Date/dates: 29/09/2015 - 30/09/2015
Time: All Day

Vasundhara: National Gathering of Farmers


Farmers celebrate the Day of Corn at Navdanya

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Navdanya is hosting Vasundhara, a two day national gathering of farmers at biodiversity conservatory farm at Ramgarh, Dehradun from September 29th to 30th 2015.

The festival is a celebration of Prithvi, Earth goddess and hopes to reconnect the participants with the ancient teachings enshrined in the Indian tradition.
Vasundhara aims to spread awareness about traditional methods of agriculture and formulate with the participants an Anna Swaraj vision 2020 for the preservation of our sacred soil. During this, there will be discussions on Bija swaraj, Bhu Swaraj and current agrarian crisis looming over our nation with international agricultural experts.
The chief guest at the festival will be Uttarakhand Chief Minister Shri Harish Rawat.
Along with Dr. Vandana Shiva, prominent speakers at the festival will be Dr. Vir Singh singh, Dr. Krishan Bir Chaudhary, Farmer Andre Leu, president international organic agricultural movement(IFOAM), Ronnie Cummins, director Organic Consumer Alliance (OCA), Dr Will Allen, Anthropologist and writer; Dr, Vinod Bhatt kumar Bhatt The chief guest at the festival will be Uttarakhand Chief Minister Shri Harish Rawat.

Watch Video – Farmers celebrate the Day of Corn at Navdanya: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcSIafr8ehY

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Webpage with more details: http://www.navdanya.org/news/504-touch-the-earth-a-soil-pilgrimage
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Location:

Navdanya – Doon Valley Biodiversity Farm/Bija Vidyapeeth
Shimla Bypass Road - Dehradun
Village Ramgarh / Shishambara - Ινδία
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