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.
Culinary Practices
Resources documenting what the woman farmer eats, forages, prepares, and preserves in the field, at home, and across seasons. These take a closer look at her relationship to food as a producer, cook, and eater often with an interest in nutrition, culture, and survival.
Gariahat Bajaar’s Shaak Maashis Can Always Predict My Dinner Menu
Golden pumpkin flowers, red roselles, magenta eggplants, and various shades of green everywhere you look. At Kolkata’s Gariahat Bajaar, shaak maashis bring a variety of winter greens foraged from the outskirts of the cit…
The Slow Disappearance of Karal Meen from Rameshwaram’s Fish Markets
Industrial demand is making one of the most affordable species of fish along the east coast of India more expensive. E. Haripriya explores what these ripple effects mean for local kitchens in Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu.
“They’ve started dumping cement there. It results in smaller, less meaty oysters that take longer to form”
—Ratna and Alka, Koli fisherwomen, Mumbai
“You should’ve come when we get bombil. It is beautiful, every surface of Mandav is covered with it”
—Leela Solanki, who dries fish at Versova village, Mumbai
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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
Picking and Eating Mahua Flowers in Jharkhand
What happens when an indigenous ingredient earns a largely notorious reputation due to archaic excise policies? How does one reintroduce it to modern diets, while preserving indigenous knowledge? We gather perspectives f…
In Odisha, Farming Festivals Archive Fast-Disappearing Indigenous Knowledge
The wait for mangoes, a cooling finger millet drink, one hundred coconuts. Abhijit Mohanty documents how summer festivals in Malkangiri, Odisha, preserve foodways of memories.
Farm Workers On How Heat Impacts Their Work
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.