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.
Food Security
Resources covering the woman farmer’s efforts—both individual and collective—to secure reliable access to adequate food for herself and her family.
How these Women Grow Vegetables in the Cold Desert of Ladakh
‘How These Women Grow Vegetables in the Cold Deserts of Ladakh’ (2025) is a 9-minute Hindi-language documentary by the Good Food Movement.
Farmers in a changing climate: Does gender matter? Food security in Andhra Pradesh, India
‘Farmers in a changing climate: Does gender matter? Food security in Andhra Pradesh, India’ (2010) by Yianna Lambrou and Sibyl Nelson for the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), United Nations.
One Seed at a Time
‘One Seed at a Time’ (2025) is a 16-minute Marathi-language documentary directed by Kavita Carneiro, and hosted by the People’s Archive of Rural India (PARI).
Meghalaya’s Paddy Fields Hold More Than Just Rice
Randa Papiah, Toy Sumer, and Hunlang Papiah recall their memories of catching dohthli (snakehead fish) in the paddy fields of Meghalaya during the rice harvesting season.
“Our elders say, if you never put an axe to a mahua tree, it won’t let a person go hungry”
—Kalabai Merawi, 45, Kannai village, Madhya Pradesh
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.
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.