The Changing Tides of the Worli Koliwada
Join Sreyasi Mukherjee as she walks through an 800-year-old fishing village in Mumbai as part of The Locavore’s Worli Koliwada Project with RPG Foundation.
Projects
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With a focus on knowledge, communities, and the environment, The Locavore’s Projects are designed to tackle specific challenges in the Indian food system. We do this by creating more awareness, collaborating with relevant stakeholders, and enabling meaningful change through both digital and on-ground efforts.
Worli Koliwada Project: Phase One
The Worli Koliwada Project aims to meaningfully draw attention to the Worli Koliwada area (in Mumbai) and its inhabitants—through the prism of food—along with helping find effective ways of income generation.
‘Odisha Millets Mission is a People’s Programme’
What makes Odisha Millets Mission (OMM) stand out in a sea of other government programmes? The Locavore learns about how women Self-Help Groups are championing millets, and the inclusion of ragi ladoos in Anganwadi meals.
The Return of the Forgotten Millet
With the United Nations declaring 2023 as the International Year of Millets (IYOM), and the growing attempts to revive this ancient Indian grain, do you ever wonder where it disappeared to in the first place? Arathi Menon helps us understand why millets vanished from our diets, and the value of bringing it back.
Millet Revival Project: Phase One
Our modest attempt to demystify cooking with millets, and relearn the impact that it has on our ecology. This initiative aims to facilitate gradual incorporation of millets into our diets, as well as create a space for meaningful conversation and engagement so that we can tap into the resilience of millets while also rediscovering its taste.
Wild Food Project : Palghar, Monsoon 2022
The Wild Food Project is our modest attempt to study, archive, and celebrate indigenous forest produce, and the vast traditional knowledge that surrounds it. In 2022, we made a start in Palghar district in Maharashtra during the monsoons.
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