My Journey as a Organic Farmer from Sirsa, Haryana - India

Harpal Singh Grewal offers a snapshot of his 30-year-long organic farming journey.

It is good to see the latest developments in organic agriculture in India, initiated by none other than the number one supporter of organic farming, our beloved PM Modiji and his team. It is nothing less than a dream come true for fellow organic enthusiasts and farmers like me.

The organic community was extremely hopeful of progress since Modiji’s first speech in 2014. However, there were moments of turbulence when it became apparent that organic farmers were facing certain challenges. Fortunately, the present government has realised the importance of the organic initiative and announced its complete support in the promotion of organic and natural farming.

This author descends from an agricultural family in Sirsa—we’ve been farming in this region since 1912. My great grandfather, Baba Sawan Singh Grewal, a visionary, made this possible. As well as being a great scholar and philosopher, he was also a civil engineer and an alumnus of Thomason College of Civil Engineering, Roorkee (now known as IIT). He was a learned scholar of the Vedas and Upanishads, and various religious texts of the world. He was also a linguist, having mastered Sanskrit, Persian, English, Urdu, Hindi and Gurmukhi. 

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