Tamarind Valley Collective

A 75+ acre permaculture farm, food forest where 50 families have chosen to explore a more sustainable way to live.

[Tamarind Valley Collective @TVCFarm]

There's a couple of memberships open at the collective, if you're interested.

[do nothing vacations @lingerleisure]

If you look around, our natural world is drop dead gorgeous.

The Tamarind Valley Collective. Day trips and comfortable overnight camping. Home, birding, regenerative farming and great food!

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[Tamarind Valley Collective @TVCFarm]

The "H" bit of the biodiversity weekend at the farm checked! A teeny (and harmless) wolf snake came in to help with the kitchen work and was gently eased back into its natural habitat :)

[do nothing vacations @lingerleisure]

TVC has always been a fascinating visit from a biodiversity and regeneration perspective - but now there's a solid reason to be there on the 27-28th of Aug

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[ayyappan hariharan🐦‍⬛ @passivelyactive]

The 9 shades of Indian Pitta. Even rainbow has only 7. Have a lovely week ahead.
#IndiAves #BBCWildlifePOTD #ThePhotoHour #SonyAlpha

[do nothing vacations @lingerleisure]

Life thrives at the natural farms. Today's shots from TVC courtesy @oligoglot

#Wildlife #Birding #Regenerative #Farming all make it a fun day trip!

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[Tamarind Valley Collective @TVCFarm]

There's about 300kgs of deseeded tamarind at the farm. Completely organic, really tangy and good stuff. 250/- a kg. (200/- if you come over for a day trip/weekend stay and take some). Beka?

[Tamarind Valley Collective @TVCFarm]

This year water is visible in the stream in May! While some of it is due to the unexpected rain, the soil has also better retained the moisture from last year's because of planting in the riparian area as well as letting the vegetation grow.

[Tamarind Valley Collective @TVCFarm]

Our 5th year anniv meetup happened at Ranjan & Reva's home (which is a lesson in living sustainably in itself!) The community that defines TVC is magical, and so was this gathering.

[Tamarind Valley Collective @TVCFarm]

The 2 most recent additions to our fellow residents at the farm. The Tickell's Blue Flycatcher and the Indian Pitta #birding #Bangalore #NaturalFarming #Restoration

[Tamarind Valley Collective @TVCFarm]

We're up to 55 bird species that we've seen at the farm. Snakes, elephants, wild boar as well. It's truly becoming home for so many as the landscape becomes richer!

[do nothing vacations @lingerleisure]

There's some awesome hikes at The Tamarind Valley Collective. Check them out.

There's also a lot of fun and learning about landscape rejuvenation, natural farming. And great organic food!

Makes for a lovely camping weekend, no?

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[Tamarind Valley Collective @TVCFarm]

The farm has really become a lovely habitat for so many birds and more!

[do nothing vacations @lingerleisure]

Balu, a #birding enthusiast, visits all our places for the amazing bird life there. He shared some amazing ones from TVC, including a rare winter migrant bee eater from Europe locally called the Sharanga

[Rainmatter Foundation @RainmatterOrg]

The @gatesfoundation has created grant funding for smart digital enabled #innovation in #farming related ideas. Do check out and apply if you're a social entrepreneur. Let us know if you need tech/other help, esp if the idea is ecologically beneficial.

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[Sameer Shisodia @zenx]

I get many calls from folks wanting to buy/start a farm, wanting to move away from the city etc. So I thought I'd share the various things these discussions covered for those looking at #farming

My views and learnings. YMMV

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[Tamarind Valley Collective @TVCFarm]

Come over, folks - we'll love to have you over for a weekend!

[do nothing vacations @lingerleisure]

The perfect day trip and #camping location for those who love being in forests, or want to learn more about regenerative #farming, or just chill in a beautiful place close to #Bangalore

TVC is the shorthand for the place. Check it out.

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[Sameer Shisodia @zenx]

It takes about 10 fossil fuel calories to produce and transport each food calorie in the average American diet.

I estimated similar for rice across the world. #Permaculture is a sensible, efficient switch, unless we want to continue stealing from the future.

[Beforest @BeforestFarming]

The monkeys, and birds, insects and other animals do a far better job of creating a forest than we do - Sandeep/Aranyaani #farming #resilience

[Beforest @BeforestFarming]

If you are curious/keen about #permaculture or #natural #farming - you'll love this conversation at 11am IST tomorrow on Sun 10th May.

[Beforest @BeforestFarming]

In Fri's #Resilience chat, we speak with @zenrainman and @get_shubha of Biome Water, and @erbdex who's a "green follows blue" champion, about the one we've already seen stressed - #water

What is the right way to look at this? What can we do?

Register: https://t.co/dZN6Y5xWld