Mahadev
Foundation
Tired land, brought back to life
Around Bengaluru, eucalyptus left farms that barely feed the families on them. Since 2017, we have been bringing that land back with them, one acre at a time. Come, be part of the next one.
In 2022, nothing grew on this acre
Eucalyptus had drained Taranya, in Subraya Nagenahalli. Volunteers held the rain on it and planted. Today it grows food.
Read Taranya's full story
Three steps bring an acre back
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1First, read the land
Where does the rain run off? Where are the bunds broken? The plan is drawn in the mud before anyone digs.
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2Then, hold the rain
Volunteers dig trenches across the slope and a pond, so the water soaks in where it falls.
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3Then, the land feeds people
Trees, bananas and crops go in together. Four years on, Taranya grows food, and people come to see how.
One village, three initiatives
It begins with the soil. Art brings city people to the village, and green businesses turn what the land gives into a living for those who tend it.
What has changed since 2017
- 2schools teach natural design
Paramount Public School and Purna Learning Centre.
- 2green livelihoods
The Secret Table Cafe, and Lichen.design, now on its own.
- 1model farm
Taranya, with a farming community forming around it.
We own no land. We work on land others give, for the people who farm around it.
