Rays of Hope - "based on India's Farmer Suicides"

Farmers in India are committing suicide in increasing numbers due to being caught in the debt spiral which is caused by the ever-increasing costs of inputs required in conventional agro-chemical farming. Last year (2010) 68,000 farmers took their lives in Maharastra state alone. Today this crisis has become an international concern. A positive outlook and the will to persevere are fast decreasing among the Indian agricultural community.

"Rays of Hope," a short film by Mary Lee Weir, documents a small group of organic farmers in Kerala, South India, who have taken a unique step toward self-sustainability. They have created what they call a "Noah's Ark", which is a Homa Organic Farming Complex that unites small organic farmers together to cover an area of up to 200 acres.(http://www.homafarming.com)

These Christian Farmers of Jose Giri in Kerala, India are aiming to become self-sufficient in food and medicine using Ancient Vedic Techniques for healing the atmosphere.

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• homa therapy
• agnihotra
• sustainable farming
• organic farming
• green revolution
• pollution
• acid rain
• india
• farmer suicides