Babulal Gandhi, a resident of Phaltan in Maharashtra’s Satara district, is a man of few words who has lived the majority of his life in harmony with nature, and dedicated it towards the pursuit of improving the state of agriculture in India. “I am an ardent ardent disciple of great leaders like Mahatma Gandhi and Lokmanya Tilak, but could never actively participate in the freedom struggle, so helping landless farmers was my way of making India better,”says the 91-year-old to The Better India. In the early 50s, Gandhi worked with freedom activist Vinoba Bhave and helped several landless people get small patches of land from wealthy owners in the district under the Bhoodan movement. It was during this time that Gandhi learnt about the different techniques of farming that eventually helped him and his brother, Maganlal, create a mini-food forest on his 100-acre family-owned land in Phaltan.