{"id":48,"date":"2017-07-07T03:35:19","date_gmt":"2017-07-07T08:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amritabhoomi.org\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2020-08-09T18:43:36","modified_gmt":"2020-08-09T18:43:36","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.amritabhoomi.org\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"
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BORN OUT OF <\/span>A Struggle for Seed Sovereignty

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\n Amrita Bhoomi was conceptualized during the \u2018seed satyagraha\u2019, the Karnataka farmers\u2019 movement(KRRS)\u2019s fight for seed sovereignty against multinational seed companies\u2019 attempts to impose patents on life. KRRS had a dream. It didn\u2019t want to just keep protesting against things \u2013 injustice, bad laws, and corrupt politicians. It also wanted to create the world it wanted to see.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
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\n Professor Nanjundaswamy, the now deceased leader of KRRS who was described by The Guardian as \u201cIndia\u2019s leading advocate of farmers\u2019 rights\u201d put this vision into practice by launching a farmers training center in 2002, which he named \u2013 Amrita Bhoomi, the eternal earth.\n\nProf. Nanjundaswamy conceptualised the center as a space for peasants to build models of autonomy \u2013an alternative vision to that of green revolutions shrouding rural India. His vision was to establish a center where peasants can explore how to restructure food production based on appropriate technologies and local exchange networks.\n\nAmrita Bhoomi is a Public Charitable Trust. It was first established with the support of the Italian farmers organization \u2013 SUM<\/a>\n

\nSpread over 66 acres, Amrita Bhoomi is located in the pristine Biligiri Ranga Hills, surrounded by three national parks. Elephants and wild boars are regular visitors. Along with a number of model agroecology farms, the center also houses a indigenous seed & livestock bank, a medicinal garden conserving medicinal varieties that currently face extinction. There is also an auditorium for 250 people and a training center with classrooms and dormitories. Chef Muttu, a Soliga adivasi who cooks mouthwatering meals, runs the dining hall. \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
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