Sahaja Samruddha or Bountiful Nature, a brainchild of a group of organic farmers was born mainly out of concern to protect our mother earth. Sahaja Samrudha started as a farmer initiated to exchange ideas, seeds and share knowledge on sustainable agriculture. The formation of Sahaja Samrudha was the culmination of their individual efforts into a more exciting and powerful force to make sustainable agriculture a way of life of the farming community. Sahaja Samruddha has spread out its network on publications, workshops & trainings and on marketing in order to encourage more farmers towards organic farming.

Savayava Siri - GM free food shop, Market linkage for organically grown foods Savaya Siri is formulating organic outlets to offer fresh, nutritious and healthy foods to consumers at an affordable cost. Savayava Siri has enhanced the capabilities of these outlets on strategies of procurement, marketing, quality maintenance, eco friendly packaging, distribution and most importantly clientele management.

Akkadi - means traditional cropping practice of growing multiple crops. Akkadi, a brand name that has emerged to create a platform for production and marketing of native seeds that are grown organically with concern for protection and preserving our legacy. Around 300 variety seeds of ragi, paddy, minor millets, vegetables, pulses and so on are conserved in the network area, all over Karnataka.

Save our Rice Campaign   Sahaja Samrudha in coordination with Thanal, Kerala and CREATE, Tamilnadu has initated Save Our Rice Campaign in Karnataka. The campaign has undertaken activities of Reviving rice culture, Onfarm Conservation of rice diverity, Participatory Crop Improvement, Popularisation of Organic rice and Formation of Rice Clubs.              ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Group Certification   Organic group certification programme has been undertaken for the first time in Karnataka, certified by IMO control Private Limited (India) a Swiss based group.                                                                    ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Bhatta Utsava' - Paddy Fest in Shimoga   Sahaja Samruddha organized the two-day convention on paddy cultivation 'Bhatta Utsava' (paddy fest) in the first week of June. Farmers from different parts of South India met in Shimoga. The fest which was organised as part of 'Save our Rice Campaign' was a resistance to the entry of genetically modified (GM) crops.                                   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reviving Deepwater Paddy Varieties   The Varada river belt is endowed with agro climatic conditions suitable for the cultivation of a wide range of rice varieties. Sahaja Samrudha has developed farmer-breeding practices for purification, multiplication and documentation of of these extinct varieties.                           ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reviving Medicinal Rice Varieties of Karnataka   Sahaja Samrudha has identified and documented the medicinal rice diversity of Karnataka and has combed the entire state, where inter-specific diversity is significant. The data collection included ecological and cultural context of the rice varieties.              ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Conservation of Brinjal Diversity   Sahaja Samrudha has initiated mapping and conservation of Brinjal diversity mainly to revive our traditional bhigan diversity and the culture associated with it. In order to raise awareness about the impact of genetically engineered Brinjal, which the government is about to commercialize, Sahaja Samrudha is opposing to the introduction of Bt Brinjal.