Vanastree
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,_at_a_function,_on_the_occasion_of_the_International_Women’s_Day,_at_Rashtrapati_Bhavan,_in_New_Delhi.jpg) A representative of Vanastree receiving the 2017 Nari Shakti Puraskar | |
| Origins | 2008 |
|---|---|
Official language | Kannada |
| Award | Nari Shakti Puraskar |
| Website | vanastree |
Vanastree is a farming and conservation project registered in 2008, in Uttara Kannada, in the Indian state of Karnataka.[1][2] In Kannada, Vanastree means "Women of the Forest".[1] As of 2013, Vanastree numbered 150 women farming sustainably and it promotes seed exchange.[3][4] By 2017, Vanastree products were available for sale in Bengaluru, the capital of Karnataka.[4] The same year, Vanastree was awarded the Nari Shakti Puraskar in recognition of its achievements.[5]
The Vanastree garden in Sirsi has saved seeds from over 100 types of vegetables.[6] Sisters Mala and Sonia Dhawan worked with Vanastree and then set up the handicrafts organisation A Hundred Hands.[7]