GUNTUR, India — There’s a pungent odor on Ratna Raju’s farm that he says is protecting his crops from the unpredictable and extreme weather that’s become more frequent with human-caused climate change. Ratna Raju a farmer who is part of a collective who practice natural farming, harvests spinach at his farm in Pedavuppudu village, Guntur district of southern India’s Andhra …
Ongole bulls, native cows, the intermittent fights of country chickens, sunshine yellow butterflies and the peaty smell of fresh dung. Shankar, despite being a city boy is an integral part of the Rythu Mitra group, where a team of farmers is bringing back natural farming techniques. In 2017, he joined hands with like-minded individuals to form the Rythu Mitra group …