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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)
4
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.
3
Gourds Various types of gourds such as doodhi(bottle gourd), turai
(ridge gourd), etc.
3
Cabbage / lettuce family Cauliflower, cabbage, lettuce (various types) 4
Bush / shrub plants Chilly, capsicum, peas, zucchini, broccoli, brinjal, bhindi(lady
finger)
6
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
Total About 45
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.