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Urban Fruit Forest!
The concept of a food forest has its roots in permaculture, a philosophy that advocates for managing agricultural landscapes in harmony with nature. The practice emphasises perennial, low-maintenance crops that leverage natural nutrient inputs, drainage patterns and climate to achieve a self-sustaining, food-producing ecosystem. A food forest is quite literally a forest that produces food for people (and, most certainly, forest critters) to eat. Nut and fruit-producing trees and shrubs are planted with herbs, vines and ground flora that produce fruits, vegetables, and edible greens and roots. Urban communities are increasingly taking up the practice as a way to put underutilised city land to work and combine urban agriculture goals with goals for open space, recreation, and community development.
Can we create one in Kolkata?
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NEWS STORY | POSTED ON 8 JANUARY 2020 | ALL FOR EARTH, MICRO GREENS, MITTICOOL, WASTE
Nigel O'Brien, Sustainable champion.
Always greening around!
Event highlights eating right |
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Good health food has acuired new meaning these days. Not merely do we have to know what is nutritous, but also whether it is chemically produced, GMO or packaged, each having its own connotations. IRA - All for Earth had an event to enlighten!
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Kolkata, 5 January 2020 - An event to spread awareness about eating good and healthy food for a better life was organised by IRA - All for Earth, in association with Alka Jalan foundation. The event was held at Daga Nikunj, Ballygunge Circular Road, 4 pm till 7 pm. The exhibition had organisations from all over West Bengal involved with with growing all natural and organic plants. Purba Chintamoni Pur Chetna Sangha , HariMitti, Development Research Communication and Services Centre (DRCSC), EarthCraft, HOPE Kolkata Foundation, Kolkata Zero Waste Bazaar and Mitticool were some of the participants with stalls, while Mr. Debarik Sengupta, Mr.Shoumo (DRCSC Representative,) Mr. Shurichandra from Harimitti, Ms. Pixie Rawat (a food consultant,) Mr. Bikram Bitra (from Earthcraft )and Ms. Lata Bhatia (Zero Waste Bazaar)
Visitors to the event check out a stall with
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MittiCool had some really COOL clay products such as clay bottles and even kitchen utensils - their organisations motto is “to lead to a healthy and natural life and also revive our rich tradition”. Zero Waste Bazaar Kolkata which is Kolkata’s first zero waste store which doesn’t sell any kind of plastic products they even have toothbrushes made of wood! Hope Kolkata Foundation which has been working for underprivileged children for the past 20 years and they are looking forward to instill values in their children to help save the environment and they exhibited their jute bags which were hand painted especially for this event. Purba Chintamoni Pur Chetna Sangha is a group of farmers from Patharpratima Sundarbans were selling their natural fresh produce -vegetables which were chemical and pesticides free! HariMitti exhibited their kitchen garden products…which we can actually grow either in the balconies or backyard or even our rooftops, they would install and even maintain these micro gardens for us.
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Development Research Communication and Services Centre (DRCSC) implements sustainable agriculture for poor famers, providing them with technical support. They had put up different kinds of rice, pulses and jaggery from their farmers.
And take home all your
purchases in an eco-friendly cloth bag!
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Mr. Debarik Sengupta, one of the resource persons, spoke about how the times have changed and food has become more a business than a necessity. He stated that India is the most diabetic nation, with 12% of the population diabetic, including 10% of the youth, and this is all a result of the food which we eat. There are other problems, too, as studies show processed food – which are consumed in huge quantities - hamper the neuro-mechanism of young people leading them to violent behavior.
Mr. Shoumo, the DRCSC representative, showed the gathering how to differentiate from adulterated food from natural food.
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