A 22-year-old aircraft maintenance engineer living in Dubai, Zachariah was visiting the southwest India state of Kerala for a family wedding when a lockdown was declared. Store shelves were emptying, and hence Zachariah and his father 1 vegetables on their family's plot of land.
Using YouTube videos and techniques Zachariah's grandfather had 2 to his father 3 a guide, they began a garden that finally helped 4 20 neighboring households during the pandemic (流行病).
The tropical (热带的) climate of Kerala, he said, 5 plenty of rain and sun, making farming hands-off 6 it's time to harvest. That free style of farming is in line with Zachariah's growing 7 in sustainable agriculture, a movement that promotes working with nature instead of forcing the land to obey man's 8
What he didn't realize was that a 9 had been planted, one that would eventually lead him to 10 his career in engineering and consider one in farming. Soon after returning to Dubai, he's decided to 11 careers, from serving the skies to 12 the soil. " It's a big change for me. But this is what makes me 13 —helping others and being in nature. "
The time they've spent together has also helped bring Zachariah and his father 14 . "We started bonding and I think that's why I 15 gardening, " Zachariah said.
