Training Program

Home Grown, Home Cooked: For Beginners

Program Overview :

Home Grown Home Cooked, initiates the new enthusiastic grower to Permaculture and sets him/her on the track of growing food sustainably without harming Nature. It encourages beginners to observe and understand how soil, soil organisms, water, air, cattle and organic matter work harmoniously to create a rich topsoil and a robust Eco-system for our food to grow without any use of chemicals.

Program Content :

Home Grown Home Cooked, is the stepping stone to Permaculture, is a 7.5 hours program which spans over 3 days. The syllabus includes the basic but the most essential elements of Permaculture that can be practiced in your balcony, rooftop, garden, farm or any available space.

• Permaculture and its basics

• AWE (Air, Water & Earth) factor

• Sustainability, Ecology & Agriculture

• Composting

• Importance of Cattle

• Seed sowing & plantation

• Making grow bags/pots

• Virtual farm tour

• Home work for hands on

• Question-answer session

Program Duration :

It is a 7 and a half hours program which spans over 3 days.

Importance of this Program :

Since the past few years, the amount of fertile land on this planet has more than halved. It is rapidly losing topsoil to deforestation and industrial chemical agriculture. Depleting soil, water and air quality has led our climate to change and our food to be adulterated. Look around, our entire existence flourishes thanks to the 5 elements of Nature namely; air, water, earth, fire and space. Agriculture, one of the oldest cultures in the world, was always in sync with Nature. Nature, in turn, blessed us with abundant food and kept us healthy. It was a non-complex and natural barter system between man and Nature. For so long as Man respected this exchange, Nature nourished us, keeping our environment protected and Man disease-free.

The good news is, we can still turn the tables; if we make better choices. Industrial Agriculture has a massive carbon footprint today and is a major cause of disease, soil erosion, droughts, floods and famines. Going back to growing our food without any dependency on chemicals is the need of the hour. So we can breathe life into our soil again and grow healthy food.

Today, we can bring this lost wisdom of farming with Nature back into our lives through Permaculture. Permaculture, which is an art of replicating natural systems, can help us grow nutrient-dense food anywhere; our balcony, terrace, garden, farm or any space we have available.