional South Indian farming practice was organic and only organic til just about 40 years ago.

The revival of organic farming movement in Tamil Nadu was started by Nammalwar, and he is much reverred even today. 

Auroville`s pioneer Bernard Leclerq is a personal associate of Nammalwar, as well as Deepika Kundaji - awardee of the highest civil award for women in India, for her work in seedsaving traditional vegetable seed. Bernard Leclerq and Deepika Kundaji have developed a fully barren land "Pebble Garden" with zero input (no employees, no compost, no life stock animals) over 2 decades in Auroville.

Krishna McKenzie, founder of Solitude Farm, is well known in Tamil Nadu through his TV presence - sharing his insights on natural farming and traditional healthy local SouthIndian foods. Krishna offers courses and workshops in Natural farming and permaculture in Auroville. He has developed unique approaches in well over 20 years  like a popular "Farm to Plate Restaurant" and creative approaches reviving traditional foods. 

The seed festival is also a place of traditional food preparations, traditional crafts, as well as of education: Public speeches on its benefits and consequence on the society, ecology, water, etc. are given by a large variety of speakers. Schools and Centers like Pitchandikulam consultants from Auroville share their poster exhibitions  with the many visitors.

A delightful shared moment!

A celebration of decades of good work, in Auroville and its bioregion

There is much to do to further grow this collaboration, to create an impact far beyond Auroville. 

Thank you for being part of it!