Agritourism: Noida’s top idea for a hatke weekend

Moving over buying groceries department shops and theatres, other people throughout NCR are flocking Noida’s farms for a a laugh weekend. Farm tourism has caught the fondness of now not just running professionals however youngsters as well, looking to be informed beyond their study rooms. Whether it is walking in lush green fields, taking part in with livestock, or studying to make compost at house, these farm tourism tasks are not handiest giving city-dwellers a top into the life on the farm, however are also giving lessons on growing sustainable eco-systems.
‘Visiting farms is much higher than spending time in a mall’
For the city-weary travellers, visiting these farms in Noida has transform a weekly affair. Vikrant Tongad, a local from Greater Noida, has opened his farm in Kheri Bhanauta Village for vacationers. “Groups of other people love to come back right here and spend time now not just at the farm, however with local villagers also. They seek advice from our space to look how a rural house looks like bond over a cup of tea made from the milk of the cow at the farm, and understand how life only some kilometers from town is so different,” says Tongad, an environmentalist.
Vishal Nagar, an advocate, loves to seek advice from a farm in Kheri Bhanauta Village, every weekend. “It seems like going again in time each time I go there. The wind feels free from pollutants, and it feels refreshing to seek advice from the fields. I take a look at to be informed some farming from the local farmers and hook up with nature,” says Nagar, a resident of Greater Noida.
Delhi resident Anna Laninga adds, “Visiting the farms is much higher than spending time in a mall and it also helps us be told so a lot more. At one such farm, I were given an opportunity to satisfy the local villagers and be told more about sustainable dwelling.”

For the city-weary travellers, visiting farms in Noida and Greater Noida has transform a weekly affair

Farms in Noida, Greater Noida: new studying centres for children
The farms in Noida open for public are filled with youngsters hopping round, operating across the fields, taking part in with the livestock. Sector 50 resident Ram Bhushan Agarwal, lately visited a farm in Sector 126 together with his wife and five-year-old daughter. The parents also introduced a book on domestic animals to teach their daughters find out how to establish them. “We imagine that studying cannot happen merely via a book and in a classroom.Visiting a farm helped us show our daughter animals like rabbits, pigs, goats and cows,” says Agarwal.
Not just livestock, but the farms are also the perfect position for children to look a sustainable environment. “I learnt how water reaches the farms and the way compost is made. I learnt many concepts of science right here, like how seeds germinate and the way plants are harvested. It is in our Class V syllabus also so it will assist me in assessments as well,” says Deepti Purohit, a Sector 93 resident who visited a farm in Greater Noida with her parents.

These farms also host birthday parties for children, however with a twist. “Birthday parties at our farm are not like your common ones. You cannot convey all the pomp and show right here, or play song, or some other sorts of toys or games. The handiest thing allowed is a cake. The birthday parties right here come with a workshop on compost- making. We take them for a excursion of the farm where we educate them where the food on their plates comes from. So many youngsters imagine the source of food is a grocery store!” says Aparna Rajgopal, who owns a farm in Sector 126.
The farms also see a variety of visits from faculty students, looking to have a picnic and be told at the same time. “The experiential farming revel in exposes the kids to the extensive scope of agriculture. We educate them idea of urban farming and they are also taught find out how to sow, pluck and forage produce. They are also taught about the significance of naturally grown food,” says Neha Bhatia, the co-owner of a farm in Sector 135.

‘Proximity to town make Noida farms a really perfect getaway’

Since the farms are slightly a half-hour pressure from town, a variety of other people running with corporate corporations in the metropolis are touring the farms and reserving yoga periods right here as well. “We have hosted a variety of corporate teams. They take a excursion of the farm, relax and be told some farming techniques as well. Some of them have transform frequents at the farm who like to take away the local produce with them,” says Tongad.

“Some expats had been visiting the Noida office when some colleagues urged we seek advice from a local farm. It used to be a refreshing feeling to be away from air pollution and amid the greenery. We had booked a yoga consultation at a shack in the farm, which used to be adopted by way of breakfast made from the local produce,” says Amit from a device company in Sector 25A.

Sector 29 resident Rajiv Srivastava has been vising a farm in Sector 126 frequently. “When I first visited this position, it felt as if I've come to every other metropolis altogether. This position is simply a half-hour pressure from my place of dwelling so we keep visiting it frequentlty,” he says.

Rajiv has been telling a variety of other people about the farm and gets a pal alongside every time he visits. “The flock of white geese there is lovely and I'd slightly be caught in this traffic jam slightly than the one in the metropolis!” laughs Amitabh Pathak, a filmmaker from Greater Kailash, who visited the farm in Sector 126.