{"id":249,"date":"2017-01-19T08:22:50","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T08:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.apnikheti.com\/progressivefarmers\/?p=249"},"modified":"2019-07-11T11:19:18","modified_gmt":"2019-07-11T11:19:18","slug":"hartej-singh-mehta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.apnikheti.com\/progressivefarmers\/hartej-singh-mehta\/","title":{"rendered":"Hartej Singh Mehta"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"s-share-buttons\" class=\"horizontal-w-c-circular s-share-w-c\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.apnikheti.com\/progressivefarmers\/hartej-singh-mehta\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share to Facebook\" class=\"s3-facebook hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Hartej Singh Mehta&url=https:\/\/www.apnikheti.com\/progressivefarmers\/hartej-singh-mehta\/\" target=\"_blank\"  title=\"Share to Twitter\" class=\"s3-twitter hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/www.apnikheti.com\/progressivefarmers\/hartej-singh-mehta\/\" target=\"_blank\"  title=\"Share to Google Plus\" class=\"s3-google-plus hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.digg.com\/submit?url=https:\/\/www.apnikheti.com\/progressivefarmers\/hartej-singh-mehta\/\" target=\"_blank\"  title=\"Share to Digg\" class=\"s3-digg hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/reddit.com\/submit?url=https:\/\/www.apnikheti.com\/progressivefarmers\/hartej-singh-mehta\/&title=Hartej Singh Mehta\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share to Reddit\" class=\"s3-reddit hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https:\/\/www.apnikheti.com\/progressivefarmers\/hartej-singh-mehta\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share to LinkedIn\" class=\"s3-linkedin hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stumbleupon.com\/submit?url=https:\/\/www.apnikheti.com\/progressivefarmers\/hartej-singh-mehta\/&title=Hartej Singh Mehta\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share to StumbleUpon\" class=\"s3-stumbleupon hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/share\/link?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.apnikheti.com%2Fprogressivefarmers%2Fhartej-singh-mehta%2F&name=Hartej+Singh+Mehta\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share to Tumblr\" class=\"s3-tumblr hint--top\"><\/a><div class=\"pinit-btn-div\"><a href=\"\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/\" data-pin-do=\"buttonBookmark\"  data-pin-color=\"red\" title=\"Share to Pinterest\" class=\"s3-pinterest hint--top\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" async defer src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinit.js\"><\/script><a href=\"mailto:?Subject=Hartej%20Singh%20Mehta&Body=Here%20is%20the%20link%20to%20the%20article:%20https:\/\/www.apnikheti.com\/progressivefarmers\/hartej-singh-mehta\/\" title=\"Email this article\" class=\"s3-email hint--top\"><\/a><\/div><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #de0b8a;\">Hartej Singh Mehta- Laying Foundation For Better Future By Inspiring Others To Pursue Organic Farming<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p>Earlier organic was a term which was very rarely used or practiced. There were very few farmers who use to do organic farming and that also for the home purpose. But with the time, people recognized that every shining vegetable or fruit looks good but is not good for health.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is the story of a farmer &#8211; Hartej Singh Mehta, who took a wise decision 10 years back and is very grateful for it. For Hartej Singh Mehta continuing organic farming was the best decision he ever took in his life. And today he is the renowned personality for organic farming in his area (Mehta Village- Bathinda).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As being from the Malwa region of Punjab, where farmers use pesticides and chemicals at a very high rate to get good productivity, Hartej Singh Mehta chose to maintain harmony with nature. He is very dedicated towards his hereditary occupations from his childhood and for him living a simple life is more important than bragging about his achievements.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Despite being highly qualified (MA Punjabi, MA Political Science), he chose to pursue organic farming instead of running behind the city life and govt. job. Currently, he has 11 acres of land in which he grows Cotton, Wheat, Mustard, Sugarcane, Lentil, Spinach, Fenugreek, Carrot, Radish, Onions, Garlic and almost all the vegetables. He always prefers to prepare his fields by following natural ways which work well for cotton (F 1378), wheat (1482) and Bansi named seeds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #0fa4b8;\">\u201cReasons like dissatisfaction, illiteracy, and desire of higher productivity of the farmers lead them to use chemical fertilizers and pesticides, due to which, farmers who are known as the Savior are now serving toxin in the society.Nowadays farmers use pesticides and chemicals for pest management which harms the good worms and fertility of the soil. They are not aware that by using chemicals in their farm they are ultimately poisoning the whole food chain. Moreover, by using chemicals and pesticides they are not only worsening the environmental conditions but also facing major economic loss due to increasing debt.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2013 Said by Hartej Singh Mehta<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr. Mehta always practices natural method and whenever he needs information related to natural farming he refers Pingalwara Society, Amritsar and Agricultural Heritage Mission. He generally uses cow urine and animal dung for preparing fertilizer, as this is good for the soil and is also very economical.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to Mr. Mehta, consuming naturally grown food has kept him and his family perfectly healthy and away from diseases. Due to this reason also Mr. Mehta feels inspired towards organic farming and in future also he will continue doing it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Message<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #27c42f;\">\u201cI want to give the same message to the farmers across the country that we should come out of the shackles of private companies and should pledge to make healthy society by serving them healthy food.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read Full Story<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":354,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[47,309,159,633,581,888,313,885,887,886,611,391,889,53,122,629,630,216,386,286],"class_list":["post-249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-small-with-image","tag-agriculture","tag-apni-kheti","tag-bathinda","tag-carrot","tag-cotton","tag-fenugreek","tag-garlic","tag-hartej-singh-mehta","tag-lentil","tag-mehta-village","tag-mustard","tag-natural-farming","tag-onions","tag-organic-farming","tag-punjab","tag-radish","tag-spinach","tag-sugarcane","tag-vegetables","tag-wheat"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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