Purvi Vyas, a Masters in Environmental Management from Australia's Western Sydney University, turned into a full-time organic farmer. She is now preparing the next generation of farmers and youngsters to adopt a sustainable lifestyle.
She created a self-sustaining model in her own farm, where all basic requirements of life were met by products from the farm.
Purvi would wear jewellery like that of the tribal women and would accompany them to the jungle to work with them.
She was surprised to know that these illiterate women had all the knowledge of the plants and the trees available in the jungle. They knew what plants has medicinal values and what should be consumed for a particular disease or illness.
"Even the kids knew about these plants so well! It was an eye opener for me that I was an educated ignorant and so are most of us in the cities. These people were living a much healthier life than us and on the other hand, I observed a huge gap between what people were saying about the environment and how they were actually living their lives in the cities, including me. This paradox made me unhappy and I was constantly looking for a way to implement what I was saying," she says.
She produces each and everything that the land and geography permits at her farm right from grains, cereals, fruits, ayurvedic medicinal plants, legumes, flowers and vegetables.
The model is such that a farmer can get a cash flow continuously. One can get everyday cash by selling milk, flowers can be sold weekly, vegetable fortnightly, fruits monthly, and grains can be sold yearly for a bulk income. For the rest of the things, Purvi has reintroduced the barter system in the village wherein people exchange their produce for things and not money.
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