Introductory Workshop on Sustainable Food Growing in Auroville

Priya & Vivek

We are willing to put on workshops for groups (minimum three) who would like to do them.

 

Description

Come to Buddha Garden and hear about our work of sustainable farming. Look around the farm and participate in a question and answer session. The cost of Rs150 includes a small booklet by Priya about the farming in Buddha Garden and Auroville. This is the first workshop in a series of workshops which are held bi-monthly on the ‘Principles of Sustainable Food Growing'.

 

Dates and Times

This workshop takes place every Monday throughout the year starting at 10.00am and ending just before lunch.

 

Venue

Buddha Garden Community Farm

To get to Buddha Garden go past the Visitors Centre on your left and carry on to the black top road. Turn left and continue up the road until you come to a sign to Buddha Garden on your right. This is just past a large pond on your right. Follow the signs on the path that goes in front of a small temple and then through a gate. Once through the gate go down the path until you can go no further and you will be in Buddha Garden.

 

Registration

No need to register, just turn up just before 10.00am


Presenter Bio

Priya & Vivek

Priya came to Auroville nearly twelve years ago with her two daughters Emma and Rachael who are now studying in the UK. Prior to coming to Auroville Priya lived in Malaysia, Yemen and Malawi in Africa. For eighteen months she lived on a farm near Kodaikanal in Tamil Nadu where her interest in organic farming was first awakened. It took her five years to find the land for Buddha Garden in Auroville which she set up in 2000.

 

Priya hopes that Buddha Garden is not only a farm but also a place of education, transformation and creativity both for herself and those who come to help.
As well as farming Priya writes and paints.

Vivek, came to Auroville four years back after finishing his studies in Agriculture. Vivek is carrying out several experiment on water consumption, weed control, production in organic farming, seed savings etc. Vivek is coordinator of center for sustainable farming , an educational and research wing of Buddha garden to help local and Auroville farmers and collaborate with various student for their projects and research in agriculture.