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Vishuddha Farms
Sustainable & Healthy Farming
Hydroponics, Polyhouse Construction, Organic Farming
Contact: Anuj Agarwal ( +91-6263567726 )
vishuddhafarms@gmail.com
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Vision
An India where healthy food is available to everyone using an environmentally sustainable agricultural practice that conserves water, optimizes land utilization, manages climate risks and streamlines food supply network in order to reduce food waste.
Goal
The overarching goal for Vishudda Farms is to promote sustainable and healthy farming practices using hydroponics agricultural techniques that can be applied all across India
Shubham Sharma
Co-Founder, Dreamer, Investor
In 2018, Shubham was living in California in the famed Bay Area. While California is incredibly beautiful, Shubham became aware of how vulnerable it was to natural disasters and climate change and of how such environmental vulnerabilities creates economic instability and household insecurity at the most basic level. During that same period, India was experiencing one of the worst droughts in its history, again due to climate change. In his visits back home, he couldn't help but notice how dependent people were on public services and on water resources and how unprepared the economy is for the forecasted water shortages and climate disasters. The idea came to him that he wanted to help develop agricultural practices that promote self-reliance, reduces stress on underground water resources, benefits farmers and women in particular and is free of harmful chemicals and pathogens. As NRIs that want to give back to their community, he and his closest friends, Anuj Agarwal and Saurabh Agarwal began designing this project and set it into motion two years later.
Anuj Agarwal
Co-Founder, Head of India Operations
In 2018, Anuj was living in Wisconsin, USA and contemplating a move back to India. As a mechanical engineer who worked for a firm that creates heavy equipment for the farming industry, he was seeing new consumption patterns where the demand for healthy pesticide-free food was growing in developing countries and wasn’t being met due to inadequate supply. He began dreaming of a project which could prove the feasibility of sustainable farming for the masses and set an example for Indian farmers to learn new techniques in farming. Following an initial pilot phase of research and testing in the US in California and Wisconsin, he returned to India in 2019 and is currently heading the operations of Vishuddha Farms.
Problem we are trying to solve
According to rough estimates, about 60%-70% of vegetables available in urban centers of India are cultivated using waste/sewage water containing a cocktail of deadly pathogens and heavy metals. According to WHO India is on the verge of witnessing a pandemic.
Almost 80% of the available water is used by agriculture and with the growing population & urbanization, demand for underground water will continue to grow and soon enough will lead to a situation where we may not have enough water to meet the basic needs of urban population.
In 2018, India witnessed one of the worst drought in a decade and scientists have warned that this will become a norm due to climate change. We saw hundreds of farmers committing suicides and huge population suffered malnutrition.
India has one of the worst food supply chains in the world. Logistics, storage, packaging and distribution is quite complex and results in almost $14 billion dollars worth of food waste every year. According to Reuters, 194 millions Indians sleep on an empty stomach daily.
Hydroponics has the answers
Hydroponics uses only 20% of the water as compared to traditional farming.
Water is filtered through RO (Reverse Osmosis) process ensuring all pathogens, harmful chemicals and metals are filtered out. Hydroponics vegetables are grown using organic seeds in a pesticide free environment.
Hydroponics does not require a fertile piece of land which gives it a very unique advantage of placing farms closer to the urban markets. This will help in reducing food waste, storage costs, transportation costs and bring fresh & healthy food right at the doorsteps of the city dwellers.
If you would like to know more about our story then please feel free to write us at vishuddhafarms@gmail.com
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