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beforestfarming

Beforest creates and manages sustainable farming collectives.

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Camp nights are always beautiful. Especially in winter by the fire. The biodiversity team at Hyderabad has been staying at site making observations about the nocturnal wildlife in the area. #nofilter #hyderabadcollectiveupdates #biodiversitystudy #permaculture #restorationfarming #sustainableliving

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The biodiversity study has been initiated at our Hyderabad collective. The 9 day 9 night exercise is primarily aimed at understanding the activity on ground and see what areas constitute the primary inviolate areas and what can be used for activities. Early observations have definite indications of sloth bears, black bucks, sambar and other big game which One would never imagine this close to the city. The landscape is deifinitely heavily disturbed and we hope to rejuvenate and revive a thriving eco system. Thank you @wandering_wolf_dp for this lovely click. #nofilter #hyderabadcollectiveupdates #urbanwildlife #beforestfarming #permaculture #sustainableagriculture #restorationfarming #scrubforests

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Yellow striped caecilians, also known as the Nilgiri caecilian, is a limbless amphibian that thrives in leaf litter and humus rich terrains a.k.a western ghats. The presence of these little ones indicates extremely high carbon content in the soil and a low intensity of cultivation - yet another validation of our methods. #permaculture #westernghat #beforestfarming #poomaaleupdates #restorationagriculture #sustainablefarming #coorgdiaries #wildlife

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Ceropegia vincaefolia - the bulb cage plant. One of the rare finds in the western ghats, we found a few at Poomaale and here is why we are this excited. They have a very very interesting way of pollinating. The flower you see attracts the insects and once they are in, the petals close to form a cage. The idea is not to trap the insect but give it enough room to flit around and try to escape. By the time the struggle is done, the pollen are all over the insect and the flower does a mic drop of sorts and droops down and opens up the cage allowing the insect to fly away. #naturalwonders #coorgdiaries #permaculture #restorationagriculture #sustainablefarming #westernghats #poomaaleupdates #beforestfarming #planetearth

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Close to 500 orange saplings and another 50 birds eye chilli saplings all set for planting in the coffee areas. #permaculture #diversity #sustainablefarming #restorationfarming #poomaaleupdates #coorgdiaries #naturalfarming

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Another lovely click from @wandering_wolf_dp during study of the nocturnal activity at the estate. The 3rd biodiversity study is proving to be an exciting experience even for us at the base cos of all the super pics being clicked by the team.
#permaculture #beforestfarming #poomaaleupdates #sustainableagriculture #restorationproject #restorationfarming #coorgdiaries #beautifulmalenadu

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Torrent frogs: a group of pretty unrelated frogs that are put into the same bucket as they typically inhabit streams with lots of rapids or waterfalls or some such fast moving water body. A lovely pic, taken by @wandering_wolf_dp during the third biodiversity study at poomaale collective, coorg, captures the essence of why they are so named. #poomaaleupdates #beforestfarming #permaculture #sustainablefarming #restorationfarming #sustainableliving #westernghats #coorgdiaries #beautifulmalenadu

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Life in a coffee estate implies you have a guest using your bathroom every now and then . #beforestfarming #balurestate #westernghats

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Exactly a year ago we did our first biodiversity study. Thanks @wildoer for the pics. As we draw into the fag end of the monsoon we are all set to do our third now.

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Almost zero erosion yet again in the kembuva poley, poomaale estate, after the most recent heavy spells. Notice how clear the water is and the tiny trickles have swollen into waterfalls of sorts. All things aside coorg is awesome this time of the year. #permaculture #westernghats #beforestfarming #sustainablefarming #agroecology #coorgdiaries #poomaaleupdates

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Crested serpent eagle juvenile. This is a reptile eater and hunts over forests, often close to wet grasslands. Their call can be simulated with a high and rising Klueee-whip-whip. On an average their range sits at around 15sqkm for the male. Considering that, finding one sitting on a tree in front of the writer’s bungalow on the 127 acre (0.5sqkm) estate at poomaale is just plain luck. #permaculture #restorationfarming #poomaaleupdates #beforestfarming #wildlifefriendlyestate #forestfriendlyfarming #wildlifefriendly #coorgdiaries #beautifulmalenadu

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Malabar pit viper resting on one of the coffee plants. This is mildly venomous, very shy and tends to move away from disturbance. It has a very fast strike and most importantly there have been no known cases of death due to its bite. #coexistence #permaculture #restorationfarming #sustainablecultivation #forestfriendly #poomaaleupdates #beforestfarming #wildlifefriendlyfarming #wildlifeatpoomaale

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There are more microbes in a fistful of healthy soil than human beings that ever walked the earth. Soil is a living thing. A brilliant documentary that talks about how we fell into the trap of fertilisers and pesticides. more importantly it shows how great soil is the simple solution we are looking for to tackle global warming. At beforest we acknowledge this fact and encourage the natural processes to take shape and produce abundance. #permaculture #sustainableliving #sustainablefarming #restorationfarming #beforestfarming #netflix

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The solution to a great many things is to have great soil. We decided to try out this experiment taking some forest soil from the hyderabad collective, and some that was bought at the local nursery, mixing it with purchased compost. The grey bags are seeds sowed in the local nursery soil mixed with compost and the green ones are from the collective soil. Both sets were planted on the same day at the same time placed in the same location using the same set of seeds. Need we say more!! No amount of added input and synthetic recreation can really replace the intricate synergies that exist in forest soils. We rest our case. If you wish to participate in our collectives and take your first steps towards a sustainable life, check out our website (link in bio) and reach out to us.

#permaculture #restorationagriculture #sustainablefarming #sustainableliving #beforestfarming #greatsoil #soilislife

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Heavy fog near the estate in poomaale. Almost 10m visibility. Life comes to a standstill and it’s time to just wait patiently for nature to make way for our deadlines as our schedules go for a toss. Man proposes nature disposes. What can we say. #coorgdiaries #permaculture #poomaaleupdates #sustainableliving #sustainablelife #coorgmonsoon

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Water is life. Almost all of india receives rainfall primarily in the 3 months of monsoon. This water has to last us the entire year. At poomaale the healthy soil ensures that the torrential rainfall of the monsoon is held like a sponge in the soil and oozed out through the months all the way to next monsoon. The result, crystal clear pottable drinking water 24x7. Join us this Sunday, 16th aug at 6 pm to know more. Register for the webinar (link in bio)
#poomaaleupdates #beforestfarming #permaculture #waterislife #coorgdiaries #restorationagriculture #sustainableliving #sustainableagriculture

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The last four days have seen incessant rain in Kodagu. 25 inches in a single day is a lot!! Our humble Kembuva Poley has transformed from a gurgling stream to a grade 4 rapid. But what’s really noteworthy is that the water remains crystal clear. This is a sign of almost 0 erosion due to the forest system in place. Every now and then our approach of restoration agriculture is validated by these indicators and we know we are on the right track.
#restorationagriculture #beforestfarming #poomaaleupdates #permaculture #coorgdiaries #monsoons #sustainableliving #sustainableagriculture

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The bridge across Kembuva Poley (the first stream) is almost complete. Kudos to our team that managed to complete it inspite of tight budgets, manpower constraints, monsoons and more importantly a lockdown being in place.
#poomaalecollective #poomaalecollectiveupdates #beforestfarming #restorationagriculture #permaculture

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Our staff sends videos like this everyday to keep us posted on the work that is happening. Apart from that it definitely makes us want to leave the city behind and just settle here. The Hyderabad collective, has this effect in particular as it’s only 30km from the city. #refarmer #beforestfarming #permaculture #restorationagriculture #hyderabadupdates

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The survey is underway at the Hyderabad collective to identify its boundaries. We are using this as an opportunity to actually walk the entire estate. The monsoon is making it even better treating us to vistas we can’t believe are within an hour from Hyderabad. #hyderabadupdates #beforestfarming #permaculture #foodforests #nofilters #restorationagriculture #mothernature #hyderabadtravel

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