It is now 20 years since Richard ‘Dick’ Grimshaw and John Greenfield sighted vetiver grass gripping slopes of farmers’ hillside fields in Gundlupet, Karnataka. They had the vision to see it as a many faceted aid for farmers all over the world. It is a measure of their zeal that today vetiver has a growing worldwide cult following. There have been 3 conferences elsewhere in the world to discuss and celebrate its virtues. The fourth meet came finally to its original home: south India. …read on