Urban farming

What else is going on with farming in Auroville?

An interview with Akash Heimlich, Monica Tobar and Riccardo, By Shradha

Rooftop hydroponics at Akash and Monica’s

The Auroville Urban Farming project was started by Riccardo, a long term volunteer studying Food Security in Auroville, with the aid of Luigi in late 2014.

Growing a green city

An interview with Riccardo, By Ing-Marie

‘Supramental rain’ (Pyrostegia venustai grows on the balconies of Citadines

Have you walked behind the Town Hall lately? You might be surprised by what you see. Nestled in that dense urban area, surrounded on all sides by buildings, you can find young banana plants, bountiful bougainvillea, creepers climbing up the walls of Citadines, a robust vegetable garden, and a drip irrigation system supplying water to young fruit trees.

Growing food, growing people

An interview with Krishna McKenzie, By Ing-Marie

“All of the issues are interconnected,” says Krishna on a sultry summer afternoon, when asked about Solitude Farm’s Circle Garden Project. “The issue of water, the issue of land use, the question of why there is a stockpile of Auroville-grown rice sitting at Annapurna Farm, the question of our relationship to food and where it comes from.

Home gardens survey

Survey, By Segar Duraikannu, Vimal and Martin Scherfler

Recently, a survey was made of the various home garden projects in Auroville. The authors were Katt Grant, Segar Duraikannu, Vimal Bhojraj and Martin Scherfler.