SCFP 2025

 

 

What is it?

Farming (for real) with Rujuta Diwekar at her ancestral village of Sonave, just outside Mumbai, where we learn about local foods and good health.

Key Features

• Learn farming by actually practising it
• Food gyan by Rujuta and her team
• Heritage meals and recipes
• Special focus on introducing kids to farms and real food
In addition, you
• Also get fresh, natural produce from what you grow yourself.
• Contribute to the local farmers by buying their produce directly from them
• Participate in community initiatives like tree plantations, pre school meals, etc.

4. Plucking ready raddish and rejoicing them


Who can join?

Everyone. As long as you don’t mind getting your hands dirty. Especially recommended for families with young children, students and outdoor enthusiasts.

Fresh, natural food

You get what you grow

Farmers market
The produce from what you grow is shared equally between all participants. In addition, premium produce like fruits, vegetables, rice, oils, etc., from Rujuta’s family farm is also shared as per availability. For every session, local farmers will be invited to bring their fresh produce and you can buy it directly from them, contributing to their welfare.


Structure

• Seven pre-decided Sundays in a year, from 9am - 11:30am
• A snack followed by farm activity, gyan session, heritage meal and food basket
• You can sign up for the full year or for any one session

Dates for SCFP 2025

Date-Sp-sunday-650-2025

 

Cost for SCFP 2025

(to be paid in full)

  Full Year Per Session
Kids below 12 No Fees No Fees
Single Adult 25,000 5,000
Two Adults 40,000 7,500
Nutrition/ Medical students 15,000 3,000
  Sign Up   Sign Up

*Note
- Yearly fees also includes automatic registration for all festivals and special occasions in Sonave
- Seats are limited and we go by first paid, first in system
- Fees is non-refundable and non-transferable

Sonave

A picture postcard village, easily accessible from Mumbai, surrounded by forested hills and dotted with green rice fields. The indigenous tribal population lives in complete harmony with its surroundings. Rujuta’s family has been farming here for the last 4 generations.

 

Getting there


By Road

30 km outside Mumbai on the Mumbai - Ahmedabad highway, we take a left at Varai Naka and drive a further 11 km to reach Sonave village.

By Train

You can catch the Dahanu local on the Western line and get off at Safale station on the east side. A 15 minute rickshaw ride will bring you to Diwekar wadi, Sonave.


Google map route - Here


Appendix

Highlights from Previous Years
ActivityFood Basket
January

1) Plucked raddish and methi leaves
2) Sowed pumpkin seeds		Rice, Raddish, Methi leaves, Palak, Chickoo, Lemon grass Bakul flowers
February

1) Cleared & prepared bed to sow methi and palak seeds
2) Plucked tur and vaal 		Tur, Vaal, Annapurna leaves, Kadi pata, Navalkol, Raddish, Drumstick
March

1) Thrashed sun-dried pods for harbara
2) Plucked tur dal and desi tamatar
Methi, Annapurna leaves, Ambe halad, Desi tamatar, Gauthi mirchi, Gauthi baingan
April

1) Plucked onions
2) Made sabudana padap
3) Stone grinding and sieving of tur pulse
4) Farmer's Market 		Onion, Tej pata, Lemon grass, Kadi pata, Goonj leaves
May

1) Plucked groundnuts
2) Celebrated local berries festival
Neem leaves, Groundnut, Groundnut oil, Banana, Coconut
July

1) Sprinkled rice in the fields		Shevda, Lal math, Alu pata, Lemon grass
August

1) Plucked and transplanted rice in another field
2) Planted Jamun tree
Drumstick leaves, Lal math, Tej patta, Kadi patta, Adu leaves
September

1) Cleared weeds from herbal garden and watered plants with Jeevamrut
2) Restored soil for planted ginger roots
Seetaphal, Laal math, Ambadi, Citronella
October

1) Sowed desi tamatar, mirchi and baingan seeds
2) Prepared Diwali special oil
Chandan, Aritha, Multani mitti, Kadipata, Drumstick leaves

Pics from previous years of SCFP

For more pics of Sonave Click here

Get in touch

    Address

    402/403, Ram Krishna Chambers,
    Opp - Maple showroom,
    Linking Road, Khar west,
    Mumbai – 400052
    Call us: +91 80808 24276
    Or write to us anytime at: farming@sonave.in

    An initiative by
    Rujuta Diwekar