JAMMU & KASHMIR: Kashmir is moving towards “purple revolution” as the farmers are slowly switching over from the traditional crops to more rewarding farming of lavender, a purple blossomed aromatic ...

Tipri, a village in scenic Bhaderwah, called Chota Kashmir for its beauty, was once predominantly a maize-growing area. However, the crop was not fetching much return as monkeys and bears would damage ...

In a significant development for the agricultural sector of Udhampur district in Jammu and Kashmir, the Department of Agriculture has successfully cultivated approximately five lakh lavender mother ...

Considered as the birthplace of India's purple revolution, Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district is likely to witness a major boom in Lavender farming under the 'one district, one product' scheme with the ...

Pulwama (J&K), July 29 (ANI): Lavender cultivation has been amplified across Jammu and Kashmir. Hundreds of farmers are shifting to lavender cultivation in the Pulwama district of South Kashmir which ...

Union minister Jitendra Singh has said that Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district would be recognised as a role model in lavender farming owing to farmers cultivating the plant on a commercial scale there ...

SEBASTOPOL, Calif. (KGO) -- Bill MacElroy never thought he'd return to farming. Growing up on a farm in upstate New York near Saratoga Springs, he swore he'd "never go back anywhere near one ever ...

Owner Paola Legarre walks through her lavender rows on her Palisade farm on June 19, 2019. Take a trip to Sage Creations Organic Farm mid-June, and you’ll find about half of the 10-acre Palisade farm ...

Take a trip to Sage Creations Organic Farm mid-June, and you’ll find about half of the 10-acre Palisade farm blooming with lavender. Paola Legarre has run those fragrant fields for 14 years, and ...