Aranya: Improving Crop Yields and Farmer Livelihoods Across Gujarat
Founded in 2016, Aranya is a Farmer Producer Organisation (FPO) comprising a group of smallholder farmers belonging to the forests of the Aravalli Hills in eastern Gujarat.
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Nilgiri Marten Spices: The Best of Single-origin Spices
Founded in 2022 by Aswin Prasannakumar and Yathi Kumar, Bengaluru-based Nilgiri Marten Spices (NMS) aims to sell spices entirely traceable to the regions they are cultivated in.
Ishka Farms: What It Takes to Grow Capers in India
Located in the dry scrublands of Niravi Pudhupatti village, about 45 kilometres from Tuticorin, is Ishka Farms,India’s only caper farm.
Bringing Bengal’s Cherished Winter Jaggery to the World
It’s in the peak of winter that the sap of the date palm trees is sweetest. Sharing their own memories of eating nolen gur in winter, the co-founders of Earth Story Farms talk to Throvnica Chandrasekar about making date…
Mason & Co.: Celebrating a local bean-to-bar chocolate movement
Based in Auroville, Pondicherry, Mason and Co. is a chocolate company with a focus on building a local bean-to-bar movement in South India.
Himalayan Haat: Fruits and herbs from the jungle farms of Pauri Garhwal
Situated in the mountains of Uttarakhand, Himalayan Haat is a social enterprise that practices jungle farming in Pauri Garhwal, a district in the southeastern part of the state.
‘Pounding and pickling was a community activity’
Usha Rayalu, who co-founded The Manduva Project with Neha Alluri, says the central courtyard for which the brand is named was where women in their family could be themselves.
NE Origins: Placing Northeast on the Indian Food Map
NE Origins attempts to spotlight the foods of the Northeast by selling products from regions that they are native to. With bamboo shoot pickles from Manipur, stingless bee honey from…