At its heart, The Locavore is a dynamic platform championing Doing Good Through Food across India.
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.
MEET OUR PRODUCER PARTNERS
At The Locavore, we champion exceptional local produce by highlighting producers and farmers whose work we believe in, and telling their stories with honesty and nuance.
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.
“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.
Reimagining the Future of Food, Comic-style
QUICKSAND AND UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE
Future of Food, a comic produced in English and Kannada, is set in 2035. An exercise in imagination, it asks what hopeful, localised futures look like for communities—especially rural and indigenous farmers in India—who are often excluded from these imaginations because of the nature of innovation and technology.
‘It Tastes Like Earth, with a Bit of Tartness’
THROVNICA CHANDRASEKAR
A fermented, porridge-like ragi drink offers more than just succour on a hot summer’s day. For most communities in Tamil Nadu, it is a means of sustenance. For Valli, it tastes best when had with leftover fish curry.
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!
Acacia Honey “Sutarfeni”
Bamboo Pickle
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.
‘Keerai pori is something I enjoy during the monsoon’
Russell Market: Almost a Century-Down, But Not Out!
Inside Kohima’s Mao Market, Run Mostly by Women
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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