MADURAI: In a unique move, a group of farmers in Madurai district on Monday floated a 'club' to grow vegetables using only organic farming techniques. These 20 farmers in Nariyampatti -- 30 km away from Madurai city -- who formed the club, named it Colonel Pennycuick Farmers' Club after the British engineer who constructed the Mullaperiyar dam, the lifeline of five southern districts of Tamil Nadu. The village in Chellampatti block mostly produces...
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