Our story

A close encounter with hunger and malnutrition in tribal villages of Northern Orissa in 1998 compelled Debjeet to search  for ways & means to respond to existing scarcity of food & nutrition. Having been intimately associated with tribals in Orissa for more than eight years, he tried to look for solutions which were closer to rural life, improves availability of food & nutrition at household level, and reduces malnutrition related deaths in villages. This search led him to work as a farmer under the guidance of an experienced teacher of ecological agriculture for one year.

Living Farms was formally initiated in 2005. As a part of our policy we have decided to work with landless agricultural labourer, marginal and small farmers having a focus on issues related to food security and sovereignty.