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  • Stories

India’s honey exports are rising exponentially, but at what cost?

  • March 25, 2026
  • Mukta Patil
Even as small-scale producers struggle to harvest honey amidst climatic stressors and environmental degradation, India’s honey production continues to grow significantly, largely through a policy push that encourages the use of the European Bee, while sidelining native bees and their habitats.
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  • Letters from the Room

Seeds Between the Lines

  • October 9, 2025
  • Mukta Patil
In this story, Mukta brings Eaten Cotton, a handmade book that reimagines cotton, farming, and food as her contribution to the meetup.
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An Essential Reading Guide to Mumbai’s Changing Seascape

  • October 8, 2025
  • Mukta Patil
Mukta Patil, Projects Editor at The Locavore, curates a list of essential readings on sustainable fishing and the Koli community.
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“What will I do, sitting at home?”

  • October 4, 2025
  • Mukta Patil
—Surekha Kochrekar, a vegetable-seller in Banda
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  • Inside My Kitchen

“The idea is to not waste a single leaf that comes”

  • August 25, 2025
  • Mukta Patil
Ground Up, in Pune, is an experimental kitchen and fermentary that allows Gayatri Desai to experiment with a variety of wild foods and preservation techniques. All photos by Ground Up.
Gayatri Desai, chef and founder at Pune’s experimental kitchen and fermentary Ground Up, talks about the unique flavour of ferns and lemons, using every last part of bamboo, and why fermentation is intrinsic to the way she cooks and thinks.
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Hand to Mouth: The Precarious Connections Between Food and Labour

  • May 29, 2025
  • Mukta Patil
What do we see and invisibilise when we think about the connections between work and food? What does access to resources—and organising for them—have to do with nutrition and dignity of labour? Photo courtesy of Priyanka Tupe/BehanBox.
In this anthology-style feature documenting the fraught relationships between food and labour in India, Mukta Patil gathers perspectives from journalist Priyanka Tupe, union leader Anita Kapoor, and economist Dr. Jean Drèze.
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Farm Workers On How Heat Impacts Their Work

  • May 16, 2025
  • Mukta Patil
We spoke to agricultural workers from The Locavore's community of partner producers to understand how heat intersects with labour, especially for working women, and how they cope with rising temperatures.
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What Makes Joida a Hotspot for Tuber Diversity?

  • November 21, 2024
  • Mukta Patil
Sumeet Kaur, founder of Spudnik Farms and tuber enthusiast, talks to Mukta Patil about these resilient root vegetables, how the Kunbi community preserve and worship them, and making mudali bharta at home.
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