• Bring authentic, transparent, dependable, organic food to
Bangalore residents.
• Train, educate and employ young men and women who are from
villages and from cities and interested in Farming.
• Build a State of the Art farm which combines Eastern and
Western methods of deep organic farming practices using zero
chemical fertilizers and pesticides.
• Train Bangalore residents and gardeners to do their hobby better
and help their dream to do farming come true.
• To create social impact through visits to mapletree farms
and give invited talks regarding organic farming.
WE PLEDGE THAT IN OUR FARMING, PROCESSING, AND MARKETING WE WILL:
• Build and maintain healthy soils by applying farming practices that include rotating crops
annually, using compost, cover crops, green manures, and reducing tillage.
• Serve the health of soil, people and nature by rejecting the use of synthetic insecticides,
herbicides, fungicides, and fertilizers.
• Reject the use of GMOs, chemically treated seeds,
synthetic toxic materials, irradiation, and sewage sludge in our farming, and all synthetic
substances in post-harvest handling.
• Treat livestock humanely by providing pasture for ruminants,
access to outdoors and fresh air for all livestock, banning cruel alterations, and using no hormones,
GMOs or antibiotics in feed.
• Support agricultural markets and infrastructures that enable small farms
to thrive.
• Conserve natural resources including the atmosphere and climate, by reducing erosion and
pollution of air, soil and water through responsible farming practices.
• Maximize the nutritional value of food and feed by practicing careful post-harvest handling.
• Practice minimal processing for all food products to preserve the natural nutritional value of food:
NO use of irradiation, ultra-pasteurization, excessive heat, synthetic preservatives, or GMO processing
agents or additives and include all ingredients on labels.
• Ensure food safety by using potable water
for washing crops.
• Reduce the ecological footprint of farms and homes by limiting energy use and converting to renewable
sources of energy.
• Reduce food miles by selling produce locally and regionally.
• Create beneficial habitat for wildlife and encourage biodiversity.
• Help preserve farmland.
• Share and develop farming skills and know-how.
• Use ethical business practices.
• Pay a living wage to all farm workers and acknowledge their
freedom of association and their right to collective bargaining.
• Treat family members and farm workers with respect, and ensure their safety on the farm.
• Work in cooperation with other farmers and with the neighboring community to create a more
sustainable way of life.
• Encourage the distribution of unsold but edible food to people who need it.
• Sustain the land in healthy condition for future generations.
