Join Madhavi Kolte from the non-profit Jeeva Bhavana, who is giving an on-site video tour of her veganic farm in India. She’ll share how she’s growing lentils, turmeric, millet, and more using veganic techniques, and how this serves as a model farm to help local farmers transition to plant-based methods. She’ll also show us her re-wilding project with indigenous trees in a sacred grove, show us her amazing urban fruit orchard where she’s growing lemons, guava, and papaya, plus she’ll share how she’s growing a veganic garden right on her rooftop terrace!
Creating a small-scale veganic farm in India
Length: 56 min.
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Madhavi Kolte
Madhavi Kolte, an avid veganic gardener and farmer, is the Co-Founder and Director of Jeeva Bhavana Foundation, a vegan environmental non-profit based in Pune, India. She leads the foundation’s flagship project, Urvarasa, which supports Indian farmers in transitioning to sustainable veganic farming. A course on sustainable living at the Ecological Society inspired her to connect veganism with ecological preservation, motivating her to explore and promote veganic methods. Through Jeeva Bhavana, Madhavi fosters partnerships with research-based institutions in Pune to study and raise awareness about the environmental impacts of animal agriculture in India.
Learn how Madhavi is bringing plant-based farming to India through her organizations Jeeva Bhavana and Urvarasa
