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Facebook helps promote horticulture

A Facebook community aims to cultivate interest for farming among netizens

Kerala: Adukkala Thottam community has started promoting its seed bank through Facebook. At present it has more than 20,000 members, aiming to create an interest in farming among thousands of netizens.

Collecting seeds from community members and posting its details on Facebook has been taken care by T T Muhammad Kutty, a retired government employee. The seeds that are ordered are also delivered to the customer via post. "My prime aim is to cultivate interest for farming among our fellow beings."said Kutty.

“Cultivating vegetables in our own kitchen gardens will help us avoid the poisonous ones available in the market and keep hazardous diseases at bay." concluded Kutty.

( Source : PTI )
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