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Thursday, November 29, 2018
Presenting a talk " Organic Agriculture in Bhutan - A story of Transition" at United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO), Rome on 4th December,2018
Tuesday, May 1, 2018
Healing through Farming
Recently
a group of 20 men from Pride ROC Chicago Passages Program visited the Regenerative
Organic Agriculture Center of Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield,
Iowa to gain hands on experience in organic farming. It was amazing to see how
farming can help heal people who are suffering from trauma.
The
concepts of Regenerative Organic agriculture is not restricted to farming
alone, they are the insights for every human being to live a life that is
filled with compassion kindness and love. Soil, plants, insects, micro and
macro flora and fauna are treated with respect and care. The core concept is to
realize the purpose and meaning for every organism in the existence. Farm is
not just a piece of land where the soil is tilled, seeds are sown, manured,
watered and the produce is harvested. It’s like our body where our mind is
tilled, enriching thoughts are sown as seeds, they are nurtured by watering
with compassion and manuring with kindness and harvest the goodness and love as
fruits.
The
visiting group of men from Pride ROC Chicago (www.priderocchicago.org
) are dealing with several trauma incidents that started in childhood and
continued into adulthood. They all are from a challenging background, living in
the rough areas of Chicago and have joined the Pride ROC Chicago Passages
program to learn new skills and to develop new ways of living. Various
approaches like Transcendental meditation and yoga are incorporated into their
amazing program to work through their trauma.
Pride
ROC’s mission is to execute integrated trauma healing Passages that rescue
Urban Prisoners Of War (UPOWs) from their existing environment and initiate
them into evidence based remediation practices that will prepare them for
holistic, collaborative aftercare services as they transform into contributing
members of our communities.
It
was the first time that these wonderful loving individuals are moving out of
their institutions and learning regenerative organic farming techniques. We
need to take responsibility to help these youth to join them into the mainstream
society so that they can be resourceful.
Members of Pride ROC planting Kale.
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
10 month Certificate Program in Regenerative Organic Agriculture
Regenerating agriculture and regenerating society
“A truly regenerative agriculture is one in which all the natural resources we use to produce food get renewed in the process of using them.” – Fred Kirshenmann, thought leader in organic and regenerative agriculture
In this certificate program, you will develop the knowledge and experience to bring about this revolution in agriculture and start farming organically yourself. Applying this simple approach to agriculture widely will transform our agricultural system and society as a whole. More >
The chemical-industrial agricultural and food system contributes profoundly to major problems confronting humanity today—climate change, the energy crisis, the water crisis, social justice, and many others. It needs to be transformed. This program gives you the knowledge and hands-on experience to master a system of agriculture that embodies the very best and most sustainable of organic and biodynamic agriculture, as well as traditional agricultural knowledge systems from around the world.
Through this system, you will learn to contribute powerfully to agricultural solutions that have far-reaching influence on major problems facing humanity. You will learn to draw down CO2 from the atmosphere and fix it in the soil, produce food efficiently without squandering non-renewable fossil carbon resources, reduce water use by building soil water retention capacity and fertility, and take part once again in the perennially nourishing relationship that naturally exists between the farmer, their family, their community and society.
Wednesday, October 5, 2016
Friday, March 4, 2016
Workshop on Biodynamic Agriculture in Italy
March 11 and 12, 2016
Venue: Agribio, Cissone, Italy
I will be conducting two day workshop on Biodynamic Agriculture at Agribio, Italy. Agribio is an association of biodynamic farmers in Italy. This workshop will be focused on my experiences in advising the Government of Bhutan for 6 years and building the capacity of the stakeholders in organic and biodynamic agriculture. Bhutan is the first country to go fully organic by 2020.
Venue: Agribio, Cissone, Italy
I will be conducting two day workshop on Biodynamic Agriculture at Agribio, Italy. Agribio is an association of biodynamic farmers in Italy. This workshop will be focused on my experiences in advising the Government of Bhutan for 6 years and building the capacity of the stakeholders in organic and biodynamic agriculture. Bhutan is the first country to go fully organic by 2020.
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Thursday, December 24, 2015
Online Course in Biodynamic Agriculture
Biodynamic Agriculture is an advanced state of organic farming which lays the foundation for a new way of thinking about our relationship to earth and the environment. It was the first ecological farming system to raise a voice against the commercial fertilizers and pesticides during the early years of industrial agriculture. In Biodynamic Agriculture, a farm is considered a self-sufficient organism with interactions with biotic and abiotic factors.
This course will introduce students to biodynamic agriculture: concepts, principles, and practices. Students will understand soil as a living entity, soil formation, and agronomic aspects comprising soil fertility, nutrient cycling, and the importance of organic soil matter. This course will also cover biodynamic preparations, which are vital in this system of farming. The role of planets and constellations on plants and farming to attune the crops to the biorhythms of nature will be discussed.
Course Structure
This course consists of four pre-recorded lessons discussing the benefits of biodynamic farming.
- Lesson 1: Introduction to Biodynamic Agriculture
- Lesson 2: Biodynamic Principles and Practices
- Lesson 3: Biodynamic Preparations
- Lesson 4: Biodynamic Preparations and the Lunar Calendar
Sunday, October 11, 2015
This Tiny Country Is Going 100% Organic
A tiny country like Bhutan is going 100% organic to safeguard its citizens from the consumption of toxic residues in food and preventing contamination on natural resources. Organic agriculture not only produces safe food but it helps to support traditional rural life and build communities that respect and revere nature. The industrial agriculture has systematically destroyed the rural communities and the culture associated with it. There is a need to radically redesign the present food system to build local, regional and global food systems that are based on deep agroecological, ethical and spiritual principles for a happy planet. Bhutan's organic story is a reminder for the countries to rethink on their food and agriculture programs and policies.
Interesting article on Bhutan going 100% Organic
Interesting article on Bhutan going 100% Organic
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| Extension officials learning Organic Agriculture techniques in Bhutan |
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