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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
Environment
Resources that identify environmental change as a significant driver of the story, where the climate crisis alone cannot be deduced as the primary cause. These include changing land use, shifting agricultural practices, deforestation, or biodiversity loss.
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…
‘Keerai pori is something I enjoy during the monsoon’
What does it mean to be in tune with changing seasons? Janagiamma, a leader of the indigeneous Kurumba community in the Nilgiris, tells us that millets and bamboo are good for the monsoons.
The Accidental Raisin Farm in Arid Sangli
By adopting regenerative practices, Umrani Farms is attempting to not only grow local varieties of grapes, but also transform the land that it grows on.