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Mumbai Goes Green

Offers

Complete solutions for urban organic kitchen gardens

City farming and composting at your location

" it is our work with living soil that provides sustainable alternatives to the triple crises of climate, energy, and

food. No matter how many songs on your iPod, cars in your garage, or books on your shelf, it is plants ability to

capture solar energy that is at the root of it all. Without fertile soil, what is life?

VANDANA SHIVA, 2008"

Completing the cycle

In nature, nothing is wasted. Nature works in cycles where everything is reused. We breathe the same air,

drink the same water, and grow food in the same soil that was used thousands of years ago.

When we compost our kitchen and garden waste and grow our own food with it, we follow Mother Nature.

We complete the cycle what comes out of the kitchen as waste goes back to the kitchen as food, as

nature has planned it.

Mumbai Goes Green offers solutions for completing this cycle at your location.

Table of Contents

Urban Farming: p1 Urban Farming Workshops: p2 Composting of kitchen waste: p3

Leaf Composting: p3 More about Urban Organic Gardens: p4 MGG customer kitchen gardens in pictures: p4-6

URBAN FARMING

Mumbai Goes Green (MGG) provides everything you need to set up an urban organic kitchen garden in

Mumbai: containers, soil, compost, seeds, tools, setup and training. All available at your doorstep!

So you can grow seasonal organic vegetables and herbs in the space you have - window grills, balconies,

terraces, compounds and garden areas, wherever three or more hours of direct sunlight is available.

In urban areas practically anyone can manage a few square feet to grow simple leafy vegetables and herbs

like spinach, coriander and mint in window grills and balconies.

Those fortunate to have private terraces or access to common building areas like lawns, compounds or

terraces can grow practically all the seasons vegetables they need.

Container based gardening

In Mumbai, very few have access to lawn areas for growing vegetables, so container based gardening is

almost forced upon us. MGG provides a range of containers in various shapes (rectangular, circular), sizes

(from 4 inches to 4 feet length), materials (clay, cane and wood) to suit location, convenience, economy

and aesthetics.


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For beginners

The materials required for city farming are available from various sources scattered over the city. Many

beginners dont even know the types of products or materials required. MGG is a one-stop source that

makes them available to you at your doorstep. So you dont have to search and run around to get them in

place. We also help with set up and training to remove beginners block and get you started. Once you

overcome the initial barriers, you will get the confidence to experiment, expand, innovate and optimise on

your own.

Urban farming techniques

Urban dwellers have shortage of space and time. We guide you in techniques (like square foot gardening)that use less space, time, water, seeds, effort and money.

Survey and visits

We can visit your location, check out the space and sunlight available, and suggest urban farming solutions

suitable to your constraints and needs.

Its low cost after its started

Vegetables grow quickly and can be harvested in one to three months from sowing. So you can reuse the

containers four times every year to grow the seasonal vegetables you want.

Once your organic garden is set up, you will regularly need only compost and seeds to continue to grow

vegetables.

Now everyone can be a city farmer!

Get the benefits of growing your own food. Eat fresh healthy food free of chemicals and pesticides.

Connect to Nature, to yourself and to others. Develop a lifelong skill, and pass it on to friends and family.

City farming can be a hobby, recreation, exercise and stress-buster. It can be especially good for children, a

real activity compared to the virtual ones like using cell-phones, Internet and television.

URBAN FARMING WORKSHOPS

MGG provides hands-on training in urban organic farming techniques

for various groups at their own location - building societies, schools,

colleges, academic campuses, companies, clubs and other organizations


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COMPOSTING OF KITCHEN WASTE

Compost is the basic ingredient required in organic farming. It is a fertilizer and soil conditioner that makes

plants thrive. It is obtained from the biological degradation of plant material by organisms like microbes

and earthworms.

Composting solutions

MGG can either supply you with compost generated from kitchen waste or help you get compost from

your own kitchen waste.

MGG provides a range of Daily Dump products and services for making compost out of kitchen waste. The

solutions are from single apartments to entire building complexes, canteens and hotels. This compost can

be used in existing green areas or to grow organic food at negligible cost. For more information on Daily

Dump visit www.dailydump.org.

Terracotta potsfor composting at home

Manthan drum tumblersfor high volume and community solutions

Independent pots placed

horizontally

Kambha to save

space

100 litres 300 litres

MGG can provide electro-mechanical solutions for situations where huge volumes of waste are generated

and very less space is available for composting (e.g. five star hotels, residential high rises).

LEAF COMPOSTING

MGG provides practical and attractive Daily Dump containers for storage and composting of fallen leaves

(and plant trimmings). Leaves are a precious resource and can be made into high quality compost. Now

there is no need to burn leaves or send them to landfill.

Daily Dump leaf composters can be installed in open areas close to the places where leaves are available,

making it easy to gather and store the leaves. You can use the containers either for storage or composting

of garden litter. We provide natural activators and accelerators to speed up the leaf composting process.


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MORE ABOUT URBAN ORGANIC GARDENS

The plant types

The plant types would be those that may be harvested within 1-4 months of sowing. They are not trees and

generally grow to a low height. They will be grown according to the season suitable for them.

Plant group Types of plants Approx. no. of

types

Leaf vegetables Palak(Spinach), Methi(Fenugreek), Kothmir(Coriander), Lal

Math (Amaranth)

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Root vegetables (salads) Carrot, Beet, Radish, Turnip, knol khol(kohlrabi) 5

Other underground plants Onion, garlic, potato, groundnut, haldi(turmeric), ginger 6

Vines Tomato, Cherry tomato, Cucumber, Karela (bitter gourd), 5

Beans Various types of beans - gavar(cluster beans), chowli(kidney

beans), etc.

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Gourds Various types of gourds such as doodhi(bottle gourd), turai

(ridge gourd), etc.

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Cabbage / lettuce family Cauliflower, cabbage, lettuce (various types) 4

Bush / shrub plants Chilly, capsicum, peas, zucchini, broccoli, brinjal, bhindi(lady

finger)

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Grains Corn (and maybe a few wheat and rice plants) 2Herbs Mint, Basil, Parsley, Ajwain, Lemon grass 5

Fruit (short time harvest types) Muskmelon, water melon 3-4

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IN PICTURES

Given below are pictures from organic vegetable gardens set up by Mumbai Goes Green using compost

from kitchen waste, to give an idea of the plants and locations supported by Mumbai Goes Green.

Plant types

Palak(Spinach) Kothmir(Coriander) Methi(Fenugreek) Math (Amaranth)

White radish Red radish Turnip Beetroot


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Lettuce Cabbage Beans Corn

Tomato Karela (bitter gourd) Capsicum Bhindi(Lady finger)

Basil Ajwain Lemon Grass

Even flowers thrive with the compost!

Location types

MGG sets up organic kitchen gardens at residential, academic and commercial locations in the space you have!

Apartment building

terrace

Apartment balcony Bungalow terrace Apartment window grill


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Office terrace School compound Academic campus (IIT Bombay)

HARVESTING THE PRODUCE

There is a special joy in growing and harvesting your own food!

Reduce your carbon footprint

Growing vegetables at home reduces the energy required to bring them from faraway places. Composting

allows waste to be recycled and reduces material to be transported and dumped in landfills.

Contact UsContact Mumbai Goes Green for a wide range of organic solutions at your doorstep in Mumbai - grow

organic vegetables and herbs and also generate compost from kitchen and garden waste.

Tel: Anil (+91-99308-00228) or Bharat (+91-98924-65173)

Web: www.mumbaigoesgreen.com

Email: [email protected]

Address: Plot 39/44, Midco Compound, Scheme 6, Road 2, Sion East, Mumbai 400022. Landmarks

off Sion Circle, near Punjabi Ghasitaram Halwai.

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