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Satyamev Jayate S1 | Episode 8 | Toxic Food| Full episode (Hindi), (Video)

For decades our food and water have been contaminated by powerful, harmful pesticides which have been promoted as necessary for better agricultural output. But the reality is that we don't need pesticides for better yield, and their use is not only deadly for health but results in expensive farming methods. The solution is to adopt organic farming, which is possible and profitable, as the state of Sikkim has shown.

• Satyamev Jayate--Toxic Food--videos, click here

• Poison on our Plate | Ramanjaneyulu GV | TEDxHyderabad

1. Pesticides and health/Disease

2. The 12 Most Pesticide-Contaminated Fruits and Vegetables

3. Criticism of the Green Revolution

4. Costs of pesticides

5. Environmental effects of fertilisers

6. Fertiliser Subsidy

7. Banned Pesticides/Herbicides/Insecticides/Fertilizers/chemicals in the world --videos

8. More Than 90 Percent of Americans Have Pesticides or Their Byproducts in Their Bodies

9. Pesticide residues found in 70% of produce sold in US even after washing

10. The cost break-up of conventional farming. (In comparison, organic farming does not need chemical fertilisers, pesticides, tractors/machinery)

11. Pesticide Use in India - Home | India For Safe Food - No ..

Organic Farming

In Depth: Sikkim: India's First Organic State (video)

India's first 100% organic state Sikkim has won the 'Oscar for best policies', conferred by the Food and Agriculture Organisation for the world's best policies promoting agro-ecological and sustainable food systems. Sikkim beat 51 nominations from 25 different countries of the world to win the Future Policy Award 2018.

• Sikkim organic farming videos, click here

• ORGANIC FARMING IN INDIA! Two Brothers Organic Farms Tour, (video)

This video is a tour of Two Brothers Organic Farms and the process for cultivating organic produce. The cows on this farm are treated with love, compassion, and respect. TBOF is an Organic Farm run by Satyajit & Ajinkya in a lovely village Bhodani near Pune. They produce Pure Organic Fruits and breed Indian Indigenous A2 Cows

1. WHY ORGANIC? Interview with Two Brothers Organic Farms

2. It took just one acre to grow faith in organic farming

3. Saving India’s heirloom seeds

4. Organic Food/Farming-- World News

Meet Masanobu Fukuoka, the Author of 'The One-Straw Revolution', and the originator of Natural or 'do-nothing' farming. This 1975 documentary shows interviews of the then 65 year old farmer-philosopher, who shares his techniques behind his farming success, and the philosophy that underpins it all. "The ultimate purpose of farming is not the cultivation of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of the human being" In 1988, Fukuoka was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay prize, known as the Asian Nobel Peace Prize, for his services to humanity.

• Masanobu Fukuoka videos

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masanobu_Fukuoka

• The One-Straw Revolution by Manasobu Fukuoka, 1978 (pdf) . The basic reference for anyone interested in organic farming

  • https://archive.org/details/one_straw_revolution_hindi/mode/2up (Hindi version)

Organic Farming in Denmark

In 2012, organic products accounted for 7.8% of the total retail consumption market in Denmark, the highest national market share in the world.[126] Many public institutions have voluntarily committed themselves to buy some organic food and in Copenhagen 75 % of all food served in public institutions is organic. A governmental action plan initiated in 2012-2014 aims at 60 % organic food in all public institutions across the country before 2020.[127]:4

In 1987, the first Danish Action Plan was implemented which was meant to support and stimulate farmers to switch from conventional food production systems to organic ones . Since then Denmark has constantly worked on further developing the market by promoting organic food and keeping prices low in comparison to conventional food products by offering farmers subvention and extra support if they choose to produce organic food. Then and even today is the bench mark for organic food policy and certification of organic food in the whole world. The new European Organic food label and organic food policy was developed based on the 1987 Danish Model.[128]

Innovative Alternatives To Crop & Stubble Burning (आगपेटीमुक्त शिवार), (video)

Crop and stubble burning across villages and farms in Maharashtra is a major issue. Learn how villages can be free of crop burning in this Marathi instructional video. Solutions include turning remains of old crops into bio-dynamic compost pits.