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Sangita Sharma

Bangalore, India
Seven years ago, the pesticide residues in the food chain had me raging and thinking. So i made a conscious shift with 16 years of being in the corporate to becoming a self contained natural farmer. I traveled the length and breadth of my country, India to understand low cost sustainable farming... Full Bio
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Neotame: Artificial Sweeter kills faster than Aspartame by Sangita Sharma Posted in: Blog Posts in Organic Food http://www.agoracosmopolitan.com/news/health/2012/03/29/3614.html One of the more recent toxic additions to our food supply is the artificial sweetener called Neotame. ... Read on »
'The Foundation for New Agriculture' taking roots by Sangita Sharma Posted in: Blog Posts in Organic Food We ushered in the new year with an energised start that saw a gathering of 14 veteran natural farmers up at Patanjali Yog Peeth in Haridwar to discuss the potent ... Read on »
H.H. Yogrishi Swami Ramdev Inaugurates the Annadana Seed Bank by Sangita Sharma Posted in: Blog Posts in Organic Food The Annadana Seed Bank was inaugurated and blessed by H.H. Yogrishi Swami Ramdev at Ishana in Gopathi farms on 6th Dec 2011. The first of its kind ... Read on »
Annadana's Innovative low cost farming techniques by Sangita Sharma Posted in: Blog Posts in Organic Food Annadana Soil and Seed Savers completes a year of operations in Bangalore on 14th June 2011. An integrated approach in holistic farming using low cost techniques is the miss ... Read on »
A Coke Factor by Sangita Sharma Posted in: Blog Posts in Organic Food Ganga, a farmer who uses Coke Cola to clean my toilet commodes For over two decades, now I have been using Coke to clean my toilets. Cheap toilet cleaner. If you cannot ... Read on »
Big brother doesn't understand you: the success of a GM food no-one wanted to buy, by Sangita Sharma Posted in: Blog Posts in Organic Food Dr Peter Quaife’s illuminating food industry article : Big brother doesn't understand you: the success of a GM food no-one wanted to buy, indicates some of the ways in which ... Read on »
Experience of a life time at Patanjali Yogpeeth by Sangita Sharma Posted in: Blog Posts in Organic Food Last month, I had the privilege of being invited to Patanjali Yogpeeth in Haridwar. Being on stage with the most revered Baba Ramdevji, Acharya Balkrishanji and Babu Murarij ... Read on »
Heath Tip - Omega 3 benefits by Sangita Sharma Posted in: Blog Posts in Organic Food Why do we need Omega 3? How do you derive Omega 3 in vegetarian and non-veg diets? Omega 3 is an EFA (essential fatty acid). Studies suggest Omega 3 enriches our diet is ... Read on »
ORGANIC FARMERS AND SEED SELLERS SUE MONSANTO TO PROTECT THEMSELVES by Sangita Sharma Posted in: Blog Posts in Organic Food This is brilliant, such refreshing news. Wish the organic plaintiffs strength to strength and victory. We have the power to heal our planet. In solidarity Sangita Sharma ... Read on »
How to avoid Pesticides? Part 2 by Sangita Sharma Posted in: Blog Posts in Organic Food Courtesy image - http://bit.ly/dTKNeV The Poisons in your Produce is causing so much of damage to your health, wealth and peace of mind. The hospitals and clinics are ... Read on »
Pesticide laden food has become a way of life by Sangita Sharma Posted in: Blog Posts in Organic Food Part 1 Pesticide residues in our food chain has drastically increased with not a lurking conscience pinching the power driven policy makers neither the bereft farmers. It ... Read on »
Sowing Seeds of Consciousness by Sangita Sharma Posted in: Blog Posts in Organic Food Adopt a Seed, become a God parent to a Seed India may have only 2.4 per cent of the world's area, but it has over eight per cent of the world's biodiversity, the third ... Read on »
Micro Finance companies make a killing from the rural poor by Sangita Sharma Posted in: Blog Posts in Organic Food MFIs: Profiteering from poverty Excerpts exposed by Devinder Sharma's in his blog Ground Reality "Dainik Jagran, the largest selling newspaper in India (it is in Hi ... Read on »
Last date to register for THE THIRD BIENNIAL CONVENTION 2010 (ANAND, GUJARAT) by Sangita Sharma Posted in: Blog Posts in Organic Food ANNOUNCING THE ORGANIC FARMING ASSOCIATION’S THIRD BIENNIAL CONVENTION 2010 (ANAND, GUJARAT) DATES: 15-17 December (Wednesday to Friday) Inaugural Session: 15 December ... Read on »
Our Food, Our Farmers - Let's support Kisan Swaraj Yatra by Sangita Sharma Posted in: Blog Posts in Organic Food Today, the food that we eat and the farmers who grow our food are both in crisis. Food freedom lies in the hands of each one of us. So, if you wish for safe quality food com ... Read on »
The ugly underbelly of Microfinance by Sangita Sharma Posted in: Blog Posts in Organic Food THE Microfinance Institutes (MFI) are the shaninighans of today, treacherously exploiting the rural in the name of extending financial services to reach millions of poor. Ra ... Read on »
Feedback "FROM SOIL TO SEED", a workshop recently conducted by Annadana Soil and Seed Savers by Sangita Sharma Posted in: Blog Posts in Organic Food "From Soil to Seed" a three day sustainable agriculture workshop recently conducted by Annadana Soil and Seed Savers, had participants from all walks. It ... Read on »
Plagiarism plagues India's genetically modified crops by Priya Shetty by Sangita Sharma Posted in: Blog Posts in Organic Food The finding that parts of an interacademy report on GM crops were plagiarized could spell the end of Bt brinjal.Ajay Verma/REUTERS/Corbis http://www.nature.com/news/20 ... Read on »
Public opinion stopped GM, says campaigner by Sangita Sharma Posted in: Blog Posts in Organic Food Independent On Sunday http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/public-opinion-stopped-gm-says-campaigner-2089974.html Global resistance has halted the biot ... Read on »