Bring Back Good Food With Organic Seeds

Women warriors don't go to the border to fight wars nor is culture dissemination restricted to the arts. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi talks about women who change bad farming practices and work hard among local farmers to disseminate organic seeds of forgotten vegetable and grain varieties that don't need pesticides and chemical fertilizers to grow. Their effort is to restore heritage plants and get people to eat pure food.

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Organic farming for me is as important as animal welfare. Both save thousands of species and make the world a better place for humans. When I became the Minister for Women and Child Development, we started a new project: we hold an annual mela in Dilli Haat in Delhi for 15 days in which 300 women organic farmers are called from all parts of India to sell their produce. We also send 50 women to a huge organic mela in Ahmedabad organized by Srishthi and now we are preparing to organize one in Mumbai in February.