Dr. Vishwanath, the father of organic terrace gardening in India says, grow your own food.:- He pursued a master's in Entomology and worked as Technical Assistant in the Department of Horticulture. "I later worked for the University of Agriculture for 16 years, did my doctorate and post-doctoral studies too.
"What shocked me during these years was the changing climactic conditions of Bangalore. When we went to college, we wore socks and gloves. When I was teaching, I wore a full suit. But gradually, we had to shed the coat, socks and gloves, then the tie, and then our shoes, finally we settled for trousers, shirt and sandals!," he explains. Vishwanath recognised that something had to be done to counter the loss of tree cover, and the poison in air and water. "I had my first terrace gardening workshop in 1995 in IIT, Queens Road, and more than 100 people came including the actor Bharathi Vishnuvardhan. Enthused by the response, till 2004, I conducted workshops in Mylasandra and to overwhelming response," narrates Vishwanath.
Vishwanath believes that if we take good care of our plants, produce is assured. "You cannot complain about insects. They came 250 million years before man and they know how to survive. In fact, they are the owners. But the use of neem and good organic manure will keep them at bay. Live and let live," he says, emphatically. "What is the use of all the money, and great infrastructure, if you are going to give your children bad health? WHO says life expectancy has gone up. But if you are ill by the age of 35 and live up to 80 because of medicines what is the use? Take it from me, fast food is killing the younger generation. The future generations will not even live as long as their parents did!" he warns.
In this year of Family Farming, and GCF wants to give every house in the slums a pot, with a vegetable plant. "We will also give them organic manure. They can grow their own vegetables, and whatever is extra they can share it with their neighbours. It is important to make sustainable communities," he argues, "importing food is second slavery."
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