DBIS students began the journey of urban farming in 2017 adopting the farm to fork concept at a tender age. The progam was initially offered as an optional extra curricular activity where students of various grades got hooked on.

The following year, the program was introduced into the curriculum where the basic concepts of agriculture were covered. As a hands-on activity the students were taught about germination, growing sapplings and a variety of microgreens. Difficulty level was always in progression.

In Year 2, most students graded Urban Farming/ Gardening activity the higest score. They looked forward to this class most. Since they were familiar with basics we took it one level higher (literally) by creating a vegetable / herb garden on the school roof-top. Creating the raised beds, growing sapplings, tending to the garden, learning the art of composting, making natural pesticides and finally watching everything flower & fruit.. the whole experience was exhilarating for every student!

Year 3, As we all experienced kitchen gardening the previous year.. we wanted to make year 3 equally exciting. We took the challenge of converting a corner of the school parking area into a beautifully landscaped food garden. We created raised beds in various shapes, made trellises. Our senior grade 9 students formed a Nature Club in school. The labourous work was carried out by them. We also had a corner of the green house converted into an oyster mushroom farm.

The pandemic soon struck and our activity took a pause. However, the love for nature, respect for agriculture and an intrigue about growing food has been instilled in our mind forever.