Maharashtra - The Locavore

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Market Archives

Pune’s Khadda Market: Seen Through the Eyes of an Architect

Smita Patil

Why don’t we treat markets as the wonderful public spaces they really are? Wandering through a local market in Pune, and speaking to the vendors who run it, architect Smita Patil is struck anew by this question.

6 min

Projects

Wild Food Project : Palghar, Monsoon 2022

The Locavore Team

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.

0 min

Main Course

Mahua Flower Bhaji

Shakuntala

An interesting savoury preparation of mahua flowers encountered by the Wild Food Project team during a visit to Palghar.

7 min

Culture

Dried Fish: Going Beyond Smell

Shruti Tharayil

While India has a rich and diverse culture around cooking dried fish, it hasn’t been celebrated owing to its fraught histories, matters of identity, and smells. Shruti Tharayil writes on challenging old hierarchies of smells, and her own journey of unlearning.

5 min

Producer Feature

Of Seed Banks and Stories of Revival

Shreshtha Chhabra

Reviving native seeds in India is an uphill task. But recognising the importance of preserving indigenous knowledge, OOO Farms works closely with local communities in Gujarat and Maharashtra to return heirloom seeds to their homelands.

4 min

Producers

OOO Farms: Levelling the field with profit-sharing practices

The Locavore Team

The idea for OOO Farms took root when Shailesh Awate, an ardent trekker, began to notice forest cover in the Sahyadris diminishing through the decades. Driven by the desire to preserve these forests, he started working with indigenous communities in the region to conserve native and indigenous seeds.

6 min

Inside My Kitchen

Can a School Kitchen Also Be a Place of Learning?

Yamini Vijayan

In a school in rural Maharashtra that is rooted in the philosophy of open education, food is seen not just as a way of offering nutrition, but also as a means to building equity and breaking barriers.

4 min

Producers

Umrani Farms

The Locavore Team

Located in Sangli in western Maharashtra, Umrani Farms is an organisation that specialises in indigenous raisin production.

3 min

Producer Feature

Chasing Bees Through Maharashtra and Rajasthan

Takshama Pandit

The team behind the Moonshine Honey Project cares not just about making delicious and high quality honey, but also about doing it in a way that is responsible and ethical.

4 min

Producers

Eat With Better

The Locavore Team

Eat with Better is a plant-based packaged foods company headquartered in Mumbai which sells a ready-to-cook range of products made from raw, tender jackfruit.

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