Women in Parched Bundelkhand Villages are Pioneering Water Conservation Efforts
‘Women in Parched Bundelkhand Villages are Pioneering Water Conservation Efforts’ (Jal Saheli) (2024) is a 13-minute Hindi-language documentary by Down To Earth.
Conservation
Resources documenting women farmers coming together to preserve and protect their environment, seeds, food cultures, and community identity and knowledge.
Strength in Diversity
‘Strength in Diversity’ (2018) is a 14-minute Garo/Khasi-language documentary by Chentei Lam Khiamniungan Naga, made as a part of Greenhub India’s Youth Fellowship and Video For Change.
How did the Women of Champavat Lead a Silent Revolution of Saving the Forest (Van Saheli)
‘How did the Women of Champavat Lead a Silent Revolution of Saving the Forest (Van Saheli)’ (2025) is a 10-minute Hindi-language documentary by Down to Earth.
What Are Seeds, When Not Sold?
Oishika Roy explores experiences of seed savers and scientists to gather proof of relationships between people and seeds beyond that of money: generational, and through the principle of commons.
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“The root crops are at risk of disappearing, […] compelling Reshma and Nagveni to strive to protect them”
—Reshma and Nagveni, a duo rooting for tubers in Joida, Karnataka
A Legacy of Making Preserves and Coolers on a Forest-Farm in Pauri Garhwal
Divya Chowfin, the co-founder of Himalayan Haat, speaks to Throvnica Chandrasekar about farming within a natural ecosystem, running a business from the mountains, and why their bestselling Malta Cooler is also a family f…
In Meghalaya’s Khweng, Dial Muktieh Remembers Foraging at Dusk
At Mei-Ramew Café in Khweng village, Dial Muktieh’s knowledge of home-cooked meals shines through her indigenous ways of cooking and use of locally available ingredients. Photo by Team Locavore.
Songs of Survival: The Cultural Memory that Kept Millets Alive
Certain food memories linger in a community’s collective consciousness long after the food itself may have disappeared from people’s plates and farmers’ fields. Sohel Sarkar writes on the farming songs and rituals that h…
Following Judima in Dima Hasao: A Rice Wine Story
Judima is a rice wine predominantly brewed by Dimasa women in Assam. Based in Tereh Village, Khimkho Hojai,a self-reliant farmer,brews it for her household, with help from her husband.