mysuru bjp national joint general secretary santhosh has said that organic farming should be promoted for a healthy life speaking at the organic farming abhiyan campaign and the inauguration of organic farmers multipurpose cooperative society organized by sri ganapathi sachidananda ashram and janachethana trust at nada mantap on monday santhosh said that due to extensive use of pesticides for growing agriculture crops in the country food has become poison we are not eating food but we are consuming poison we have to stop using pesticides in farming and switch to organic farming for good health save the future generation from consuming poison he said santhosh said that due to food adulteration people are easily affected by diseases fertility in the agriculture land has vanished youths are going to cities for jobs villages have turned into oldage homes in malnad and karavali regions girls parents are finding it difficult to find grooms the environment in villages is changing due to changes in cultivation practices he said referring to army jawans who laid down their lives for the country at siachen glacier recently santhosh said that indians should be proud of such army men who have sacrificed their lives for the country we have to be like such army men but certain incidents in universities recently have hurt the feelings of patriots he said without mentioning the jnu incident avadootha datta peeta ganapathi sachidananda swami said that every individual should grow vegetables fruits and flowers in their backyard farmers should take up organic farming in their land and bring in a revolution he said on the occasion farmer santhosh from bengaluru and r krishne gowda from kr nagar who have taken up organic farming and two publishers nataraj chowdari of chethana book house and omkarappa of vachaspathi prakashana were felicitated books on organic farming written by gandhi agriculture university retired vicechancellor g k veeresh and bayalada baduku by sanskrit university vicechancellor padmashekar were released