Foodlink

Timings and Location(s)

The receiving outlet is located at the service entrance of the Pour Tous Distribution Centre / Solar Kitchen, and delivieries can be made there every morning between 8am and noon. The person in charge is Guna, along with AVFG staff Sumathi and Lakshmi.

For further information email: Farmgroup , or phone PTDC at 262-2746/796 and ask for Guna.

General Information and Background

The Auroville Farm Group (AVFG) has an office and distribution centre called Foodlink. The products are sold through a number of Auroville shops and (in the future) also beyond AV. Rice and vegetables are provided for use in the meals preparation in the communal Solar Kitchen, and for distribution among schools. Fruits and grains are preserved and packed at two Auroville food-processing units and at some of the farms, which produce a range of jams, pickles and chutneys.

As the receiving centre is adjacent to the Pour Tous Distribution Centre (PTDC), organic locally-grown produce is supplied directly for the availability of Aurovilian participants in the PTDC scheme. Surpluses and 2nd quality produce is also processed on site in the PTDC food kitchen, into jams and sauces.

Members and Affiliations

The AVFG secretariat gathers statistics on the basis of monthly production.

Aims and Objectives

A recent report on the AVFG (2004) shows that distribution and central management of farming in Auroville will need funding and support, so that the individual effort of the farmers may bear fruit. At present, for instance, parts of surplus harvests are lost, due to lack of a common storage and marketing outlets.