<p>As many as 2,000 students from St Joseph’s college will be oriented towards urban farming through a workshop titled ‘soil-less culture methods’ by the GKVK faculty through this exercise.<br /><br />Urban farming is the process of growing food plants within urban spaces such as terraces, backyards and inside homes. <br /><br />At the workshop, the students will be guided and trained on being “green thumbs” within their homes. BCIL and GKVK plan to take this programme to other cities, if the Bangalore exercise is successful. <br /><br />Apart from drastically reducing the food miles (the distance a food item has to travel from farm to consumer), the key benefits of urban farming includes protection of natural resources and pesticide-free organic food.<br /><br />According to Dr B L Chidananda, Associate Professor, GKVK, the practice of soil-less culture is best suited for urban conditions as it is light weight and does not harm the roof. <br /><br />Chandrashekar Hariharan, Chairman and Co- Founder, BCIL Zed Homes, said this initiative could be the stepping stone for a larger movement; which would help create a sustainable environment.</p>
<p>As many as 2,000 students from St Joseph’s college will be oriented towards urban farming through a workshop titled ‘soil-less culture methods’ by the GKVK faculty through this exercise.<br /><br />Urban farming is the process of growing food plants within urban spaces such as terraces, backyards and inside homes. <br /><br />At the workshop, the students will be guided and trained on being “green thumbs” within their homes. BCIL and GKVK plan to take this programme to other cities, if the Bangalore exercise is successful. <br /><br />Apart from drastically reducing the food miles (the distance a food item has to travel from farm to consumer), the key benefits of urban farming includes protection of natural resources and pesticide-free organic food.<br /><br />According to Dr B L Chidananda, Associate Professor, GKVK, the practice of soil-less culture is best suited for urban conditions as it is light weight and does not harm the roof. <br /><br />Chandrashekar Hariharan, Chairman and Co- Founder, BCIL Zed Homes, said this initiative could be the stepping stone for a larger movement; which would help create a sustainable environment.</p>
