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Message 174 - Saranya Gogineni
Dear Priti and Srikanth, Congratulations on all the patience and hard work you have put in. We have a small parcel of land in Hoskote. I have always been told that organic farming there is not possible as the surrounding farms are dumping pesticides and fertilizers. Our land is lying unused at the moment. Please can you let me know your thoughts on this. Can i try to do some Organic farming there ? Thank you in advance.
3 February 2012 - Bangalore, India
Message 173 - Pramod
Very Much Happy to know about Vanashree. All the Best for your dedicated effort and passion for Organic Farming.
28 January 2012 - Bangalore and India
Message 172 - S Nataraj
Hi Srikanth / Prithi, I accidentally stumbled upon your site while searching the internet for info on 'Jeevamrutha/Vermico
mposting'. I'm quite fascinated by what you've been doing and am interested in meeting you folks in person. Please let me know if you can schedule a visit either this weekend (28/29 Jan) or the following weekend (4/5 Feb)? Regards S Nataraj
26 January 2012 - Bangalore, India
Srikanth's Reply   Hi Nataraj,
This Sun, 29th Jan may be feasible. But not sure about 28th. We are not at the farm on 4th and 5th of Feb. I have attached routemap to the farm and my contact number in separate mail. Please do call us on Saturday afternoon to reconfirm the plans for Sun. Regards - Srikanth
Message 171 - Vijay Badiger
Hi Srikanth, My brother advised me of the great achievements that you have accomplished in your farm. We want to visit the farm and chat with you (if it fits your schedule). I stay in Bangalore, and would like to know the route map that leads to your farm. Should you feel appropriate, we would also like to know if you can reply to us with your mobile/office desk number. Regards, Vijay D Badiger
23 January 2012 - India
Srikanth's Reply   Hi Vijay,
You are welcome to visit us over any of the weekends. I have attached the routemap and contact numbers in a separate email. Please do call us couple of days in advance before finalizing the plans. Regards - Srikanth
Message 170 - Yash
Mantis Minitiller: Dear Srikanth, Doesnt tilling go against the natural farming ? Isnt it detrimental to earth worms which are natures tillers ? Thanks, Yash
16 January 2012 - bangaloe
Srikanth's Reply   Hi Yash,
Yes, you are right. Tilling against natural farming principles. I have still not been successful growing vegetables without tilling and de-weeding. I have not seen any impact to earthworms, because of tilling in the small patch. I guess use of fertilizer and pesticide has bigger negative impact to earthworms. Regards
- Srikanth
Message 169 - Biju
Hi Srikant and Priti, Excellent and very much impressed with what you guys are upto. :-) I too bought a piece of land very recently near Mandya and have been reading/researching a lot of material on and off the net (just finished reading One Straw Revolution!) and accidentally stumbled upon Vanashree. It is great to see more and more people from other professions venturing into agriculture, especially understanding the benefit of organic farming in general. Currently I am working in US and will plan to visit your farm when I come down. Pl. keep continue to share your thoughts and experiences so that novice people like me can benefit from it. :-) Thanks and good luck Biju
4 January 2012 - Santa Cruz, CA, USA
Srikanth's Reply   Hi Biju,
Wonderful to know that you too have similar passion as us. 'One Straw Revolution" had enormous impact on how we look at various things around us. We too started as novice and continue to be novices in front of "Nature". You are welcome to visit us when you are in this part of the world and look forward to seeing you in person. In the meantime you can keep checking on the website for my regularly irregular updates. Regards - Srikanth
Message 168 - Madhu Iyengar
Hi Srikanth, Fyi. I just copied the list of trees from your website. Hope you don't mind. Thanks for the info given. Trying to find these uncommon trees to plant them in our farm. Will come back to you if I need more info about where to find them. Thanks again.
13 December 2011 - Bangalore/Mysore
Srikanth's Reply   Dear Madhu,
You are welcome to use any part of the website as you deem fit. All information on website is "copy righted"...meaning every body has right to copy. Since you are greatly interested in trees, would strongly recommend S.G.Neginhals "Forest Trees of the Western Ghats" avaialable in most shops or you can get from him personally. Keep in touch. Regards - Srikanth
Message 167 - Aparna Jairaj
Dear Preeti & Srikanth, Thank you very much for opening doors to a world that is eco-friendly, sustainable and truly inspiring !!! Our experience at Vanashree has had a very positive impact on us and makes us believe that if each one of us were to do our bit in utilizing the earth’s resources judiciously and carefully, it will go a long way in protecting our home-the Earth, and the diverse flora and fauna that together make up our world. Gobar Gas based cooking fuel, Rainwater harvesting, Mulching, Inter-cropping, Bee-keeping - there is so much to learn and appreciate at Vanshree ! Thank you both for being such wonderful hosts to our children at Parikrma. All the Best to you both !! Best Regards, Aparna Parikrma Humanity Foundation
13 December 2011 - Bangalore, India
Srikanth's Reply   Aparna,
It was a pleasure having children from Parikrama Foundation. You and the children are always welcome at Vanashree. We at Vanashree cherish the nice cards made by the children. Warm Regards - Vanashree team
Message 166 - Satheesan Varier
Good relief for eyes. Hearty Congrats !
13 December 2011 - Bangalore, India
Srikanth's Reply   Hi Satheesan,
Thanks for the wishes. It has been a great and at times ardous journey. Its always a very nice feeling to hear positive comments about what we are doing. Do keep checking now and then as I try to keep the site updated. Regards - Srikanth
Message 165 - RAVIKUMAR & AMRUTHA
hi Sri sir & priti Akka visiting your farm world was a great experience to us, looking at the amount of knowledge you have thrilled us, as am thinking to set up the agriculture life completely sustainable by it self & with harmonious, peaceful nature, if i wouldn't have visited you may be i would have ended up landing in a problem without taking much precautions, hearing your thoughts ,experience & looking at your pace manner development i would like to put my self step by step cautiously into agriculture to end up myself in agriculture successfully & also i would like to gain the knowledge as you have done over the period of time
29 August 2011 - Bangalore / INDIA
Srikanth's Reply   Dear Ravi & Amrutha,
Glad to know that you had a good time and found the time you spent with us useful. We equally get excited to see young couple like getting interested in agriculture and showing concern for the nature. Godspeed in your venture and best wishes. Warm Regards - Srikanth & Priti
Message 164 - harishjois
At my 34, I slipped into agriculture in blindfold and felt sustainable in farming only after attending palekar's workshop. All I found agriculture is, its THE PATH of life. Encouraging articles and sources from you. Thanks to you and your right hand's family. Commonly, the labours will hesitate to follow natural farming because of their belief in depending on chemical fertilizers and pest control.
29 August 2011 - halalakkavalli, shimoga-9449455152
Srikanth's Reply   Dear Harish Jois,
Thanks for your kind and encouraging words. One of the beautiful things we have experienced with farming has been coming closer to nature and keeping us grounded. As you said, farming is a way of life. Very nice to hear that you have attended Palekar's. Shanmukha has been my partner in things that we have been able to achieve. Do keep in touch. Best Wishes - Srikanth & Priti
Message 163 - Anindita Sengupta
Had a wonderful day at Vanashree,. Srikanth and Priti are so knowledgeable, welcoming and generous with their insights. Seeing them at the farm and seeing their work is truly inspiring.
20 August 2011 - Bangalore
Srikanth's Reply   Hi Anindita,
It was wonderful having you and Aditya over at Vanashree. Really enjoyed all the discussions we ended up having. Godspeed in the quest for your own farm. Keep in touch. Regards - Srikanth
Message 162 - Deepak
Hi Srikanth, I am a working professional from Bangalore. Your website have load of information which I was searching all these days. My family is been in agriculture since long time and we own our land in Bihar. However past few years we do not have much of yield from our farm as the farmers still apply old method of farming. In future me and my brother wish to establish ourselves as agriculturist, I would like to visit your farm in Second week of Sep'11, please let me know the route map and your contact number. Regards, Deepak
16 August 2011 - Bangalore
Srikanth's Reply   Hi Deepak,
You are welcome to visit us. Its rather unfortunate, that many of the sustainable farming practices are disappearing. Our effort has been to revive as much as possible. We may not be at the the farm during 10th and 11th Sep. However, you are welcome to visit us on any of the other weekends. I have also attached routemap for our farm in a separate email. Call us few days in advance to finalize the plans.
Regards - Srikanth
Message 161 - Hetal Karia
Hi Srikant and Priti It was a wonderful experience to browse through your website.and the contents are really interesting and informative. Wating for your new posts
11 August 2011 - Jamnagar - Gujarat - India
Srikanth's Reply   Hi Hetal,
Glad to know that you like what we are doing. I have not been very diligent with the upkeep of the website. We just finished planting paddy, ragi, tur dal and they have all been doing well. I have added couple of new quipments to our collection. We now have "precision seeder" which is like a stroller. Regards - Srikanth
Message 160 - Simrit Malhi
Love what you guys are doing.I too have a similiar dream and a farm in the Pallani Hills, near Kodaikanal. We will be developing our farm using Permaculture methods - I was interested to know whether you ahve used any of its principles in Vanashree?
10 August 2011 - Kodaikanal, India
Srikanth's Reply   Hi Simrit,
Glad to know another fellow farmer into similar activities. We have used some of the elements of permaculture. Intercropping and Mixed cropping are two critical elements of permaculture. Intecropping various pulses an dcereals have been successfully for centuries. We have also tried growing multiple vegetables simultaneously too. Regards - Srikanth
Message 159 - Vidya
Hi Srikant and Priti Need a suggestion from you as you are in the farming field .We are looking for some farm land near harohalli in Kelingere.Just want to know is it worth buying in this area?
25 July 2011 - Bangalore,India
Srikanth's Reply   Hi Vidya,
Our land is about 12 kms from Harohalli. But I have not heard of Kelingere, so not sure which direction it is in. The land around Harohalli is very fertile and gets good rainfall thru' the year. So it boils down to liking of the area and affordability. Regards - Srikanth
Message 158 - Ranju
It was a wonderful experience to visit Priti & Srikanth's farm.also was specially pleased to see a group of many couples showing interest in sustainable living. Srikanth's enthusiasm in sharing knowledge & experience itself shows the happiness of living with nature.
24 July 2011 - Bangalore
Srikanth's Reply   Hi Ranju,
It was wonderful having you and your friends at the farm. I know it took almost 2 years for your visit to materialize. I share the same joy of seeing so many families from "Organic Terrace Gardening" group actively participating. We consider very fortunate to live our dreams. Keep in touch. Regards - Srikanth & Priti
Message 157 - Mamatha Rao
Hi Priti and Srikant, It was a wonderful experience visiting your farm and catching a glimpse of amazing work done by you. Your invaluable guidance and innumerable tips on organic farming is going to help us a lot in setting up a farm of our own.
11 July 2011 - Soraba,Shimoga, India
Srikanth's Reply   Dear Mamata & family,
Thanks for your kind and encouraging words. Godspeed in your venture and am sure you will be very successful in the venture you have embarked on. Keep in touch. Warm Regards - Srikanth & Priti
Message 156 - Hanuman Manoj
Hello Mr.Srikanth & Team, I am very fascinated to know aout your Eco-Farm, And even more excited to visit it. Please do mention the necessary information to reach your farm from Bangalore by Bus(BBMP or KSRTC)
2 July 2011 - Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, India
Srikanth's Reply   Hi Manoj,
It was really nice meeting you. Very impressed with the way you tracked us out and landed at the farm. Hope you had a fruitful visit. Regards - Srikanth
Message 155 - Sanjay Gopinath
hi Srikath - Hope you remember me. We had visited your farm around 20 months back. Good to see the progress and nice to see you featured in the Bangalore Times. Am sure this will inspire many
29 June 2011 - Bangalore India
Srikanth's Reply   Hi Sanjay,
We do remember you. Guess you came in Oct of 2009. Lot of things have happened since. We have planted another 1000+ tree saplings. Lot of trees have started fruiting. More birds, insects and wildlife around. Completed most of the drip irrigation. Nice to know that you remembered us. Keep in touch. Warm Regards - Srikanth
Message 154 - rajiv chhaparia
Hi guys,its nice to see something like vanashree,I was looking for organic farming in India and came accross your site.It has been my long cherished dream to have something like a small habitat having organic farming,solar powered energy etc.,which is totally nature freindly.I think like you I can make a beginning.Thanks
28 June 2011 - kolkata,India
Srikanth's Reply   Hi Rajiv,
Nice to know that you too share same interest as ours. Glad to know that you liked what we are doing. Over the last few years we have realized, any body with some commitment can easily starting growing trees and have a sustainable farm. Godspeed in your venture. Warm Regards - Srikanth & Priti
Message 153 - Raghu
Hi Srikanth and Priti, I was just googling on organic farming and and landed at your website.I am really impressed by all your hard work and want to be a part of it.The photo gallery was superb.Can I visit your farm sometime? Regards Raghu
25 June 2011 - Bangalore
Srikanth's Reply   Hi Raghu,
Apologies for the delay in my response. We are at the farm on most weekends. My website needs lot of update. Been pretty lazy these days in updating the website. You are welcome to visit us during one of the weekends.
Please do call us few days in advance before you plan to come. Warm Regards
- Srikanth
Message 152 - Kaushik. Please give me your contact
Hi Srikanth and Priti,,,I am a journalist with Times of India. I want to interview the two of view in relation to a story about how young people are now setting up eco-farms.
20 June 2011 - Bangalore, India
Srikanth's Reply   Hi Kaushik,
It was nice talking to you and very well written article. The article has resulted in continous stream of visitors. Warm Regards - Srikanth & Priti
Message 151 - Rangalakshmi Ramachandra
Hey!!!! guess what, I was googling "ondu hullina kranti" and I landed - thud!! - in your farm!!! Dint take to my feet yet, still sitting and marvelling at my surroundings. wo.wwww!! its too good to be true!!! and I'm amazed at your patience - at also updating the website. I wish God gives you loads of good health, energy and 48 hrs per day!!! great going !! cheers !!!
1 June 2011 - NJ, US
Srikanth's Reply   Namaskara Rangalakshmi,
Delighted to see that there are still people looking for "Ondu Hullina Kranti"....This book had an amazing influence on us. Farming which was pursued as a hobby has turned into a way of life for us. To be honest we just taken some baby steps and long ways to go. Sometimes it is a challenge juggling between job and farm, but in the same breath would like to say we have been fortunate to pursue our dreams. I wish my website update was as diligent as my efforts at the farm. When you are in Bangalore please plan to visit us. Thanks for your encouraging words. Keep in touch.
Warm Regards - Srikanth
Message 150 - Naqeeb
Hi Everybody: It was a wonderful experience to browse through your website.and the contents are really interesting and informative. Best wishes to you all
28 April 2011 - Delhi
Srikanth's Reply   Dear Naqeeb,
Thanks for visiting our website and wonderful things to say about us. Off late, I have been pretty delinquent on updating the website and been finding extremely to balance farm work and website upkeep. Things have been at such hectic pace at the farm, that sometimes I feel that enough justice not being done for the website. Keep checking the website. Keep in touch. Warm Regards - Srikanth
Message 149 - Ganesh JK
Hi Team, Great work. I am interested in starting a farm near my home town in Madurai. I would like to visit your farm to understand various things and how are you doing it. Appreciate you fix some time during May 10-20. Thanks a lot for sharing the information. Best of luck to your efforts.
26 April 2011 - Madurai, India
Srikanth's Reply   Hi Ganesh,
Apologies for the delay in my response. Hope you got earlier email. I was at the farm from 13th May to 23rd May. Guess my mail must have reached you late. Looking forward to meeting you soon. Rgds - Srikanth
Message 148 - Harsha, Sapna, LIFE
Hi Srikanth and team, thanks for your wonderful tour for us and School children on various aspects on organic farming and your hospitality. And Kudos for making the mini unique forest to have various uncommonly seen trees. Otherwise the information on gobar gas plant, cattle house, self sufficient on energy for domestic use, harvesting rain water, bird watching, info and history of trees and many more. And finally congratulations for your noble work and all the best.
23 April 2011 - Bengaluru
Srikanth's Reply   Hi Harsha & Sapna,
It was a wonderful experience having you and the group of enthusiastic children you brought along. One of the objectives of throwing open our farm for visitors was to get people closer to nature and glad to hear from you that we are in the right direction. The work being done by you at "LIFE" is amazing and keep up the great work. We will be glad to host you and look forward to some volunteer help in Jun/Jul for tree planting. Do keep in touch. Warm Regards - Srikanth
Message 147 - anand
like someone else said. if you ever need free labor, just call me :) . 9538227770 I would love to visit and work on your farm. this is something which I have been thinking for some time, and your already having done it, is quite motivating.
21 April 2011 - bangalore, india
Srikanth's Reply   Hi Anand,
Glad to know that you can volunteer at the farm. At the onset of monsoon, our tree planting will start. So starting June all the way till till July, we are planning for 600-700 saplings to be planted, paddy and turdal seedball making in June to be dispersed in July. So any help will be highly appreciated. We are at the farm on most weekends. Hope to see you soon. Regards - Srikanth
Message 146 - Madhu and Deepa
Srikanth, Priti Thanks for the nice tour of the farm and the knowledge sharing. Keep up the good work.
18 April 2011 - Bangalore, India
Srikanth's Reply   Hi Madhu & Deepa
Hope you had a good time and the information shared is useful. Thanks for visiting us. Regards - Srikanth
Message 145 - Ravi & Smitha
Thanks Srikanth for the excellent tour of Vanashree - it really lives up to its name - 'wealth of the forest' We enjoyed learning about your journey so far with Vanashree - the work done by you and your family assisted by Shanmukha and his family is truly inspirational. We got a hands-on and live perspective of unconventional farming methods and how to harness the power of nature effectively. Hope Vanashree serves as a beacon for many others and brings all of us closer to nature. Also, we hope we can take a leaf out of your book and start on our own journey in whatever way possible.Ravi & Smitha
18 April 2011 - Bangalore, India
Srikanth's Reply   Dear Smitha & Ravi,
It was a plesaure having you over here. Thanks for your kind words. Mother Nature is very benevolent as long as we don't mess(manipulate) her. Just lending her a helping hand is all that we are doing at Vanashree. We surely hope that more people get encouraged and enthused to get close to nature. Godspeed in your journey and best wishes. Warm Regards - Srikanth
Message 144 - vivek poomagame
namaskara srikanth. Nanna hesaru Viveka. Irodu bengaluru. OOru hassan hatra ondu halli. Naanu vyavasaaya madthini. Almost all weekends oorige hogthini. I would like to visit your farm whenever u need some labour. I would be very happy to come and work in ur farm. Starting frm cleaning cow sheds to anything!! 9972025645. is my number. if u feel u need a big man. do ring me. anytime.
25 March 2011 - bengaluru india
Srikanth's Reply   Namaskara Vivek,
Bahala santosha aayithu thamma vyavasaya kalaji bagge thilidu. You are welcome to visit us on any of the weekends. we are at the farm on most weekends. We will gladly use your help, especially after summer for our tree planting activities. Please do call us couple of days in advance and look forward to meeting you in person. Regards - Srikanth
Message 143 - suresh vaidyanathan
Dear Srikanth, it was real nice going thru ur site,I too have a liking to do what u r doing or atleast partly,wud appreciate if u cud give me a chance to get in touch with u ,thanks.
20 March 2011 - chennai,india
Srikanth's Reply   Dear Suresh,
Glad to hear that you liked what we are doing. To be honest, we just taken first steps, we still have a long way to go. Feel free to get in touch with me after 8.00pm on weekdays or any time during the weekend. Warm Regards
- Srikanth
Message 142 - mukaram ali khan
Mr & Mrs. Srikanth, many many congragulations to you and to your family. I would say the job which you are doing is one of the noblest. May god give u more strength and success in your efforts. Would like to visit some day and meet you personally.
16 March 2011 - Bangalore
Srikanth's Reply   Dear Mukaram,
Thanks for your encouraging and kind words. We consider ourselves very fortunate for being able to pusue our dreams. It has been a great ride so far. We have had our share of ups and downs, but being around nature we consider ourselves blessed. Would love to meet you in person at the farm. Warm Regards - Srikanth & Priti
Message 141 - Vedha
Hi Srikant and Priti, just wanted to thank you both, on giving us your valuable time and explaining in detail all the nuances on your farm. It has been such an enriching experience just talking to you both. Amaidhi and I are all geared up on taking this forward. We are also touched by your hospitality and eagerness in giving us all the information required. We believe this is a start of a great friendship and we are looking forward to talking to you more often from here onwards. Please pass on our best regards to Sriram, Shanmukha and Manoj Regards Vedha and Amaidhi
21 February 2011 - Bangalore, India
Srikanth's Reply   Hi Vedha & Amaidhi,
It was wonderful having you at Vanashree. Glad to know that you found your visit useful. Amazing thing about the farm has not just been about trees & sustainable living but also about wonderful and likeminded families we have regularly started to meet. We enjoyed your company completely. Don't hesitate to call us or visit us any time. Godspeed in your venture. Warm Regards & Best Wishes- Srikanth & Priti
Message 140 - Jayashree
I am interested in getting my school children (age 10 to 13 years) for a working stay at your farm for a minimum of one week. Is it possible?
19 February 2011 - Bangalore, India
Srikanth's Reply   Hi Jayashree,
Nice to hear about the idea of getting your children introduced to farming. Our house at the farm is very basic and am not sure about how well we are geared for overnight visitors. I would recommend a day visit on one of the weekends after 13th March. We can decide after you have personally experienced the farm. Warm Regards - Srikanth
Message 139 - Purnima and Ashok
Hey Srikanth and Priti, Wow. It was wonderful to see all the plans which have turned into action. It was great to see your work. The journey from the initial plans to implementation has been phenomenal. Ashok joins me in wishing you both with all the success in future too. We will surely want to visit Vanashree sometime soon. Will call you before visiting. Please pass on our regards to aunty and uncle also. Purnima and Ashok.
4 February 2011 - Bangalore, India
Srikanth's Reply   Hi Purnima, Ashok
The journey has been exciting and at times excrutiating. But the joy of watching trees grow cannot be described in words. Over the years we have realized that we don't have to do much but just lend a helping hand and Mother Nature does the rest. Wonderful to know that you will be visiting us soon. Look forwarding to seeing you all at the farm. Warm Regards - Srikanth & Priti
Message 138 - Sashi
Wow Srikanth, I bumped into this page accidentally and I was amazed and surprised at your venture. I am very happy to read about your project and wish you and Priti the very best. I will surely plan to visit you next time. Take care and convey my regards to Indira and Dad.
9 January 2011 - Indianapolis, IN, USA
Srikanth's Reply   Hi Sashi,
Wonderful to hear from you. Never realised our farm website will also be responsible to rebuild connections with many of my old friends and relatives. Thanks for your encouraging words, the journey has its fair share of ups and downs but it certainly has been very fulfilling. We look forward to your visit when you are in Bangalore next time. Warm Regards - Srikanth
Message 137 - Sudhir Rao
Srikanth, hello.We go back a long way into the past.SSVM and VHS.happened to read about you in a recent ET piece.I am just delighted to see you and Priti. Hope to catch up soon. WHAT AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY !!
9 January 2011 - Bengaluru
Srikanth's Reply   Hi Sudhir,
Wonderful to hear from you. Last week I was thinking about you when we passed in front of your parents house and was telling Priti about various extra curricular activities (dramas, debates et al) we were part of. How is everybody at home? Farming which started as a hobby, now is turning out to be a full time obsession. We still stay in our BSK residence some 500 mts from your parents house. We should plan to meet at the farm. Looking forward to hearing from you at the earliest. Regards - Srikanth
Message 136 - Anupa Saikiran
Hello Priti, Is it possible for us to visit your farm this weekend. We would like to come there with our family and spend the day or if possible stay over the night too.
20 December 2010 - Bangalore, India
Srikanth's Reply   Hi Anupa,
Apologies for the delay in my response. Was in US and returned couple of days back. You are welcome to visit us this weekend. I have also attached the route map to the farm. Please call us to confirm your visit.
Rgds - Srikanth
Message 135 - Madhu Iyengar
Hello, It's really nice to see your website and the information you have provided. I have a question on the house you have built. Are we required to get any permission or what size of a house we can build in the farm. We are getting into farming and planning to build 2 rooms around 400sft. Please let me know if we need any permission
13 December 2010 - Mysore
Srikanth's Reply   Hi Madhu,
Yes you need permission from local village panchayat for constructing the house. Also there are restrictions in terms of size of the house that can be built. 400 sft house should not be an issue. It will be better for you conatct one of the village elders localy and get it done. Thx - Srikanth
Message 134 - Joe
Srikant, It was great meeting you in person and talking to you about the various things you are doing. Its amazing how you are showing the way to so many people. Thanks for spending time with me and my parents. I wish you all the very best!
6 December 2010 - Bangalore, India
Srikanth's Reply   Hi Joe,
Apologies for the delay in my response. It was a pleasure meeting you and your parents. It has been an interesting and challenging journey so far. Farming has also enabled us to meet many like minded people. Keep in touch. Regards - Srikanth
Message 133 - Milind
I am interested in understanding how you developed entire area. I am based out of Mumbai and visiting your farm seems difficult ( since it is near Bangalore). Can you provide some small document for planning.
4 December 2010 - Mumbai
Srikanth's Reply   Hi Milind,
Apologies for the delay in my response. I am not sure whether I will be able to articulate about the things we did at the farm in writing as I can verbally. So if possible call me on my cellphone over the wekend and will gladly share our experiences. Rgds
- Srikanth
Message 132 - Yugandhar
Hi Srikanth, I sent you a personal mail asking for advice. Just to remind you, I visited your farm along with my son and two friends in April 2010.
24 November 2010 - Hyderabad
Srikanth's Reply   Hi Yugundhar,

Apologies for the delay, I have tried to respond to the queries to best of my abilities. Don't hesitate to call me over the weekend. Rgds - Srikanth
Message 131 - VJBunny
Hi, We are very much interested in farming want to buy farm we are looking for small farm 5acre with a budget of 5-6lacs are they available at this rate if you know please help us- Thanks
18 November 2010 - Chennai
Srikanth's Reply   Hi,
Apologies for the delay in my response. Regarding land you need to be sure what you want to do with it, what is it you want to grow etc. It also depends how much rains the place gets, water table etc. Call me any day after 8.00pm or over the weekends.

Rgds
- Srikanth
Message 130 - nagaraj nanjundaram
hi Srikanth, would like to visit your farm. i have a farmland in maralvadi and would like to learn from what you have done on organic farming. let me know how do i contact you and fix up the time for visit
10 November 2010 - bangalore
Srikanth's Reply   Dear Nagaraj,
Wonderful to know of another farmer who is close to us. We are at the farm on most weekends and will gladly share our experiences. I have attached the route map to the farm in a separate email. Please do call us couple of days in advance before you plan to visit. Eagerly looking forward to meeting you. Regards - Srikanth
Message 129 - Shreesh
Hey, Happy Diwali! For farmers, this is quite a bountiful time :) Saw you featured in the Indian Express sunday edition! Great job! That article is a shot in the arm for aspirants like me.
7 November 2010 - Pune
Srikanth's Reply   Hi Shreesh,
Happy Diwali to you too...and very glad to see positive developments on your side too. I have still not got hold of the hard copy of Indian Express article. It was susrprising to see so many people from IT background moving to farming and quite sure you will also make that successful switch. Warm Regards - Srikanth
Message 128 - zoravar
hi i have around 21 acres of land or would say 21 kila land in punjab and i want to start organic farming can you please guide me that how , what all is required to start . with all the full details. please mail me on
29 October 2010 - chandigarh(India)
Srikanth's Reply   Dear Zoravar,
Wonderful to hear about your interest Organic farming. "A Handbook of Organic Farming" By Arun K. Sharma is one of the best books to start with for Organic farming in India. http://www.otherindiabookstore.com/listBooks.jsp?catID=38. It is priced around Rs. 850.0. This is an encyclopaedic work on the issue of organic farming, this book covers most aspects of this vast subject. A useful companion for any organic farming enthusiast. Regards - Srikanth
Message 127 - Shubha C
Hi Shirkanth, hope you remember me. We were classmates in vijaya high school and UVCE. I was browsing information on organic farming and chanced upon your website. Great initiative and a good job. Really impressive!! Keep up the good work. i would love to visit your farm sometime. Do keep in touch.
22 October 2010 - Bangalore, India
Srikanth's Reply   Hi Shubha,
Ofcourse I remember you. Sridevi mentioned about couple of months back that you moved back from US, but didn't get your contact details. Thanks for your encouraging words on our farming efforts. We have come a long way from where we have started and still have a long way to go. You are most welcome with your family. I am currently travelling and will be back in India on 15th Nov. We can also plan for old Vijaya High School or UVCE get together. Warm Regards - Srikanth
Message 126 - Gopinath Parakuni
Dear Priti and Srikant, I happened to see your website while I was looking for the botanical name of Muthuga. I am part of a group interested in looking at the viability of organic farming as livelihood for marginal farmers. In fact, three of us have been tasked to write a brief paper on the development of organic farming in South India and the challenges involved in projects aimed to promote it among marginal farmers. Two or three of us would like to visit your farm when you are there, but we will give you sufficient notice.Best of luck for all the good work.
11 October 2010 - Bangalore
Srikanth's Reply   Dear Gopinath,
Great initiative on formal study of viability of the organic farming for the marginal farmers. We would love to have you visit us. I have attached the routemap to our farm in a separate mail. Do call us few days in advance before your visit.BTW, we will out of station from this weekend and from 29th Oct to 14th Nov. Looking forward to meeting you all. Regards - Srikanth & Priti
Message 125 - Shridhara rao
We like to visit you this saturday (9th Sept,2010). We are 4 people - 2 adults and 2 young boys aged 6 and 4. I am actually buying agriculture land myself and am interested in finding out first hand your experiences.
6 October 2010 - Bangalore, India
Srikanth's Reply   Hi Shridhar,
Congratulations and Best Wishes in your endeavor. Priti and I will gladly share our experiences. I have also attached the route map to our farm in a separate email. Please call us tomorrow evening to confirm our plans. There is an outside chance of me not being in the farm on Saturday. Regards
- Srikanth
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