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England just set a bold goal to triple its organic farmland from 3.4% to 10% by 2036, a move that could make healthy food more affordable while protecting the planet. The plan promises stronger food security and climate resilience, though farmers say they need reliable funding to make it happen.
Macey Dahl from a small organic dairy farm in Pavilion, New York, just earned one of four national scholarships to pursue veterinary science. The award is part of a 19-year program that's invested over $400,000 in the next generation of organic farmers.
A Delhi gardener is showing home growers how to harvest fresh pomegranates from their own balconies using just a medium-sized pot and simple organic methods. His step-by-step guide makes growing this nutritious fruit accessible to anyone with a sunny outdoor space.
A journalist's daughter turned her family's ancestral land into a thriving farmstay after getting stuck in India during COVID-19. What started as a pandemic detour became a life-changing project that's preserving family heritage along the Konkan coast.
After generations of exploitation, an Afro-Brazilian community in Sergipe is transforming their fight for land rights into agricultural success. One quilombo now leads the state in pesticide-free rice production while awaiting full land titles.
Kerala is bringing organic farming back to its schools and homes after government tests found pesticide residues in food samples. The state's new "Kathir" program will teach 500 students to grow chemical-free food this year.
In 2003, Sameer Mehra built India's first large-scale organic farming network when almost nobody in the country cared about organic food. Twenty years later, his company connects 100,000 smallholder farmers across three continents to global buyers.
A school dropout in Punjab turned 11 acres of wheat fields into a thriving 26-acre organic farm growing 80+ varieties of produce. Balwinder Sandhu now earns triple the income while selling chemical-free fruits and vegetables directly to customers at half the market price.
A tiny Himalayan state became India's environmental pioneer by banning plastic bags 28 years ago. What started as one ban grew into a model of clean living that other states are now trying to follow.
Elizabeth Kota transformed her 1,200-square-foot Hyderabad terrace into an organic paradise with over 300 pots growing everything from watermelons to five types of mangoes. What started as a lockdown project now feeds her family, teaches thousands online, and proves you don't need farmland to grow your own food.
A historic family farm in Karnataka welcomes volunteers to learn organic farming while staying in a treehouse 55 feet above the ground. City dwellers spend three weeks learning composting, regenerative agriculture, and bean-to-bar chocolate making.
After retiring in 2015, K T Francis transformed his family's struggling rubber farm into a thriving organic operation earning over Rs 35 lakh yearly. The former physical education teacher now grows rare coconut varieties, 1,000 pepper vines, and runs Kerala's only government-accredited Kuttiadi coconut nursery.