our practices - a desire to be oasis for life

  attitude can help to grow aptitude. may, we be the farmer whose efforts are to enhance soil biology, who is joyous celebrate bacteria, fungi, mycorrhizae, small critters, small and large animals, relentlessly moving, above and under ground, along with the roots and exudates of plants, shrubs, and trees, breathing life into soil. may we wake up everyday with excitement to celebrate and enhance these cycles and go to bed with enough energy to dream of it and wake up to further it. it is also as important to share the importance of it. sharing the joy of know how and being informed, leading to better options and choices.

 for many of us, it is easy to care for what is visible, what our senses can guide us to sense. the invisible life in the soil is not as easy to care about, it requires quite conditions, all the senses to have a feel. similar to a mother, whose efforts are not as visible and to acknowledge, the life in soil, requires heightened senses to care about.

 we live in amazing times of excess. we are getting to witness many unusual changes at unprecendented rate, archeological revealing, chronological passage, social changes. it is times full of opportunity to be informed as well as form appropriate interpretations, to make proper, sustaining choices. as much as knowledge is power, knowledge is responsibility. when we come across nature's wonder, a good happening, rather than having a mindset of exploitative, consumerism, we should wire ourselves to be contributive, conservationist. nature is appreciative of contributive efforts and rewards even at 80% efforts, doesn't get hung up for remaining 20%.

 most of us anticipate good health. healthy ecosystem promotes good health. biodiversity is important for ecosystem. we mindfully promote and nurture the ecosystem at the farm. source of food's health is the health we inherit.

 anticipation of wellness is realized by consuming, as much naturally grown food. we are among the sources, for naturally grown food. you may like us being your farmer.

 we, organically grow produce and grains, gaining from good ecology through sustainable practices. our efforts are to continue growing food naturally, doing it together provide more benefits.

 organically grown produce offers abundance of rich flavors and delightful experience. locally sourced organic produce offers freshness. fresh and raw produce has higher natural enzyme levels.  a rich biome fulfills prospects for good health.

  we prefer for you to get produce from the farm, as you can enjoy the douse in the ecology of the farm and carry some biome on to you, exchange good energies with the environment, be in the presence of growth energy, breathe in soil's aroma, get your fingers into soil. it is delight to meet fellow, passionate food growers and consumers. you may find us enthusiastic, to share a good lot of what we have learned and practice.

 we grow many of the indian vegetables, (desi, heirloom produce) and grains, well known throughout the indian subcontinent and asia, consumed for a long period, that have been woven into memories.

 we like to be informed and educated about things we haven't gotten familiar with, so please help us to know more, like many of the plants we considered as weeds (and some we would like to have way less of), turned out to be edible, highly nutritious and/or medicinal.

energy

 produce grown naturally and in natural elements, the sun, wind, rain, soil, wild life, allows the plants to gather energy from all the elements and draw strength from the elements. these elements enrich the plants with nutrients, yielding nutrient rich, nourishing food.

 growing and preparing food is about energy, the energy that goes into the growing and preparing the food, is the energy we get to realize upon consumption. it is essential the energy reduces stress on the body and enhances the functions of the body. 

gathering foods and human intelligence

 human intelligence developed significantly, gathering foods. our present favorable conditions developed because we kept improving our abilities to grow, gather, prepare and eat nutritious, enriching foods. gathering foods requires strategy, organization, cooperation, opportunism, logistics, engineering, exploitation of science to develop favorable conditions. the process helps social ties and strengthening relationships. it has helped us to acquire much of the goods that allows us to be who we are today.

 we are of our memories. our memories makes us individuals. it is necessary for us to have practices that protects and builds our memories. the experience of our foods aids our memory. it is imperative, we form memories of reason.

 it becomes imperative for us to continue the avenue that allowed us to grow our intelligence.

preparing meal

 preparing meal is an important function. the process of preparing meal enhances our cognitive abilities as well as exercises brain. we gain dexterity, for being part of the process and allowance into better social bonds. let the flavors enrich your taste buds and the nutrition enrich your health.

seeds

 we prefer to grow from heirloom seeds. we treasure good, heirloom seeds. seeds have been prized possession of many families, promising diversity. for as long as we have gathered seeds, we have enhanced our knowledge about food. seeds evolve and acclimate to surrounding and climate patterns. the evolution makes the seeds suitable to the conditions where they form.

weeds

 we don't consider weeds to be unnecessary plants. it is important for us to believe that every element on this planet, is part of an intelligent design. every plant on this planet has an important role to play and contributes to soil nutrients. there are many dynamics involved in plants life. plants considered as weeds provides direct benefits as medicine and indirect benefits by improving soil nutrients.

educate

 there are many opportunities to do things together and most likely kindle good memories. you may want to share about the produce you are accustomed to, inform and educate us to grow foods you like to eat.

 we all have something to offer, to each other. for millennia, human kind has improved abilities to grow and store food. it has enhanced our abilities and should continue to do so.

culture and traditions

 language and food play very important role in upholding our culture and traditions. our roots, sense of belonging remains strong and responsibly allows us to celebrate them. we get to benefit from the heritage, wisdom and live a healthier life. multi generational families empower enrichment of our culture and traditions.

 many of the ancient, traditional ways of living life are fine tuned, honed, guided by science. the ancient way of living has evolved over millennia and grew on accumulated wisdom.

 collective wisdom, observed over millennia and time tested, become part of culture and traditions.

growing

 we all should grow something that becomes food, for local consumption. the advantages come in many forms. growing can be in a pot, yard, a community garden, a farm. whatever we grow should become food for some life form. being around growing energy is very beneficial. observing and caring for it, soothes and deepens our senses.

importance

 we ought to care about the food we eat as it energizes us, becomes us, empowers us to perform as us. the environment of our planet is essential for our co-existence. diverse plants feed diverse microbiome, diverse microbiome ensures healthier plants, sustaining the cycle. as plants are primary source of food, the plant intelligence packages nutrients for viability.

 outsourcing contributes to lack of experience and deprives intellect, we should labor, as much as we can afford. intelligence is a whole body function.

in nature

 every element in nature has innate intelligence, memory, living or non living. it holds energy, that has specialization and contributes towards a formation. every mind is to learn, every body is to heal and life is to grow, forces may not be able to stop, conditions can improve it's ability, amazingly well. 

 a healthy body, promotes healthy mind, leads to healthy life. it is a circle that becomes stronger. of few things in life that gets better upon usage, body becomes stronger, brain power improves, as being used. 

 we have intelligence to adapt. we adapt to the conditions around us. we should foster for favorable conditions that engages adaptation that leads into celebrations.

 when (what) we seek, we find, many a times we find more than what we seek. there is a joy to find, there is an interplay of intelligence in seeking. joy is empowering.

 difficulties improves our abilities, lifts up our attention to details, builds up our strength, grows our intelligence, as all of our senses have to leave comfort, and engage. engaging is to be practiced. stimulation is initiation. nature stimulates and facilitates opportunities.

 as it is well known and understood, what is practiced, the practiced improves. 

 what is natural, is enhanced by naturals.

ecology and environment

 if a bug is eating it, we should be good eating it. if it is good for bugs, it would be good for us. a portion of crop is to be food for other life forms as well. in a healthy ecology, everybody should get fair share of food, so everyone can perform their role in the ecology.

 when you are here, do remember to look out for many of the life forms that have made the farm to be their habitat. ask us about the microbiota, we may demonstrate our thrill to share experiences. 

 as we afford to avoid synthetic applications, we observe many life forms as part of farm's ecology. these vibrant, biodiverse life forms help us to grow and harvest foods and avoid application of any synthetics, herbicides, pesticides. the practice makes the farm livelier. besides, what is mean to hurt some, eventually can hurt many.

 off many insects we can easily recognize and spot are monarch butterflies, bumble bees, carpenter bees, crickets, grasshoppers, praying mantises, dragon flies, fire flies, lady bugs, lace wing, ground beetles, dung beetles, flies, small and large birds, and many more. 

 off many, we shouldn't avoid to mention the not so pleasantly popular insects, aphids, japanese beetles, the beautiful spotted lantern flies as they contribute in keeping healthy population of beneficial insects.

 belief in nature is to accept, every form of life has an important role and purpose, in an ecological balance.

 we make compost and compost tea to enhance and enrich life in the soil. as we reduce soil disturbance (conservative tillage, no till), the microbiota in the soil thrives. we hope, these changes will help us to have healthier plants and hence healthier foods. 

 carbon sequestration in the soil is important. the wild bacteria and mycelium are very important in keeping carbon sequestered.

 we make efforts to support and maintain habitats for many small life forms. the microbial life in the soil are real farmers and contribute to comprehensive health.

 the honey bees allows us to harvest some very good honey and pollinate the produce we grow.

 the practice of hügelkultur is promising and certainly is a good habitat for many of the life forms.

 some use of biochar has been very promising and we believe it will be of significance as we get to utilize more.

 we are observing gradual gains from permaculture practices.

 the principles of biodynamics practice are certainly advantageous.

 at times we get to work with wood in various forms. it certainly is rewarding in many ways.

 paw paw trees have grown and are bearing fruits, it is delight to enjoy the flavors and texture they impart of a tropical fruit.

 overall, our belief and practices of vedic (holistic) farming are beneficial and inherently sustainable.

spirituality and science

 in our experience, spirituality is science and science is spirituality. science awakens us towards nature and naturals. gathering the knowhow, informs us of the science. spirituality is awakening, consciousness and being one with every element that affects us directly and indirectly. our cultural diets are based upon knowledge and wisdom gathered over millennia. it is ancient wisdom, that has finetuned and passed down to us, in our families. our eating habits are big part of our spiritual experience and exchange, it is time tested science.

अन्नं ब्रह्मेति व्यजानात्‌ | annaṁ brahmeti vyajānāt | food is brahman

वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम् (vasudhaiva kutumbakam) the world is one family, celebrate वसुन्धरा (vasundharā), 

embrace अहम् ब्रह्मास्मि (aham brahma asmi) - enjoy wellness!