Natural Farming

Natural Farming is a method in which the crops are naturally grown without using any of the life threatening chemicals.In Hello Earth, we follow the Subhash Palekar Natural Farming (SPNF) which is one of the holistic method of Natural Farming. Here our farmers neither use toxic nor persistent pesticides, fertilizers or any other hazardous chemicals which are known to contaminate soil, air, water and the food. The principal methods include crop rotation, green manures, compost, biological pest control and mechanical cultivation.

The four wheels of SPNF are Beejamrutha, Jeevamrutha, Mulching and Waaphasa
• Beejamrutha is a natural way of seed treatment using Desi cow urine and dung
• Jeevamrutha is made using water, Desi cow dung, Desi cow urine, jaggery, dal flour and soil
• Waaphasa is the aeration of the soil
• Intercropping or Crop rotation is an important feature of SPNF
• Practising composting on the farm itself, so that soil organic matter increases
• Insects and pests are managed by using Neemastra (neem leaves, neem pulp and green chillies)
• Storing water in the farm ponds for the use in adverse conditions

Organic Farming 

Organic cultivating or Organic farmin framework in India isn’t new and is being followed from antiquated time. It is a strategy for cultivating framework which principally planned for developing the land and bringing manifests in such a manner, as to keep the dirt alive and healthy by utilization of Organic squanders (yield, animal and ranch squanders, amphibian squanders) and other organic materials alongside valuable microorganisms (biofertilizers) to discharge supplements to crops for expanded economical creation in an eco neighborly contamination free condition.

According to the meaning of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) study group on Organic cultivating “Organic cultivating is a framework which keeps away from or to a great extent prohibits the utilization of manufactured data sources, (for example, composts, pesticides, hormones, feed added substances and so on) and to the most extreme degree attainable depend upon crop turns, crop deposits, animal excrements, off-ranch Organic waste, mineral evaluation rock added substances and organic arrangement of supplement activation and plant assurance”.

FAO proposed that “Organic agribusiness is a special creation the board framework which advances and improves agro-environment wellbeing, including biodiversity, organic cycles and soil organic movement, and this is practiced by utilizing on-ranch agronomic, organic and mechanical strategies in avoidance of all engineered off-ranch inputs”.