Edible Routes

Edible routes is trying to bring farming to the general public. It promotes home gardening and growing one’s own fresh food needs at home itself. I Read moret provides farmlets or plots of land in its farm houses to those interested in growing their own fresh produce but do not have enough land. The plot owners are taught to look after their plants through using organic fertilizers and inputs besides creating awareness on composting waste and preserving foods. It encourages people who have small plots in their homes to start a kitchen garden and provides complete service of setting up the garden besides providing training on what to grow, pest control, manuring, pots and planters, garden tools etc. It also takes up maintenance of the kitchen garden on an annual basis. It conducts frequent paid webinars and online workshops for the general public where anyone in the country can join in. The workshops discuss about kitchen gardening, growing microgreens, growing mushrooms, composting and other related topics and can be attended by experienced as well as beginners in the field of gardening. To help large land owners it takes up land projects. It provides consultations on land planning, space optimisation, inputs on how to improve soil health through natural methods and also technical knowledge through its team of experts. Through the ER Foundation (Edible Routes Foundation) it aims to help people connect back to forests and learn about natural ecology and its value. It involves the community in projects to re-energise land through natural methods helping them contribute to improve climactic conditions and manage climate change in an environment friendly manner. It also maintains an online website to cater to the need of those interested in gardening where it offers gardening tools, gardening kits, pots and planters and natural food products which can be purchased online.