“I hadn’t even driven a car when I began with the tractor”
—Ratish, who pushes and moors fishing boats
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Tamil Nadu
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How Food Producers in the Mountains Navigate Unseasonal Rains
From harvesting honey to growing indigenous vegetables, unpredictable rainfall severely impacts the food we eat. In the face of such varying weather patterns, farmers and producers, including The Locavore’s partners, often have to contend with challenges such as landslides, logistical hurdles, and even changes in local diets.
Farm Made Foods: Raising Hens in a Free, Open Environment in Tamil Nadu
A family-run business in Tamil Nadu retailing free-range eggs
Karapodi Kayi Masala Curry
This recipe celebrates the delicate flavour of the silverbelly fish—locally known as Karapodi—cooked in a fragrant Kayi masala blend. Rooted in the coastal kitchens of Tamil Nadu, this dish highlights the comfort of home-style cooking.
Bommi’s Crab Pepper Fry
Seasoned by the Sea is a coastal community cookbook published by Uyir Pathipagam (2025). Bommi’s family is widely known as crab-sellers in the Thazhankuppam region of Tamil Nadu. Her crab dish, involving simple ingredients and techniques, highlights the flavours of fresh crab.
Dried Fish At Amma’s Memorial
In a three-year-long cookbook project spanning the Coromandel coast, Bhagat Singh A. writes a tribute to his late mother.
Inside The Only Caper Farm In India
How team members at Ishka Farms, India’s first and only caper farm in Tamil Nadu, found themselves experimenting with the ingredient,on the field and back in their home kitchens.
On Chennai’s Besant Nagar Coast, A Fisherman Makes Sense of the Sea
Retired fisher S. Palayam collects data that helps fisherfolk in Chennai navigate the weather and sustain ways of traditional fishing.
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.
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