Fertile Ground: East/West Sustainability Network

Fertile Ground works directly with farmers, tea growers, educators and self-help groups from the state of Assam in northeast India.

We believe that farmers, producers, consumers and the environment all benefit by the sharing of knowledge from the east and from the west - and our philosophy and our practices incorporate an approach that is both scientific and traditional.

Through our projects in Assam, we offer education, empowerment and employment to people from all walks of life who are interested in sustainable food production. 

We're keenly interested in facilitating the exchange of knowledge between farmers and growers on the west coast of Canada and the organizations and individual farmers we work with in Assam.

Fertile Ground...

• is a non-profit society with charitable status
• was registered in 2003
• employs 2 full-time staff at their resource centre and demonstration garden in Digboi, Assam
  
• shares information about sustainable and environmentally-friendly farming practices with growers, educators, students and home gardeners here on Vancouver Island and in Assam, India
• recognizes the value of many of India's traditional agriculture practices
• is committed to restoring the confidence of Assamese people in viable traditional agricultural practices, and to making this information available to interested people here in western Canada