OOO Farms - The Locavore

10 min

The Locavore Champions

“The act of foraging is meant to be a collective process”

Oishika Roy

Farmer and seed-saver Sunil Bhoye tells Oishika Roy about how seeds can be preserved by storing them in earthen pots and bamboo stems, and passing his knowledge of wild foods on to his daughter through the Wild Food Festival.

6 min

From the Fields

“We would fill our stomachs with Udad and Khurasani leaves”

Wild Food Project Team

Sunil Bhoye, a farmer and conservationist from Maharashtra, talks to Shailesh Awate of OOO Farms about the demands of foraging, and how traditional knowledge is passed down in the Kokni tribe that he belongs to.

September 1, 2024

Wild Food Festival ’24

September 1, 2024

City-dwellers come together in Mumbai to taste wild foods from the forests of the Sahyadri mountains, and learn more about the communities that champion them.

August 19, 2022

Wild Foods Walk, Mumbai

August 19, 2022

A guided walk to discover wild foods in Mumbai's largest national park, led by Shailesh Awate from OOO Farms.

August 28, 2022

Wild Food Festival ’23

August 28, 2022

A rainy afternoon spent learning about monsoon wild foods from Palghar, Maharashtra, and hearing from Adivasi communities preserving them.

October 30, 2022

Slow Flow 1.0 Launch Party, Mumbai

October 30, 2022

A games-and-beer party at Woodside Inn with Bombay Duck Brewing and their limited-edition heirloom rice beers.

6 min

Projects

Wild Food Project | Palghar, Maharashtra

The Locavore Team

The Wild Food Project is an attempt to study, archive, and celebrate indigenous forest produce, and the vast traditional knowledge that surrounds it.

5 min

From the Fields

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.

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