Author: Biorigin Organics

In this modern era, people are more informed about their surroundings and the market. Through the internet, they can get A to Z information about anything they like. This makes the market and its products very transparent. No one can fool the customers now and…

What is Sustainability? What is sustainability? Defined by the UN World Commission on Environment and Development as: “sustainable development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” Sustainability involves integrating environmental health along with…

Compiled By Mr. Jacob Jose – PDS Organic Spices – Marketing Head Food Systems are the combination of all actions it takes to produce and consume our food on a day-to-day basis–from farm to fork to land fill. Food systems include any activity that produces,…

Top Health Benefits of Organic Tea You’re looking for a drink that will be a real thirst quencher. At the same time, you want something to keep you healthy. Perhaps you’re also interested in the environment and in making a sustainable choice. If so, you’ll…

Idukki, the district home to the Western Ghats of Kerala, is one of the landslide hotspots in the state. In Idukki’s hilly areas where the landslides were damaging property and rendering soil infertile, the local farmers have revived an age-old tradition of planting vetiver crops. The…

The 2018 floods put the focus back on the crop, and at present, 2500 farmers are using Vetiver as border crops. Idukki district gets its name from the Malayalam word idukku, which means gorge. Beautiful narrow gorges run across this hilly tourist destination in Kerala in south…

Organic agriculture is based on returning to our roots and naturally growing all those foods we need to survive. Respecting the growth time and the natural treatments that each crop should take. For years they have sold us the idea of ​​running against time and…

Author: Dr. Thomas Jacob Introduction Peermade Development Society (PDS), an NGO based in Idukki, Kerala, India, was established during 1980. Its mission was set seeing the marginalization and exclusion of small farmers, women and tribals of the remote district of Idukki in Kerala, which has…

PDS Organic Spices is taking conscious efforts to reduce carbon foot print throughout the value chain By adopting regenerative agriculture and modern technology in farming and its processing, PDS Organic Spices is taking conscious efforts to reduce carbon emissions each steps of the value chain,…

The health and quality of soils is dependent on the mix of living organisms they contain which is represented by the term soil biodiversity.  Soil biodiversity reflects the variability among living organisms including a myriad of organisms not visible with the naked eye, such as micro-organisms (e.g.…