Stalin’s Green Religion
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“Green is my religion...I’m currently working on this curriculum of nature based learning to create healthier families and happier individuals...A happier life is possible only when we connect closer with nature.”
Archana Stalin, a proud entrepreneur, is from a family with farming lineage. She graduated from College of Engineering, Guindy, and had 9 years working in various fields before she co-founded My Harvest. The initial idea was simple - Archana said she hopes to build a strong connection between the community of farmers and city folks to broaden farmers’ income sources as well as provide urban people a chance to choose chemical-free food.
Earlier in her career, Archana, along with fellow students from college, began an organization called “Buds” in 2008 and worked with small communities in various villages. The organization later branched out to environment-friendly projects such as restoring water sources. Buds have been restored in two ponds to date in Virudhunagar and more have been planned.
Archana then was drawn to cultivating her own food terrace gardening. She and her husband initiated MyHarvest in 2017 from which they built their own terrace gardens in different parts of Chennai, and business expanded from there.
Today, on their website page, the MyHarvest community still values the ecosystem sustainability in their products. They visualize building a greener and healthier world by connecting urbanites to state food and sustainable farming and continually contribute to creating a win-win situation for farmers and consumers in the city.
Their core principles have not changed - these are sustainable farming, re-connecting to nature, safe food for all, and improving farmers’ livelihood. MyHarvest Farms introduce them as such - “we are a community of young minds that strives to make safe food possible for all and improve farmer livelihoods...We just make it natural, healthy, and fresh. We know some call it a lost cause but we also know lost causes are the only ones worth fighting for.