Krishna Mckenzie, born in the UK, first visited India at the age of 16 on a school trip with the J. Krishnamurti school UK, where he studied. Returning to England he experienced a surprising culture shock and 2 years later he returned to India, to Auroville, where he felt a strong inner call. Krishna’s journey into farming was inspired by working in the School’s vegetable garden. This led him to realise that deeper questions in life could only be addressed by living close to nature. After arriving in Auroville in 1993 and pioneering a 50 acre reforestation project, Krishna started Solitude Farm, Auroville in 1996, making it a centre for natural farming and permaculture with its incredibly diverse and productive food forest. Through Fukuoka’s teachings Krishna has understood that life emerges from the soil. Millions of microorganisms, moulds, bacteria, insects, earthworms, mycelium, the life in the soil is the fertility of the soil. The essential technique of Natural farming is to return all organic matter back to the soil – branches, leaves, sticks, weeds, grass etc..thus facilitating Mother Nature’s potential. After arriving in Auroville in 1993 and pioneering a 50 acre reforestation project, Krishna started , Auroville in 1996, making it a centre for natural farming and permaculture with it’s incredibly diverse and productive food forest. Through Fukuoka’s teachings Krishna has understood that life emerges from the soil. Millions of microorganisms, moulds, bacteria, insects, earthworms, mycelium, the life in the soil is the fertility of the soil. The essential technique of Natural farming is to return all organic matter back to the soil – branches, leaves, sticks, weeds, grass etc… thus facilitating Mother Nature’s potential.