Bharati didn't wait for perfect conditions or acres of land; she began with a small shed, a few grow lights, and the courage to experiment. Soon, strawberries, basil, and lettuce were thriving in stacked layers, growing her income and a high-tech farming model she now teaches to others.
Just a few years ago, Bharati was living a settled life with a stable job. Everything was secure, predictable, and comfortable. But a part of her longed for something more rooted, maybe a life closer to the soil. When she walked away from her job to become a full-time farmer, she discovered something extraordinary: the future of farming didn't need soil at all.
Today, in the quiet hills of Kangra, Bharati is earning Rs 2 – 2.5 lakh per month through her high-tech precision vertical farming system — one that grows strawberries, blueberries, basil, rosemary, lettuce, stevia and even seabuckthorn in stacked layers.
Bharati, along with her husband Rajiv, is now building small IoT-controlled farming setups — affordable, simple systems that automate crucial parts of farming: nutrient levels, light, humidity, water flow.
Source: thebetterindia.com
