Connect with Nature
Campground
Welcome! Hyderabad GreenAcres is a rustic wildnerness that helps urbanites connect with nature. It is an organic farm and an excellent outdoor camping site. One can enjoy the farmstay in an idyllic countryside setup away from the hustle and bustle of the city life. It is near Yadagirigutta (Bhongir) 65 kms from Hyderabad. We provide tents and a safe and comfortable environment for young families to enjoy camping in the lap of nature surrounded by a variety of mature fruit bearing trees. Sit around campfires and have the complete camping experience and reconnect with nature. Sleep under the open skys in the tents, listening to a variety of birds and the night sounds. Sharing the outdoors with creepy crawlies and wild animals adds an element of danger, however very remote. Our tents have detachable rainflies and the windows have flaps. Through the open flaps, see the night sky, and get a sense of sleeping under the stars but in the shelter of the tents that keeps the bugs and other crawling creatures away from you. Need to lead a healthy & adventurous lifestyle? Need an affordable and inexpensive getaway? Want to go camping this weekend. Book Now!
We owe it to ourselves to enjoy and appreciate nature's beauty. It is also our responsibility to preserve the same for future generations.
Wholesome Family Fun
Tractor Ride
Camping is a wonderful activity for both grown-ups and children to connect with nature. It is a great outdoor activity to get city kids away from the TV & Video games and bring them closer to nature that is surrounded by beautiful wilderness, trees, birds, insects, reptiles and even monitor lizards and wild peacocks. For those who fear insects and reptiles, it is just a conditioning of the brain and it helps to do things slowly - short and gentle exposures to these animals will overcome that fear. Building knowledge about the animals also helps a lot. The camping at Greenacres involves a structured introduction to nature and the wilderness, where city kids learn about survival, the dos and don'ts in the outdoors and get hands-on experiences in nature and get interested with the environment. Camping is the only way for minimalist lifestyle and eco-friendly adventure that provides a whole lot of excitement and fun from the most basic things in life. Besides being economical, tent camping gives campers more of a "back to nature" experience and is also the minimal carbon footprint holiday.
Organic Farming
The natural phenomenon of producing food without using synthetic chemicals and other harmful materials is known as organic farming. Simply defined, the concept of organic farming is nothing but traditional agriculture which was practiced for thousands of years before the 20th century. In India it was practised as recent as 5 decades ago before the advent of Green Revolution.
Organic agriculture is a safe, sustainable farming system, producing healthy crops without damage to the environment. It avoids the use of artificial chemical fertilizers and pesticides on the land, relying instead on developing a healthy, fertile soil and growing a mixture of crops with the help of farm yard manure and other organic matter.
In this way, the farm remains biologically balanced, with a wide variety of beneficial insects and other wildlife to act as natural predators for crop pests and a soil full of micro-organisms and earthworms to maintain its vitality. The avoidance of artificial chemicals means organic farmers minimize health and environmental pollution problems. Pesticide particles travel with the wind for many miles. Applying pesticides via aerial spraying is injurious to the health of farm workers and those who live near by. Also, the pesticide residue on the plants and the soil leachs into the ground during rains and contaminates the ground water - the only source of drinking water for many even today.
Organic agriculture is a safe, sustainable farming system, producing healthy crops without damage to the environment. It avoids the use of artificial chemical fertilizers and pesticides on the land, relying instead on developing a healthy, fertile soil and growing a mixture of crops with the help of farm yard manure and other organic matter.
In this way, the farm remains biologically balanced, with a wide variety of beneficial insects and other wildlife to act as natural predators for crop pests and a soil full of micro-organisms and earthworms to maintain its vitality. The avoidance of artificial chemicals means organic farmers minimize health and environmental pollution problems. Pesticide particles travel with the wind for many miles. Applying pesticides via aerial spraying is injurious to the health of farm workers and those who live near by. Also, the pesticide residue on the plants and the soil leachs into the ground during rains and contaminates the ground water - the only source of drinking water for many even today.
Why Organic Food Is Better?
The Organic Premise: Many people are aware that food grown according to organic principles is free from exposure to harmful herbicides and pesticides, but that is only one small aspect of organic agriculture. A larger part of organic agriculture involves the health of the soil and the ecosystem in which crops and livestock are raised. Organic farmers recognize that healthy, vibrant, and live soils and ecosystems significantly benefit crops. Natural, undisturbed soil is alive with microbiotic organisms that exist in harmony with the native plant life and the inorganic minerals that provide the soil's substrate.
Synthetic chemicals (such as herbicides, pesticides, and/or fast acting inorganic fertilizers) applied in or around crops interrupt or destroy the microbiotic activity in the soil. Once the microbiotic activity in the soil has stopped, the soil becomes merely an anchor for plant material. In this conventional method of agriculture (in use for only the past 50 of 10,000 years of recorded agriculture) plants can receive only air, water, and sunlight from their environment -- everything else must be distributed to plants by farmers, often from inputs transported thousands of kms to reach the farm in the form of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Plants are commonly fed only the most basic elements of plant life and so are dependent on the farmer to fight nature's challenges, e.g. pests, disease, and drought.
Synthetic chemicals (such as herbicides, pesticides, and/or fast acting inorganic fertilizers) applied in or around crops interrupt or destroy the microbiotic activity in the soil. Once the microbiotic activity in the soil has stopped, the soil becomes merely an anchor for plant material. In this conventional method of agriculture (in use for only the past 50 of 10,000 years of recorded agriculture) plants can receive only air, water, and sunlight from their environment -- everything else must be distributed to plants by farmers, often from inputs transported thousands of kms to reach the farm in the form of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. Plants are commonly fed only the most basic elements of plant life and so are dependent on the farmer to fight nature's challenges, e.g. pests, disease, and drought.
Why should a consumer care if organically cultivated fresh vegetable or fruit looks identical to a conventionally grown vegetable or fruit?
The answer is multi-faceted, but simply stated, organically cultivated produce will be healthier and more nutritious than a conventionally cultivated produce. By growing in a living soil where microbiotic activity constantly breaks organic matter and solid minerals into nutrients a plant can use, an organically cultivated plant always has exactly what it needs to grow, from germination to fruit set, and the plant will be healthier throughout its lifespan than a conventionally grown plant. As a result, the organically grown plant will be able to add more and complex components to all of its parts, including its fruit, resulting in a produce chock-full of micro-nutrients and trace minerals that are important for human nutrition.Flavor is another benefit of healthy plants growing in a living soil. Flavor results from a mixture of many different and complex molecules. Healthy, living soil provides a constant and more complex mixture of these molecules, which results in more flavor. It's no surprise that chefs working in the highest caliber restaurants prefer organic ingredients to conventionally grown ingredients.
By purchasing locally-grown, organic produce, the consumer supports sustainable methods of land use that result in far less pollution and top-soil loss than does conventional agriculture. Synthetic pesticides and herbices not only kill soil microbes and leave toxic residues on food, they also threaten the health of farmworkers and disrupt natural ecosystems around the farm. Chemical fertilizers pollute lakes, ponds, rivers, and groundwater.
The alternative to using synthetic pesticides and fertilizers usually requires more labor on a farm. With more labor, organic farmers can match or exceed the productivity and quality of chemically dependent crops. Labor, rather than synthetic inputs, typically means more support for local economies, but it can also mean higher prices. Conventionally grown foods cost less because the chemical fertilizers are subsidized and their hidden costs are passed on to consumers and the environment. These hidden costs include creating synthetic inputs, the resulting pollution from spreading them, and long-term health effects of pesticide residues in our food.
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