Projects
January 19, 2023 2023-10-17 10:31Projects
OUR PROJECTS
Solitude Farm is on a mission to reconnect people with local food and reclaim their nutritional cultural identity. We want people to revalue forgotten foods and use them in their daily lives. Our vision is to spread this mantra throughout Auroville in the form of various projects.
Re-landscaping Corporate Spaces Into Edible Landscapes
Re-landscaping corporate spaces from ornamental to edible landscape and reintegrating local foods into the diet through corporate canteens and community participation and celebration.
Re-landscaping Corporate Spaces Into Edible Landscapes
Re-landscaping corporate spaces from ornamental to edible landscape and reintegrating local foods into the diet through corporate canteens and community participation and celebration.
Climate Resilient Lunch Scheme Honoring Local Foods that Grow in Bio-Region
In India people are still familiar with local foods because the knowledge of how to use them has been passed down from generation to generation.
If we can do this, you can too!
Climate Resilient Lunch Scheme Honoring Local Foods that Grow in Bio-Region
In India people are still familiar with local foods because the knowledge of how to use them has been passed down from generation to generation.
If we can do this, you can too!
Eat Local Week
Not everyone is a farmer but everyone needs to eat! Participants harvest, prepare and cook 3 meals a day. We cover produce such as green papaya, air potato, balloon vine, millets, Moringa leaves, chicken spinach, soursop and so many more. This helps people understand that nutritious and tasty food can easily become a part of our lives if we open our eyes to the bounty around us. Participants learn the medicinal value of plants, their corresponding unique tastes and textures and knowledge of how to grow them. This week-long event is a fast track reconnect to Mother Nature and local foods.
Eat Local Week
Not everyone is a farmer but everyone needs to eat! Participants harvest, prepare and cook 3 meals a day. We cover produce such as green papaya, air potato, balloon vine, millets, Moringa leaves, chicken spinach, soursop and so many more. This helps people understand that nutritious and tasty food can easily become a part of our lives if we open our eyes to the bounty around us. Participants learn the medicinal value of plants, their corresponding unique tastes and textures and knowledge of how to grow them. This week-long event is a fast track reconnect to Mother Nature and local foods.
Solitude Outreach
Reclaiming Cultural Nutritional Identity
Towards the end of November 2015 a group of children approached us from Chinna Mudaliar Chavadi, a village near Auroville, asking us to teach them how to start a vegetable garden. They came to Solitude Farm and we took them through our circle garden workshop. Not only did those children learn about food but their enthusiasm and willingness to grow food turned a dumpsite into a thriving garden. The project continued for a year with us going on a weekly basis to help plant, mulch, fence, water etc the plot. We also hosted the kids at Solitude Farm for lunch, music and workshops.
Solitude Outreach
Reclaiming Cultural Nutritional Identity
Towards the end of November 2015 a group of children approached us from Chinna Mudaliar Chavadi, a village near Auroville, asking us to teach them how to start a vegetable garden. They came to Solitude Farm and we took them through our circle garden workshop. The following week we went to their village and made their first vegetable garden. Not only did those children learn about food but their enthusiasm and willingness to grow food turned a dumpsite into a thriving garden. The project continued for a year with us going on a weekly basis to help plant, mulch, fence, water etc the plot. We also hosted the kids at Solitude Farm for lunch, music and workshops.
The Permaculture Garden at the Town Hall
At Solitude, we have taken the initiative of creating circle gardens for the Auroville community. Our vision is to have such gardens all over Auroville: schools, public spaces and homes. The success of these gardens depends on the engagement of our community and there are many ways to engage people, offering harvest for free at the Town Hall is one of them. We envisage a group of Aurovillians taking care of one of these circles with support from Solitude Farm and other permaculture projects in Auroville will make food abundantly available for the entire community.
The Permaculture Garden at the Town Hall
At Solitude, we have taken the initiative of creating circle gardens for the Auroville community. Our vision is to have such gardens all over Auroville: schools, public spaces and homes. The success of these gardens depends on the engagement of our community and there are many ways to engage people, offering harvest for free at the Town Hall is one of them. We envisage a group of Aurovillians taking care of one of these circles with support from Solitude Farm and other permaculture projects in Auroville will make food abundantly available for the entire community.
The Community Garden Project
In 2015, we went around weekly to different communities in Auroville starting circle gardens and sharing plants, seeds, trees, cuttings and creating a movement of community gardening. The project lay dormant for a number of years and was reborn during lock down in March 2020. Krishna went around communities and offered his own year long commitment to help people get their gardens going. The result of this project is humble and yet significant. Green papaya is now a recognised vegetable in Auroville. Drumstick spinach is used in some schools. There are people who regularly come together to work on community garden projects that we started with them.
The Community Garden Project
In 2015, we went around weekly to different communities in Auroville starting circle gardens and sharing plants, seeds, trees, cuttings and creating a movement of community gardening. The project lay dormant for a number of years and was reborn during lock down in March 2020. Krishna went around communities and offered his own year long commitment to help people get their gardens going. The result of this project is humble and yet significant. Green papaya is now a recognised vegetable in Auroville. Drumstick spinach is used in some schools. There are people who regularly come together to work on community garden projects that we started with them.
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The vast industrialisation of agriculture is rapidly destroying our world. Local food is a simple solution that undermines this loss of well-being.
Solitude Farm represents a road back to Nature and we need your help to sustain our efforts and the projects we are running. If you would like to support mother nature and local food at Solitude Farm, please click below.