A Visit to Organic Farm

Organic farming means farming in the spirit of a spiritual relationship with the soil, water, plants

and atmosphere. Organic farming avoids chemical pesticides and fertilizers and seeks to increase

soil fertility through feeding soil micro-life with residues such as compost, sewage, manure,

plant residues, food processing wastes etc.

The Green Brigade of classes VII, IX and X visited an organic farm at Mallavaram near

Vellampalli on 7 August 2018. They were very excited to know the concept of Zero Budget

Spiritual natural farming. They learnt that organic manure is not deficient in any nutrients. It is

capable of supplying every nutrient to the extent that can be assimilated by the plant. The farm

personnel explained that dependence on chemical fertilizers and pesticides has made farming

operations unsustainable on all fronts. Massive use of fertilizers and pesticides, has not only

robbed the soil of its inherent vigor and vitality but also has made production and productivity

stagnant. The consumers are unknowingly absorbing massive amounts of harmful chemicals. To

overcome such unsustainable practices and in a bid to prevent human and environmental

calamities they use organic manure called “JEEVAMRUTHAM”. They experienced that the

results of using Jeevamrutham in mixed cropping, inter cropping and crop rotation have been

proved to be highly successful in organic farming. Students were happy to see various kinds of

trees like Jack fruit, Mango, Guava, Almond and even crops growing well under organic and drip

irrigation methods.

The members of our Green Brigade felt that increasing indebtedness is the root causes for

farmers suicides and organic farming can help to reduce costs and thereby save lives. Our

students are taught the importance of organic farming and its practices for sustainable living.

Organic farming has already been done at school in some of their science projects, so students

have already got hands-on experience. However, this visit showed sustainable organic farming in a large area and proved to them its economic viability.