059: Aneel Kumar + Sanne van den Dungen | Grameena Vikas Kendram Society

Planetary Regeneration Podcast

Today Gregory is joined on the podcast by Aneel Kumar and Sanne van den Dungen from Grameena Vikas Kendram Society (GVK Society), as well as by Rebecca Harman, Land Steward Project Manager at Regen Network. A Regen Network Community Fund grantee, GVK Society is a nonprofit organization working in the Andhra Pradesh region of South India. They work directly with small marginal and tribal women farmers on the ground to grow regenerative organic cotton: regenerating the environment around vulnerable farming communities, improving and strengthening livelihoods while regenerating, and working to develop ecocredits with Regen Registry. Aneel is a serial social entrepreneur and has more than 20 years of experience in working with small and marginal farming communities. He has an MSc degree in Organic Agriculture from Wageningen University, The Netherlands, and is a Master Trainer certificate holder (FAO of the UN) in conducting Farmer Field Schools. Sanne is the Senior Manager of Circular Supply Chains and Agriculture at YasasreeViroha Impex Pvt Ltd, the marketing arm of GVK Society. She has spent many years working as a consultant in India on a diverse range of topics all related to circular economies. Find out more about their work on Twitter @gvksociety.