September 22
10AM – 5Pm
Pasha Farms, Karachi
Nature has not created anything unusable and without a purpose. Every vegetable that we eat and every fruit that sits on our table has a use even after its life is over. Tofiq Pasha Mooraj, a passionate horticulturist, diehard environmentalist and individual with an invincible resolve is back with a one day beginner’s guide to growing your own food. The Bhajitable Garden Workshop in collaboration with Trashit for kids and adults is all set for September 22 at Pasha Farms Malir, Karachi. This time the workshop is not just about growing your own Bhajis’ but also about how you can use the left overs of plants, fruits and vegetables as compost.
Composting, as we know it, is nature’s way of biologically decomposing organic waste and turning it into organic and environment friendly fertilizer. In an age when we’re already so consumed by the artificialness of food that goes into our bodies, transforming waste into organic compost and growing organic food in complete inventiveness is all what we should be doing to not just save the environment but our health also.
Tofiq Pasha is a renowned urban agriculturist who has been working for years on his self-sustaining farm in Memon Goth Malir. The farm is 200 hundred years old and has produced almost all kinds of fruits and vegetables in different times. Tofiq Pasha has also been working diligently with various environmental initiatives. To him, tending to his farm is a meditative experience that drives his deep love for soil.
He has conducted numerous gardening workshops across Pakistan teaching beginners the basics of home gardening with a focus on growing his own food – a process that goes from soil preparation to planting seeds, transferring seedlings and protecting vegetables and fruit’s against pesticides. To this day, Tofiq Pasha has trained over 44,000 women belonging to various towns including Lyari, so that they not only learn to grow vegetables on their own but also become self-sufficient and capable of working autonomously.
Trashit, on the other hand is a startup consisting of the energetic youth of Pakistan. They aim to solve the long term problem of colossal amounts of trash in Karachi by enabling and educating people to efficiently dispose of garbage. Since 2017, they are working on sustainable procedures and are turning trash into premium organic fertilizer.
In the times when we are already suffering drastically with the ever changing climate conditions and irrepressible garbage dilemma, the need for these kinds of workshops is more crucial than ever.
