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MILLET REVIVAL PROJECT
The Millet Revival Project, a collaboration between The Locavore and Rainmatter Foundation aims to reinvigorate India’s relationship with millets, combining in-depth research, community engagement, and impactful storytelling to highlight the grain’s health and ecological benefits.
Millets, Murals, and the Making of Uttarakhand
SOMYA DHULIYA
Walking Dehradun’s streets, Somya Dhuliya watched murals depicting Uttarakhand’s fields, farmers, and foods blossom on newly whitewashed walls. But does employing food to create a state’s distinct identity take on an insidious character if the state itself is organised along exclusivist lines?
Spending Sowing Day with Elubai and Govind Bhaiyya
LAXMINARAYAN DEVDA
Elubai and Govind Bhaiyya—a farmer couple from Devasiya village in Madhya Pradesh—talk to Laxminarayan Devda about preparing for the Kharif sowing season, why they practise chemical-free farming, and how more farmers in the region can be encouraged to plant jowar.
बुआई का दिन एलुबाई और गोविंद भैया के साथ
लक्ष्मीनारायण देवड़ा
मध्य प्रदेश के देवसिया गांव के किसान दंपत्ति एलुबाई और गोविंद भैया ने लक्ष्मीनारायण देवड़ा से खरीफ की बुआई की तैयारी, रसायन मुक्त खेती क्यों करते हैं और क्षेत्र के अधिक किसानों को ज्वार की खेती के लिए कैसे प्रोत्साहित किया जा सकता है के बारे में बात की।
“What makes society, agriculture, and everything resilient is diversity.”
MANASA V AND MUKTA PATIL
Professor and scientist Dr. Ruth DeFries talks to the Millet Revival Project about the irony of millets becoming all the rage in urban areas in India, while being non-aspirational and stigmatised in rural pockets, and why farmers are still not reaping the benefits of growing them.
RECIPES FROM THE LOCAVORE
What kind of recipes do you love most? At The Locavore, we savour recipes that celebrate the heritage and culture of different regions and communities across the Indian subcontinent, and ones that use local and seasonal ingredients imaginatively. Oh, and recipes that are paired with delicious stories — those are our favourite kinds!
Chemeen Pada
FROM OUR COMMUNITY
These stories have been sourced from a growing network of passionate Locavores. Join us as we gather diverse stories, wade through local markets and farms, experiment with flavours, have conversations with experts from across fields, and get our hands dirty.
Russell Market: Almost a Century-Down, But Not Out!
‘Keerai pori is something I enjoy during the monsoon’
Work Begins at 3 am in Kasimedu’s Fish Market
WILD FOODS
The Wild Food Festival was back for its 6th edition on 1 September, 2024! Here are some stories we’ve covered on the rich landscape of foraged foods within India.
We’re always looking for lesser known recipes from across India, and the stories that inspire them. If you’d like to share a recipe that offers a glimpse into the culinary heritage of a specific community or culture, especially ones that are under-represented, we would love to hear from you.
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