1. Farming itself is Natural
2. "NO" to Chemical Fertilizers and Pesticides
3. Conservation of indigenous Cattle breeds
4. Native Plants Conservation & Restoration
5. Tree Conservation
6. Rainwater Harvest and Recharge Aquifers

Why Organic Farming?

1. Reduce The Toxic Load. Keep Chemicals Out of the Air, Water, Soil and our Bodies.
2. Protect Future Generations.
3. Build Healthy Soil.
4. Taste Better and Truer Flavor.
5. Promote Biodiversity.
6. Last but not the least, "Celebrate the Culture of Agriculture".

The biggest issue being faced in the use of chemical fertilizers is groundwater contamination. Nitorgen fertilizers break down into nitrates and travel easily through the soil. Because it is water-soluble and can remain in groundwater for decades, the addition of more nitrogen over the years has an accumulative effect. One popular fertilizer, urea, produces ammonia emanation, contributes to acid rain, groundwater contamination and ozone depletion due to release of nitrous oxide by denitrification process.

Pesticides are toxic chemicals designed to be deliberately released into the environment. Although each pesticide is meant to kill a certain pest, a very large percentage of pesticides reach a destination other than their target. Instead, they enter the air, water, sediments, and even end up in our food. Pesticides easily contaminate the air, ground and water when they run off from fields, escape storage tanks, are not discarded properly and especially when they are sprayed aerially.

Indigenous cattle breeds have evolved over generations to adapt to the local agro-climatic and socio-economic needs of the people. These indigenous breeds of cattle are now subjected to fast genetic degradation and dilution because of unplanned breeding, crossbreeding and introduction of exotic germplasm. Now mechanization of agriculture and introduction of various means of transportation, the utility of male cattle is reduced. Crossbreeding of native cattle for increase milk production has been advocated as a breeding policy. As a result, some indigenous breeds are getting threatened, while others are in the process of replacement by certain high producing strains.

If this trend continues for few years, the valuable native breeds germplasm would grossly be depleted or even lost forever. Thus conservation of indigenous breeds of cattle is essential due to their potentiality for production of milk or draught capability or high resistance to diseases and heat tolerance ability.

Native species are those that occur in the region in which they evolved. Plants evolve over geologic time in response to physical and biotic processes characteristic of a region: the climate, soils, timing of rainfall, drought, and frost; and interactions with the other species inhabiting the local community. Thus native plants possess certain traits that make them uniquely adapted to local conditions, providing a practical and ecologically valuable alternative for landscaping, conservation and restoration projects, and as livestock forage. In addition, native plants can match the finest cultivated plants in beauty, while often surpassing non-natives in ruggedness and resistance to drought, insects and disease.

Insects need native plants to survive. We need insects alive so that our food and medicine and utility plants can be pollinated and fertilized. Without insects and native plants our biome will experience an ecological collapse. Native plants are the only food that many pollinator insects will consume. Bringing native plants back into our environment is essential to the survival of humans, fauna and flora. Once the insects are gone, then will fall the birds, squirrels, foxes, rabbits, deer, and other fauna. The food chain will collapse.

Trees are often referred to as the "lungs of the planet", because of the oxygen they provide to other living things. Trees can reduce air temperature by blocking sunlight. Further cooling occurs when water evaporates from the leaf surface. The conversion of water to air vapor --- a chemical process --- removes heat energy from the air. Burning fossil fuels puts heat-trapping carbon dioxide into our atmosphere, changing our climate in dangerous ways. Planting trees can slow down this process. Trees can hold vast amounts of water that would otherwise stream down hills and surge along rivers into towns. That’s why trees are such an important part of stormwater management. Wildlife use trees for food, shelter and nesting. These habitats support the incredible variety of living things on the planet, known as biodiversity. By protecting trees, we also save all the other plants and animals they shelter.

Water is our most precious natural resource and something that most of us take for granted. We are now increasingly becoming aware of the importance of water to our survival and its limited supply. People usually make complaints about the lack of water. During the monsoons lots of water goes waste into the gutters. And this is when Rain water Harvesting proves to be the most effective way to conserve water.

Rainwater harvesting is a process or technique of collecting, filtering, storing and using rainwater for irrigation and for various other purposes. The best thing about rainwater is that it is free from pollutants as well as salts, minerals, and other natural and man-made contaminants. Rainwater is free from many chemicals found in ground water, making it suitable for irrigation and watering gardens. During rainy season, rainwater is collected in artificial ponds which also helps in reducing floods in some low lying areas. Apart from this, it also helps in reducing soil erosion and contamination of surface water with pesticides and fertilizers from rainwater run-off which results in cleaner lakes and ponds.

An aquifer is a geologic substance that will transmit water to a well. During rainfall, water flows over the soil surface and does not directly contribute to aquifer recharge. When we collect the rain water in pond, surface waters move down into the soil and helps to fill the aquifer with water.