Best Organic Rice

The nutritional differences between conventional and organic crops have always been a much debated topic, but recent studies have been increasingly showing the benefits of organic. For example, a  new meta-analysis out of the United Kingdom (UK) and published in the  British Journal of Nutrition  analyzed over 300 studies, and concluded that organic crops have significantly higher antioxidant levels when compared to conventional crops. The UK study takes an in-depth look at how organic and conventional crops differ nutritionally, and shows that organic crops have higher antioxidants than conventional crops. When researchers looked at antioxidant activity, they found that there was a 17% mean percentage difference between organic and conventional crops, with organic crops having a significantly higher antioxidant activity than conventional crops. They also looked at individual antioxidants, and found that when compared to their conventional counterparts, organic crops ...

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Vadakkencherry farmers brand organic produce, earn around Rs.30 more a kg Paddy cultivators of Vadakkencherry Padasekhara Samithy, who had incurred huge losses by opting for organic farming, are now reaping profits by branding their produce. Farmers under the samithy had switched to organic cultivation during 2007-08 with support from the Agriculture Department and the grama panchayat. The samithy cultivated paddy organically in 18.24 hectares. The venture was initially backed by Poabs Group which introduced a buy-back scheme ensuring a premium price for the growers by exporting the rice. But following a ban on exports of non-basmati rice in October 2007, stocks piled up. Storage was proving to be expensive and cumbersome, said M.V. Resmi, Krishi Officer of Vadakkencherry Krishi Bhavan. The farmers, who grew rice without pesticides and chemical fertilizers, were unable to sell the product in the domestic market. They were forced to sell the produce along with inorganically cu...

The Vadakkencherry Pada Samithi produces organic Palakkadan Matta rice. Also, high quality PONNI is grown in the area of this samithi as second crop. Vadakkencherry is a small town in Palakkad district of Kerala state, south India, which is 40 km. north-east of Thrissur and a same distance south-west of Palakkad (Total Distance is 80 km. and this is the exact centre of the route). It is under Alathur Taluk in Palakkad district. National Highway 47 passes through Vadakkencherry. Vadakkencherry Vela and "Eakadesi Villaku" is one of the famous festivals in Kerala. Though the spellings are different, many people confuse Vadakkencherry with Wadakkancheri of Thrissur. To avoid confusion, some refer to Vadakkencherry as Alathur-Vadakkencherry or Vadakkencherry-MBR, which is short for Malabar region. The postal code of Vadakkencherry is 678683. Vadakkancherry is surrounded by other locales such as Puducode, Kannambra, Manjapra, Mudappallur, Kizhakkancherry, Konnanchery and Ay...

Organic paddy farmers want exports ban lifted Vadakkencherry Padasekhara Samithi, which is concentrating on organic paddy cultivation in Palakkad and Kuttanad, has requested the Union Agriculture Ministry to lift the blanket ban on rice exports. The Samithy's spokesman and Treasurer, Mr R.N. Ramakrishnan, said that the farmers would be forced to give up organic paddy cultivation mid way through if the Government failed to extend the necessary support in the form of export facility for the produce. He expressed reservation in continuing with organic cultivation without matching support from the Government to export the rice as it was found to be difficult to sell the produce in the domestic market due to its enhanced price. He was speaking at the reception organised here by the Poabs Group in Kochi to honour the farmers who had received the Kerala Government's Nelkathir  (corn ear) award for being adjudged as the State's best Padasekharam  for the year 2007-08. ...