Auroville farms

On March 9th the Auroville Foundation Office (AVFO) tendered and on March 27th auctioned the fruits of the fruits trees of the Auroville Farms, without any consultation with the RA.

“Enhance Auroville food production to meet the needs of Auroville...” – View point of the Governing Board as recorded in the minutes of the 57th meeting.

On August 15th, the new Solar Kitchen management team celebrated one year in office. Auroville Today asked executives Harishini, Vanitha, Shakthi and Manimaran about their experience.

Covering about 25 acres in the northeast part of the Greenbelt, Aurogreen is one of Auroville’s oldest farms and was the first to go organic.

In the last few months, the world has been turned upside-down. Half the world’s population has been in lockdown, the global economy has collapsed, millions have lost their jobs and thousands have died, all as a result of a new and very infectious corona virus: COVID-19.

The Solar Kitchen opened in December 1997 and since then has been operating uninterruptedly under different managers. The first were Jaya and Shyama, who were joined shortly after by Andrea.

Pebble Garden, situated on the way to Koot Road west of Auroville, was begun as a reforestation project by Bernard and Deepika in 1994. Over the last 25 years, it has been transformed not only into a dense and vibrant indigenous forest, but also a widely recognised seed conservation centre for endangered vegetables.

Auroville Health Services (AVHS), a team of eight members, is a non-profit service in the area of public health and health care for seniors.