Fertile Ground: East/West Sustainability Network

Assist farmers and small-scale tea growers in assam india to grow crops without herbicides pesticides and chemical fertilizers. Deliver educational programs in assam focused on improving soil fertility. Encourage identification collection and distribution of traditional grain and vegetable seeds. While we have not been able to carry out work on-the-ground in assam during the past fiscal year (2023/24) we are continuing to maintain contact with our partners using zoom internet and fb messenger to provide information encouragement and guidance we anticipate delivering educational programs in the comox valley as well as other locations on vancouver island bc which are focused on improving soil fertility and addressing challenges facing small-scale organic growers here in the west (canada) as well as in the east (india).