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August 2026: The Desi Pantry
In the second month of our quarterly theme Know Your Desi Ingredients, we focused on pantry staples. We dug into our kitchen shelves, and picked out ingredients that are dried, stored, preserved, fermented.
Meet Our Knowledge Partners
Collaborative relationships are at the heart of the Woman Farmer Project. Meet the partners who helped support the fellowship, shape priorities, and ensure contextual accuracy in our storytelling.
52% Dark Chocolate with Roasted Almonds
A smooth 52% dark chocolate studded with whole roasted almonds, with a balanced cocoa flavour and plenty of crunch.
70% Cocoa Bitter Sweet Dark Chocolate Squares
Made from single-origin cocoa beans from Idukki, these 70% dark chocolate squares have a deep cocoa flavour, gentle bitterness and just enough sweetness to balance it.
Meet the Fellows
Meet our cohort of six fellows—three writer-researchers and three audio-visual storytellers—who spent May to August 2026 reporting on the experiences, labour, and knowledge of woman farmers from Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu, and Madhya Pradesh.
About the Woman Farmer Project
The Woman Farmer Project, stewarded by The Locavore with support from the Doc Society Climate Story Kitchen, is a multimedia storytelling and public-engagement initiative that documents and amplifies the lived experiences, knowledge systems, and everyday labour of women farmers across India’s food landscapes.
An Essential Reading and Listening Guide to Fish, Meat, and More
Priyal Ranka, who is part of The Locavore’s editorial team, curates a list of essential stories—readings, interviews, and audios—to broaden our understanding of animal foods, and explore how they sit within memory, ecology, caste, access, and taboo.
Reading Circle August 2026
LFC explores local ingredients, questions of regionality, authenticity, and recognition of an ingredient.
Kala Jeera
These GI-tagged black cumin seeds have a distinctive floral aroma, with light, citrusy notes and a warm, earthy flavour.