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Hi
Your children will be so grateful for the life you have given them now.
I love the ducks. How did you hear about us? -Press Article 31 December 2008 04:21am - India, Bangalore Mansoor's Reply - Yes Anuradha,
I am going to show your message to my kids right away and hope they agree :-) But is a short while before the city steals them back. My hope is that one day they may return.
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Anchal Duggal |
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Hi,
Read about acres wild in the Hindu dec 30th. Wanting to check out if agroup of 7 adults and 2 kids could come there for a 3 day vacation. and what would be the charges.
regards
How did you hear about us? -Press Article 30 December 2008 06:44am - Bangalore, India Mansoor's Reply - Hi Anchal,
We are hoping to be complete with our farmhouse by end Feb and only then will we put up info on farmstay. Bit early now. I suggest you check into our site then and I will surely put up all the info there.
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Asha krishnakumar |
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Are you also housing any homeless animals. YOUR FARM IS JUST WAY OUT. How did you hear about us? -Friend 29 December 2008 05:14am - TIRUPUR Mansoor's Reply - We did keep some dogs that noone wanted. They stayed for a while but ran off. But any others we come across we hand over to an animal shelter our friend runs in Masinagudi.
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ooops sorry ..forgot to mention that iam a die hard fan of your movies too.Jo jita being the number one :-).wish you could make cheese and movies together :-)
peace How did you hear about us? -Press Article 27 December 2008 11:54am - hyderabad Mansoor's Reply - Right. Thanks Rajesh. Not sure if the two life-styles will work at same time for me. Right now all focus is on the farm.
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Hi,
Like many others who had written in here I too came to know about you through the article in The Hindu dated 27dec .I belong to the film fraternity too ..Into movie special effects and animation field for the past 10 years.I know its tough ....anything related to movie making involves erratic working hours,staying away from home etc etc and i guess you are very lucky to have found a new passion which is equally creative i guess more than creative ...I really envy you guys .
Wish you goodluck in whatever you do and hope to hear more about you and your new found passion in here. How did you hear about us? -Press Article 27 December 2008 11:44am - hyderabad Mansoor's Reply - Hi Rajesh,
Yes I can imagine your stressful life-style as I used to run a video studio with graphics once upon a time. But I always had intentions of making my tracks towards a farming life-style and so lucky to be living it now. Keep checking and hope our site relieves some of your stress :-)
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Hai,Today i read the article in Hindu, it was superb.sure will try your cheese at the oxford book store. being a nature lover can you let me know wheather i can visit your place with my family.Is there accomadation & more details.All the prayers and best wishes to do more better. Thank you. How did you hear about us? -Press Article 27 December 2008 08:29am - Coimbatore, India. Mansoor's Reply - Hi Anuja,
We hope to be ready with our farmhouse end Feb. Then it will be possible for staying. Tariff and other details will be posted on our site after that.
Regards
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Dear Mansoor,
How are you doing!
Today morning I just read an article in the Hindu newspaper about your Life Living in Nature and also gone through your website acres-wild, it`s fantastic!
When some day I will be in the lap of Nilgiris,I love to pay a visit to your farm.
By the way, myself an Artist(painter)by profession and a Gypsyman by nature.
Lots of Love & Bless to you and your family.
---NooR.
How did you hear about us? -Press Article 27 December 2008 06:15am - India Mansoor's Reply - Thanks so much Noor,
We look forward to when you can make it this side. I am sure that you will relate to the settings and our activities. All the best till then.
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Dear Mansoor,
I am Anil Saraswathy, running an IT company in Technopark, Trivandrum, Kerala. I just read about your venture in the Hindu. Just wondering if a group of 40 from our company could visit your farm sometime in Feb/March.. Is there any accommodation available at your place / nearby ? What would be the expenses ?
Thanks in advance.
Anil. How did you hear about us? -Press Article 27 December 2008 04:08am - Trivandrum, India Mansoor's Reply - Hi Anil,
We are not geared for accomodation yet but will post details soon. Anyway it is not possible with such a large group. Day visit may be possible so check with me when you do plan your trip. There are a choice of other places but it really depends on your budget. Some of them are small homestays and may not be able to accommodate group of 40 either.
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Hi, I read the article in the Hindu today and was really impressed by all you have done. I am a cheese lover and will definitely try your cheese at the Oxford Book Store. You seem to be doing what I always dreamt of doing. All the best. How did you hear about us? -Press Article 27 December 2008 02:53am - Coimbatore, India Mansoor's Reply - Thanks Ranjini,
We are getting closer to achieving some of our goals on the farm. Long way to go still. Do check out the cheeses at Oxford Book Store and other option is Nilgiri at T. V. Swamy road. And keep checking this site. We are constantly updating and adding new flavours of cheese.
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Hi. Was really nice talking to you. Do let me know when you can start sending the fabulous range of cheese to Kolkata How did you hear about us? -Friend 13 December 2008 05:53am - Kolkata Mansoor's Reply - Thanks for you interest in our cheese Pooja. We will certainly keep you posted on when and if we can send cheese to further places. Keep checking our site for news.
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Arunabho & Shakti |
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Hi,
Just thought of enquiring about the ducks in your farm...have they started laying eggs? or the wild cats are still running their restaurant? How did you hear about us? -Friend 11 December 2008 03:06pm - Bangalore, India Mansoor's Reply - Sadly not laying eggs yet and the wild cats are still getting a good deal. It is a bit of an uphill task right now so waiting and watching.
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Hi Mansoor & Tina,
Its nostalgic for me to browse your website. Having been born and brought up in Coonoor, I miss the peace and tranquility. Its indeed great to note of your organic cheese making, best wishes for your venture in the days to come. Where is Acres Wild exactly located in Coonoor. Our family used to have a lovely bunglow (Shalom) with flower gardens, tea garden etc, in a place called Kardipallam beyond Ottupattarai. I live in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia since 2001.After the sudden demise of our dear father last year, we sold the property early this year. May be the next time we are in Coonoor, would love to meet you guys.
Warm Regards,
Joshua George How did you hear about us? -Google Search 4 December 2008 09:01pm - Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Mansoor's Reply - Hi Joshua,
Good to hear from you and that you were living in Coonoor. We are indeed lucky to be in this beautiful and peaceful place. Our farm is in Kannimariam Kovil street that goes to Laws falls. As for location of your house - I have vaguely heard those names but not sure we have been there. Will look out though.
Do call and visit us whenever you come to Coonoor and meanwhile you can stay in touch thru our website.
Regards
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Dear Mansoor and Tina,
Good work on the web-site and great work on the land. My husband George and I are just in the process of moving to a small piece of land we bought last year. Of course we're organic and want to work on increasing the on-farm bio-diversity and conserving the local fast disappearing bio-diversity. Hope to visit you some time. And hope you can come and visit us. We're in the much lower ranges of the western Ghats, near Sirsi, in Karnataka. Good luck with all your ventures. How did you hear about us? -Google Search 20 November 2008 10:04am - Sirsi, India Mansoor's Reply - Hi Susheela and George,
Great to connect with people on a similar track. We look forward to exchanging news and tips as we get along. All the best with your farm and hope we make it there one day. There is a forum on this site and I am hoping it gets activated as more people doing similar things post their experiences and discuss ideas about their journey back to sustainability and that too the organic way. But it will all take time.
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It is initally cost heavy to run a organic farm but on the long run the value will be realised , Great job buddy. How did you hear about us? -Google Search 20 November 2008 02:28am - Oman Mansoor's Reply - Thanks Ramesh, we realise it is a trek back to get our soil to be what it used to be before people got the bright idea of pumping chemicals into it. But the journey has begun and we are committed to enjoying it :-) Keep checking in. Bye.
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Venkatesh Naidoo |
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dear mansoor
pity i missed visiting your farm /cheese making in my five years in coonoor
i am now in bangalore ( earlier in elk hill coonoor)
i spent many years in assam (tea ) and have association with agasthya foundation in kupom where rural development is the project
your farm and mission can be an inspiration to add to the daily routine work
your web site /ur responses have made me change my mind about the drab repetetive world of the filmi world and people in it
good to see india shining in many ways again
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venkat naidoo
How did you hear about us? -Google Search 15 October 2008 06:58am - Bangalore, India Mansoor's Reply - Hi Venkat,
Yes pity we did not meet while you were here. We just got a lot of our act together only in last 2 years. Yes we are trying to use the web medium in a way that can work mutually for us and those who visit our site. Must admit that people have a way of finding what they are looking for within and so we enjoy the different paths that people have taken to find out about our website and farm.
Be in touch and hope we meet one day.
Regards
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hi folks
took the panaromic tour of the house...lovely. Thanks for sharing. Looks a haven from the busy environs of Ring Road Delhi with trucks blazing past at 3 a.m.!!Read up all the posts n responses. Keen to see the documentary..how does one do that?
the cheese ommelette video looks scrumptious..courier some pronto! The only picture of Mansoor Coonoor Khan missing from the lot this time..Ther e is Cheese store near Habitat called Cheese Balls...Flanders cheese. Wish we could get some of Tina's in these em parts...kuchh karo jaldi. Have started painting again..good to dabble in colours..very therapeutic n meditative. Some day will come to your home stay write poems n paint...apart from whatever work is assigned to the visitors!!Love to all of you How did you hear about us? -Friend 11 October 2008 09:54pm - New Delhi Mansoor's Reply - Hi Shumita,
We are really enjoying putting all kinds of new medium like pano photos and videos on our site. Fun sharing. At present Delhi sounds too far to stock cheese in shops. Next stop will probably be Bangalore. Exploring that and maybe about as far as we go.
Could not figure out which documentary you were talking about. Tell me in an email. And my photo is there in 'About Us'.
Bye then
Love from all
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Hey Guys, Great job and keep up the good work, I am from Coimbatore and have just acquired land in Anakatti (coimbatore - kerala border) on the way to silent valley, I work for HP in bangalore and looking to run away from the madness very soon, I am passionate about dairy farming and hope to start by end of next year with jerseys only, I would like to visit your farm some day. do let me know when it is convinient to come over.
All the very best.
Vikram
Mobile - 9003027304
How did you hear about us? -Google Search 11 October 2008 02:40pm - Coimbatore & India Mansoor's Reply - Hi Vikram,
Wonderful to hear that you have similar plans to escape the madness. Good idea to plan ahead as it all takes time. We are currently in final stages of our farm structures and hope to be ready by December. Would suggest you make a trip after that as things would be more in place.
Meanwhile keep checking in and stay in touch.
Regards
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Dear Mansoor,
Hi! I want to read the Outlook Traveller article about Acres Wild, but can't find that issue. It would be nice if you could put it on the site.
By the way, I really liked it that the font is bigger on some of the pages, but I dont know why, I can't read the cursive-style font so clearly on my monitor as the other one.
I love that tree in the middle of the small lake in the picture! How did it get there? :-) Is there a tiny island in that small lake or had the lake become bigger because of the rain?
Please do let me know if you are coming down to Bombay - I'd love to meet up.
Warm regards,
Rajashree How did you hear about us? -Friend 6 October 2008 03:33pm - Bombay, India Mansoor's Reply - Hi Rajashree,
I have posted (with their permission) the Outlook article at http://www.acres-wild.com/wordpress/2008/09/01/outlook-traveller-on-acres-wild-cheese/
And yes the trees in the pond are on little islands but one is submerged and cannot be seen.
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fantastic work!!
look forward to meeting you all in october How did you hear about us? -Google Search 29 September 2008 03:50am - bangalore,india Mansoor's Reply - Hi Uma,
Thanks for your call and guestbook entry. We look forward to meeting you.
Regards
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Hello Mr Khan,
I came across a lovely article on Big Cheese in Coonoor in the Outlook Traveller, September. It is great that you have appeared in OT. It is the best magazine in the country. Saw your website printed there and checked it out today. I'm fond of cheese and have loved your website. Can I get the cheese in Delhi? In the OT article as well as on your website, Delhi is not mentioned. How can I get to taste your cheese? How did you hear about us? -Press Article 28 September 2008 04:31pm - India Mansoor's Reply - Hi Zain,
Thanks for checking out our website. Unfortunately we are not planning to sell our cheese too far from Coonoor so Delhi is definitely out for the moment. Also we are making limited quantities as we want to keep it at a family farm level. Hope you get a chance to visit this side though.
Regards
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Hi - loved the website. and all the detail you put into it.
I wanted to ask if you people will be adding horses to your farm ? horses are cool! :) How did you hear about us? -Google Search 24 September 2008 09:59am - Bangalore, India Mansoor's Reply - Hi Zubair,
We were thinking of keeping a pony at the most but don't know when. Horses will be a bit too much for us to handle here.
Regards
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Hi,
I just loved what you have done at your place ! I would love to visit you farms. Please let me know if its possible.Also, I love the cheeses that you make...Can I find them in Bangalore ? How did you hear about us? -Press Article 14 September 2008 09:30am - Bangalore,India Mansoor's Reply - Hi Ashwini,
Thanks for appreciating our efforts. Yes it is possible to visit our farm. Please co-ordinate via email to fix date and time. Unfortunately our cheeses are not available in Bangalore yet but with the successful launch in Coimbatore we are encouraged and may explore that soon. Do you have any suggestions of good outlets in Bangalore?
Regards
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Hi Mansoor,
The idea of organic farming always excited me. This is a nicely done website. The view from you resort is amazing..Will be there for sure sometime in the future. How did you hear about us? -Google Search 10 September 2008 12:40pm - Bangalore Mansoor's Reply - Hi Charan,
Thanks for dropping by and look forward to your visit. Yes the view is great and thankfully most of the opposite hill is forest dept so should stay.
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Hi Mansoor,
Got to know about your farm from the article in Outlook Traveller. It is a fantastic thing you are doing there.
We are planning to visit Coonor just before diwali(26-27 Oct to be very precise). Would it be possible to visit the farm at that time? How did you hear about us? -Press Article 9 September 2008 04:54pm - Bangalore Mansoor's Reply - Hi Arunabho,
Yes sure you can visit but keep us informed as the date approaches so we can fix time etc.
Regards
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enjoyed our chat while you were in mumbai, hopefully we will one day get to see your wonderful place, pl do keep in touch How did you hear about us? -Press Article 8 September 2008 06:48am - mumbai, india Mansoor's Reply - Yes Shilpam,
It was fun talking to you and pity I could not drop by and meet you. But will catch up here when you do visit. Stay in touch.
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Hi Tina/Mansoor
Got to know about you guys from Outlook Traveller. Let me know once the farm opens, would love to visit.
How did you hear about us? -Press Article 4 September 2008 05:56am - Mumbai, India Mansoor's Reply - Hi Giri,
Good to hear from you. Yes will be sending a circular to all our website visitors once things are in place. Look forward to meeting you after a long time.
Regards,
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Hi Tina & Mansoor,
Was just going through Outlook traveller and saw you folks mentioned. Thought would drop you a line but you already have it up on the website. Good. Passed you one day on the way to Cbe. How did you hear about us? -Google Search 4 September 2008 03:41am - Kotagiri, India Mansoor's Reply - Hi Mathew,
Good to hear from you. Yes I have put the news of our Outlook Traveller article in our Farm Blog. Just saw the article myself on this Bombay trip. Will catch up with you soon.
Regards
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Vivek Jayan |
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Mansoor, Thnx for your update on my queries and actually I am setting out on revising the intial roadmap on Project Milky way(ought to make this happen by 2010). I happen to verify ur site on my smartphone, as the last couple of days acres-wild site was in the wilderness from my laptop. Guess some link issues from my side. Anyways, will be in touch thru the site and see if I could drop down to your farm sometime late this year, if this is of convenience then to you. One suggestion, if you deem this to fit ur site will be to add Go home/go top links on the main page/blog page as this would be pretty useful for people accessing ur site through smartphone/PDAs. Also the home page writeup font size comes pretty big on the PDA. Just ignore, if this doesn't matter to you. How did you hear about us? -Google Search 31 August 2008 05:34pm - Dubai Mansoor's Reply - Thanks Vivek,
Been re-designing lots of stuff on site so maybe some broken links but getting cleared soon. I have not thought of any other medium like PDA's etc but will keep your suggestions in mind.
Look forward to meeting you but do check with us as we are on move a bit nowadays.
Bye
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Hi!
Organic farming is definitely for future!
One question: how do you cope with the growing number of bulls? In the west ,it's easy: slaughter!
Do you also use cow's urine as medicine?
How to collect urine in a proper way?
thanks. How did you hear about us? -Google Search 31 August 2008 04:20am - Perth, Australia Mansoor's Reply - Hi Roland,
No doubt about organic being the future but it always was the sensible thing to do so we have not really learnt anything new, just a return to what was supposed to be correct.
Right now we have number of male calves and we are letting them grow for now. It is tough to decide what to do with them as it is expensive to feed them and they don't give milk. But there is an animal shelter nearby that has offered to take them. Also some local farmers are still using bulls so we may even be able to sell them. Lets see.
We are presently using all the cow urine in the gobar gas plants. It feeds directly from the cow shed into the gobar gas plant. The output slurry is great fertiliser so not thinking of medicinal value of cow urine yet. We will surely try Panchgavya explained on a page in our site.
Hope that answers your queries.
Regards
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:-? I was disappointed to know that the farm is not yet open for home stays. Do contact me when that happens. 30 August 2008 03:10am - Bangalore Mansoor's Reply - Hi Tithi,
Thanks for your call and sorry about the farmstay bit. Taking a bit of time. Will inform all as soon as things are ready. Meanwhile do check in and browse the site. Lots going on presently too.
Regards
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Dear Mansoor,
You can never give up making films. The movie I have just seen, is alive and ongoing, where all the charactors, actors, sets, script is real life.
I am glad you are enjoying it as much as we who are just watching it (& wish we had some role to play.):-}
Keep it on as every day is a climax. How did you hear about us? -Google Search 27 August 2008 03:19am - Mumbai Mansoor's Reply - Dear Ved,
It is wonderful to connect again after so long and to have you visit our website. As you can see this has been drawing me more than film-making and wonder if that is going to change in a hurry. Also would be great if you could make a trip this side soon. Would love to share with you what we have managed here that was not to happen in Mandwa. But then who was to know.
Do browse around a bit till we meet again.
Love from all here
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Hi Mansoor,
Greetings!
I am writing this just after watching "An Inconvenient Truth".It was a fantastic documentary.You were the first person I thought of talking to about global warming.
India is a developing country.There is a lot more industrial progress which will take place in India in the years to come.All this will happen at a huge cost.
We dont even have enough electricity at the moment but when we do have it,I hope it is from renewable resources and for this to happen we need all our countrymen to understand the fact of Global Warming.
It'd be great if you make a documentary in hindi on this issue.I am thinking of spreading this message starting with family-community-town write some articles for local newspapers & in all the companies which I have an association with.
Would it be possible for you to guide me on spreading the message of Global Warming? I plan to either walk or cycle all of India over a period of 1-2 years spreading awareness on Global Warming.
Looking forward for your support.I can guarantee mine in anyways should you need it.
I watched "Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na"in Goa.
Liked it.Sonali My wife liked it even more.
Do you by any chance know Vinay Somani from Mumbai? He is ex IIT Bombay & Harvard.He s my brother in law.
I m looking forward to meet you.
Regards to all
Cheers
Dhiraj How did you hear about us? -Google Search 23 August 2008 03:58am - India Mansoor's Reply - Hi Dhiraj,
I don't usually reply so late but good state of being busy was happening :-) As far as spreading the word goes, we are doing some but mainly trying to correct our life style. Really speaking it is not one thing like Global Warming that needs to be addressed in isolation but the basic paradigm of 'growth' which is so deeply embedded in our economic outlook. Yes it is great that your are planning to undertake the cycle tour for awareness but only if people realise the deeper paradigm shift required. My support is there in whatever way possible.
I don't seem to remember the name Vinay Somani right now sorry. Was he in hostel 5? Then I have a faint memory.
Look forward to meeting you and stay in touch.
Regards
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I am basically a Keralite working as a banker in Dubai for the past 10 years. Your site was kind of an enlightenment to me as was some of the other biodynamic farms tat i had looked up through the internet.
Working out a roadmap to start a midsized diary farming(organic) and do mixed farming by early 2010. Learning basics of Diary farming, biodynamic farming ...wouldn't say just for passion, looking for a commercial viabilty to follow my long held passion for the same. How did you hear about us? -Google Search 17 August 2008 04:14am - Dubai Mansoor's Reply - Hi Vivek,
Good to know that you are so clear and with a plan for the future. It took me a long time to get to doing this though I had all the options. Sometimes things just take their own time - no questions on that :-(
Wish you all the best and hope this site inspires you further. We are learning by the day and putting our experiences here. So keep checking in.
Regards
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Advice question here.
You mention that you have many animals forage on your farm. Since you grow vegetables and fruit on it also, how do you manage to keep the animals away from those areas? Do you use active controls, detterents or just hope for the best? I understand that you really can't do much about elephants running around your property, but what about the smaller animals that destroy plants for food.
Do you have any ideas for desi "totkas" (remedies) for this?
I ask since I live in a very heavily wooded area, I have a problem with deer and foxes and gophers and every other temperate woods creature rampaging thru all my plants. I cannot and will not fence the large property for reasons of cost and ecology (property is on the edge of wetlands and a reservoir). I have tried the usual deterrents of wads of hair in pouches hanging from trees, coyote urine around growing areas etc. None seem to really work. So now I am looking for something completely different... perhaps traditional desi remedies. What do you or your neighbours and like minded farmers use?
Any input would be appreciated from you or readers alike.
Warm regards,
Another Kiran in NYC 17 August 2008 04:02am - New York City Mansoor's Reply - Hi Kiran,
We are still in a tizzy about how to deal with the wild animals like bison that come for the greens. So we are thinking of keeping the lower half of property for the wild ones so we can grow our kind of stuff on upper part.
But now we have added goats and they are lethal and can wipe out anything green even more indiscriminately. So no real solutions yet but interesting on what all you have tried. Will just do some research from local sources and get back.
We had put a chain link fence all around more for demarcation against humans intrusion but the elephants and bisons have conveniently flattened all that :-) Ecology Zindabad!
More later.
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Hi
Its really a cool technically blended site.The idea is so eco friednly and it has just the perfect technical work to let all across the globe know about the importance of ecological balance. Its a great start to do something on the planet, we all live and flourish.Hoping for others to keep up the spirit that this business shows. 2 August 2008 07:16am Mansoor's Reply - Hi Aviral,
Yes I just felt my way as I went along in designing this site. It is strange but sometimes designing the site helped us shape what we are planning at the farm :-) But then it is quicker and easier to put things on a site than to make them happen on the ground.
About the videos - I had recently been thinking of that and reading up on what are the options etc. Need to buy a video cam though. Will follow up on that. Thanks for reminding me. Stay in touch.
Regards
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Hi Mansoorbhai,
Great website.Very happy to have visited your site and learn about your interests.
We have Shri. Subhash Palekar from Maharashtra who has devised and been propagating what is known as 'ZERO BUDGET FARMING'. Fortunately, Govt. of Tamilnadu has roped him in and arranges for 4/5 days camp all over the state to educate the farmers. I have read many articles and his interviews in the media as well the success of the 'ZBF Technique'as narrated by many farmers.I have read his books in English. I am sure Shri. Subhash Palekar's 'ZBF Technique'is the perfect way ahead for the world to overcome the gloomy scenario ahead of all of us.
Will be in touch & would love to visit yor farm someday in the near future.
Thanx.
K. S. RAJ 23 July 2008 04:29am Mansoor's Reply - Hi K. Raj,
Thanks for the link to 'Zero Budget Farming'. I have checked it out and will look out for Mr. Subhash Palekar's writings etc on the concept. Cannot believe that just one cow can be so useful. I have made a blog entry on this site to that link for visitors to our website.
Keep in touch.
Regards
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S. Venkatesh |
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Dear Shri Mansoor Khan,
Greetings from Venkatesh(Physics PhD student from Detroit). Thank you for responding to my previous entry .Recently I came across a very interesting article about Dr.Shripad A. Dabholkar by Shri Arun Shouries ( http://arunshourie.voiceofdharma.com/articles/1997
0705.htm).
This is the first time (thanks to my ignorance) I came to know about Dr.Dabholkar and I was fascinated by his life and work. While reading about him I though about you, your work and your website. In case you are not already aware ,I took the liberty of writing about Dr.Dabholkar in your guestbook and here by kindly wish to request you to please add info (on Dr.Dabholkar) in your 'links to think about',if you think it's worth doing.
Thank you
Venkatesh
P.S: Amidst you busy schedule did you get time to gather info about Shri Namalwar? Through internet I couldn't gather any info. How did you hear about us? -Google Search 15 July 2008 04:31am - Detroit, USA Mansoor's Reply - Hi Venkatesh,
Thanks for your suggestions and appreciation of our website and activities. I will read up on Dr. Dabholkar and Shri Namalwar. I am afraid I have not come across them yet but will find out. We are learning by the day and all inputs are welcome.
Stay in touch and keep checking our site for updates.
Regards
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Thanks Mansoor for the reply, I will drop a mail before I come down there, let me also tell you this, memories of Kyamat se kayamat tak are still very fresh in my mind :), we (family) are going to Mudeshwar today for an extended weekend holiday...and have already added KSKT songs to our ipod ;) , I believe one should do only those things which one loves to do, with minimal impact to the environment and society we live in. Sometimes we overlook all this small things in life due to our own ambitions and responsibilities and by the time we realize it, its was too late...anyways...I sincerely wish good luck to all your endeavors. see u soon (hopefully)
till...we meet...happy farming...
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Nice website and nice Inspiring family.
All the best and happy farming.
Bye,
Sam. 11 July 2008 04:36am Mansoor's Reply - Thanks Sam,
Keep checking in and hope to connect more sometime in the future.
Bye
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Another Kiran in NYC |
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I stumbled onto your lovely website (cant remember the links)and was very intrigued. As an amateur (very,very amateur... I am teaching myself off the internet and have visited a few artisan cheesemakers) cheesemaker myself, I was very intrigued by your experiment of sustainable and ecologically sound agriculture.
My own cheesemaking has been a mixed bag of "not bad" and "lets feed the compost heap with it"! Needless to say, only our family consumes our cheese, because they are patient and love us despite out foibles! I get my organic milk delivered by a hugely expensive organic food delivery service, so for me it is truly just a labor of love and it remains just a hobby. I am so truly envious that you are able to make good cheeses for commercial sale in an economically feasable way. Good luck with all of that.
I liked seeing pictures of your farm. Very lovely. I spent time in the Nilgiris as a child (Wellington) and visiting my sibling at Lovedale. The pictures brought back happy memories.
Are there a lot of smaller/mid sized farms in that region.What is midsized in your context anyway?
You mentioned a variety of fruit trees were planted on your land. Some did well, and others did not. Are they all native to the region or transplants? For example pear... is there a variety of wild pear in the region?
I look forward to reading more about your farm and your lives there.
Warm regards,
Another Kiran in NYC 11 July 2008 04:33am Mansoor's Reply - Hi Kiran,
Welcome to the 'mouldy' world of cheesemakers. Lots of trial and some errors and we get along but mostly going good. And when it comes out good it feels great. I am talking as if I make the cheese. No Tina does and I am the cheerleader/marketing manager.
You must be having fond memories of Wellington I am sure. It still is lovely. As for size of farms - there are more of tea estates here and they are in the order of hundreds of acres. The family farms growing other things are small about 1 to 20 acres I would say.
We had planted pear, peach and plum. They are not native as such but brought by the British. But yes now they are part of the trees that grow easily here. But our soil needs some attention and we need to correct several other things when we plant next time. Like protecting them from animals when they are saplings.
We will keep posting our experiences - good and bad. So stay tuned.
Regards
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Bhavin Zaveri |
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Dear Mansoor and Family,
My name is Bhavin and I am resident of Bangalore. I live with my wife Jenish and Krishna (1 year old baby daughter), we both are zoology graduates by education and specifically my wife is very fond of nature and botany, I would love to take her to your farm and give her a pleasant surprise if you all are OK with. I am planning to come to Ooty for a 2 day trip, just to spend quality, peaceful time together on 15th August 2008 and would surely love to meet you (if possible). I am from a very small village in Gujarat and have cherished memories of my child hood days of playing in farms and enjoying home grown vegies/fruits and to be honest I seriously miss those days..anyways..I guess I getting a bit nostalgic...but yes...I cant help it.
happy farming :)
Bhavin, Jenish & Krishna 10 July 2008 04:41am - Bangalore Mansoor's Reply - Hi Bhavin,
Yes you could visit our farm. Only it is a bit early for me to say what we will be doing on those dates. Please send me an email (given in 'Contact Us' section) a few days before and we will fix up something. We have the opposite background - grown up in cities etc but there was some bonding with the countryside I don't know how. More on that later.
Regards
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Vijith V. |
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Nice website.
After going through your web site, I bought some organic fruit products from FabIndia. It was tasting good. But very expensive.
May be you should add some information on types of cheese, recipes with cheese preferably that takes less time and less number of ingredients. 8 July 2008 04:43am - Kochi, India Mansoor's Reply - Hi Vijith,
Yes organic food is more expensive but that is the way it goes. We are working on putting some cheese recipes together that we will put up on our site. But first we must try them ourself.
Regards
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Bhairavi |
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Hi Mansoor.. thanks for the previous reply. Nice to hear that you are enjoying what you do now. Just watched Jaane tu.. it's a nice movie - well made. The story is very light and different, but it is still made very entertaining.. It took me back to my college days for 3 hrs :):) Liked everybody's acting.. Oh, and other than that I liked the title of the movie.. pictures with pastel colors.. Imran has done a good job.. somehow reminded me of Faisal Khan when I saw him first time on the screen today..
Are you planning to direct a movie in near future? Really loved your work in QSQT, Akele hum.. and Jo Jeeta.. Never watched Josh..
That's it for now.. Good luck!
Bhairavi 5 July 2008 04:47am - Washington DC, USA Mansoor's Reply - Glad you liked Jaane Tu. It is doing really well thank God and being appreciated. Imran has proved himself as a debutante. I am sure he will go places and do path-breaking stuff like Aamir.
I am not planning any movies right now. Am far from it and the only thing on my mind is Acres Wild!!! But loving it. But who knows what happens next ;-)
Keep checking in.
Regards
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Girish |
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Mansoor,
I was thrilled to hear from you so soon. I have made this my home page now. This website has been very nicely designed and is very picturesque and informative. I wrote a more detailed email to your farm email address. Not sure if you are currently at the Farm or in Bombay.
I read your note on Jaane Tu?Ya Jaane Na experience and that was cool. Best of luck to Imraan on his movie career.
More later. Please reply directly to my email address at your convenience. 3 July 2008 04:49am - San Francisco, USA |
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Girish Hullatti |
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Mansoor,
I am extremely impressed with your progress in life. We knew each other back in 1988.. I am very happy for you and your family. I saw some of the pictures on the website and it brought tears to my eyes. I had lost touch with you guys and now I am glad I keep in touch with you. I am a big believer in Organic farming, Yoga and other healthy living. Please pass on my warm regards to Tina ( a.k.a. Lisa )..
Seeing all these photos reminded me of a Kannada movie I watched last year "Ghali Patha"
Girish 1 July 2008 04:51am - San Francisco, USA Mansoor's Reply - Hi Girish,
Good to hear from you after a long time. Wonderful that you stumbled upon our website. It is a short intro to what all we hope to do here. I think I finally got down to doing what I wanted and lucky that Tina finds it meaningful too. Hope you can visit us someday. Meanwhile keep checking in and stay in touch.
Love from all
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Bhairavi |
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Hello... I knew Mansoor Khan as a director but only when Aamir Khan mentioned on his blog about you being from IIT, Cornell and MIT, I was curious to know about you.. I mean a man from film industry and IIT+Cornell+MIT combination was a surprise.. So ended up here and read lots of things about you and your farm.. Nice! Basically your confession about not getting bachelors degree seemed so very innocent and honest, I am impressed as well as motivated.. great work. 30 June 2008 04:54am - Washington DC, USA Mansoor's Reply - Hi Bhairavi,
Thanks for sharing your candid thoughts. Yes I have had a chequered life but now when I look back I was meant to be doing what I am doing now. Maybe that is why I have no regrets that I did not get my bachelors degree. Our website is a condensation of our activities and my blog on it is more specific to my concerns and goals. Keep visiting - I assure you it is a constantly updated site 8-)
Regards
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Arun Bellie |
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Hello Sir.... Its a great informative website.... Soon I'll be visiting you. I've decided to come to my native Nilgiris since the lifestyle I love is there and not here. I've decided to keep a farm there so that I do something good to the environment and reduce my Carbon Footprint. I'll be calling you sooner....8-) 29 June 2008 04:57am - Chennai Mansoor's Reply - Good idea Arun,
Look forward to meeting you and all the best.
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Mahesh Patel |
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Hi Mansoor and Tina,
Great website! I am very impressed with everything that you are doing there. I am coming to Bombay on June 29, and was wondering if you needed anything from here. I will see you at the JTYJN premiere. I am really looking forward to it.
There is an amazing place called 'Trader Joes' that sells mostly organic foods. Let me know if you need any cheese cultures etc. By the way, I noticed that some other 'Mahesh Patel' had posted a message on your site several months ago and you responded thinking it was me.
Anyway, look forward to seeing you soon.
Regards,
Mahesh (and Smita) Patel, Atlanta, USA:-) 19 June 2008 04:58am - Atlanta, USA Mansoor's Reply - Hi Mahesh and Smita,
Yes that solves something that had puzzled me a bit when I got that note from the other Mahesh. It was the Yaadon ki Baaraat point that made me think it was you but then how did you land up in Durango and US suddenly.... etc.
Ok have corrected that comment now.
Good so you finally saw our site and what we are upto. Yes this is kind of the direction that we want to go in. Don't need anything from US right now, thanks. Look forward to meeting again soon.
Love from all
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Rashmi |
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Hello Tina and Mansoor,
I will be visiting Coonoor, and would like to know if you 'welcome' tourists to your farm. I love cheese and after reading about your set-up I'm eager to get an experience of cheese making in India. Can we drop by, and meet you and see how you do it all even if I do not end up buying cheese!? Please inform.
Thanking you. Rashmi 18 June 2008 05:02am Mansoor's Reply - Hi Rashmi,
Would appreciate if you could send us your email id so we can complete our guestbook. You could call us on the mobile listed on our website in 'Contact Us' section. We don't encourage tourists :-) but would certainly like to meet people who have similar interests and concerns. Please inform us of your visit.
Regards
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