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Krishna Mackenzie
BornUnited Kingdom
Occupations
  • Singer
  • Public speaker
  • YouTuber
  • Agriculturalist

Krishna McKenzie is a British singer, songwriter, agriculturalist, celebrity chef, public speaker, and television presenter who is known for his social media accounts in which he speaks about the importance of organic farming, permaculture, and Tamil cooking. Fluent in Tamil, he lives in Auroville, Puducherry, India, where he owns a farm-to-table cafe known as Solitude Farm.

He made his television debut as a reality cooking show judge in Samayal Express, which airs on Zee Tamil.

Early life

Krishna McKenzie was born in the United Kingdom, where he studied at Jiddu Krishnamurti's school in Brockwood Park, Hampshire. Inspired by the school's teachings, Mackenzie moved from the United Kingdom to Auroville, Tamil Nadu, India in 1993. While living in Auroville, he quickly learned Tamil and imbibed in Tamil culture. He briefly went to Japan, where he met his girlfriend and also had the chance to listen to a lecture by Masanobu Fukuoka on natural farming. He opened Solitude Farm in 1996, using farming techniques by Fukuoka.

Artistry

Krishna founded the band Emergence for which he has been the lead vocalist and has released albums with songs in both English and Tamil. The band was founded in 2006 in Auroville. The band has released songs using jazz, acoustic rock, and dappankuthu.

Emergence has performed at Glastonbury Festival, Maximum India Festival in Washington, D.C., and The Blue Frog in Mumbai.

References

  1. Muthalaly, Shonali (31 October 2019). "How Englishman-turned-Aurovillian Krishna Mckenzie leads a local food revolution at Auroville's Solitude Farm". The Hindu.
  2. Lakshmi, K. (6 October 2024). "Tamil television channels add new content to Sunday watch list". The Hindu.
  3. "Krishna McKenzie: Auroville's British musician-farmer with a food forest & organic café".
  4. "Permaculture: How to grow a climate-resilient food forest with edible wild plants". March 2020.
  5. "Meet the Indo-pop band from Pondicherry that also promotes sustainable organic farming". 30 September 2017.
  6. https://astroulagam.com.my/lifestyle/krishna-mckenzie-england-puducherry-transforming-organic-farming-284437
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