At The Locavore, we bridge the gap between producers and consumers by partnering with farmers and small-scale entrepreneurs who adopt ethical, sustainable practices toward food production, deeply rooted in local, traditional knowledge.
We amplify their work by telling their stories with honesty and nuance, collaborating on engaging events across India, and spotlighting their products. From transparent operational practices to exceptional quality and taste (we personally try every product we recommend), our partner producers are committed to building a better, more sustainable food future. To learn more about the work they do, read on.
If you are a producer based in India who is aligned to our way of thinking, or know of one, feel free to reach out to us at connect@staginglatest.thelocavore.in
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Panchal Dairy: Making Artisanal Goat and Sheep Milk Cheeses in Sayla, Gujarat
Located in Gujarat’s Sayla, Panchal Dairy produces and retails artisanal cheese made out of goat and sheep milk.
Safe Harvest: Creating An Alternative Market For Chemical-Free Produce
Based in Hyderabad, Safe Harvest sources chemical-free produce from smallholder Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) across nine states in India.
Camel Charisma: Preserving Camel Herding Traditions in Sadri, Rajasthan
A social enterprise based in Sadri, near Kumbhalgarh, preserving the region’s camel herding culture.
Sheilas: Making Seasonal, Small-Batch Preserves in Kerala
Sheilas makes preserves and pickles from produce grown in and around Mundakayam in the Kottayam district in Kerala.
Sasbani Gramya Haat: Using Surplus Fruits to Make Jams and Preserves in Mukteshwar, Uttarakhand
Sasbani Gramya Haat makes jams, preserves, and coolers from native fruits grown in the Sasbani village near Mukteshwar in Uttarakhand.
ABANI: Sourcing Native Produce from 20,000 Smallholder Farmers in Meghalaya
A Meghalaya-based initiative advocating for local ingredients and products from the state
The Misfits: Upcycling Fruits and Vegetables in Jaipur
Established in 2024 in Jaipur by mother-daughter duo Vinita and Aditi Jhala, The Misfits upcycles fruits and vegetables to make dips, spreads, and snacks.
Malabar Se: Making Small-batch Kerala-inspired Snacks in Palakkad
Showcasing Kerala-inspired small-batch snacks made with locally sourced, chemical-free produce using age-old techniques.
Two Brothers Organic Farms: Reviving Chemical-free Farming in Indapur, Maharashtra
Located in the Bhodani village in Indapur, Two Brothers Organic Farms works with farmers across India to source naturally grown produce and make value-added products.
Native and Natural: Growing Organic Coffee in Chikmagalur, Karnataka
Established by a father-daughter duo, Native and Natural is an organic producer relying on naturally available resources to grow their coffee.
Bahula Naturals: Making Camel Milk Products in Bajju, Rajasthan
A community-owned pastoral brand working closely with agro-pastoralists.
Farm Made Foods: Raising Hens in a Free, Open Environment in Tamil Nadu
A family-run business in Tamil Nadu retailing free-range eggs
Bio Basics: Sourcing Organic Produce and Heritage Grains from Across India
Produce from organic farmers and farmer collectives across nine states in India
Vnya: A Family-Run Venture Rooted In Organic Flavours
A family-run operation bringing organic, seasonal produce from smallholder farmers across Uttarakhand.
Kuninda: Flavours and Fermentation From A Family Farm in Uttarakhand
A seven-decades-old family farm reimagining produce from Uttarakhand.
Maaticha: Bringing the Best of Konkan through Seasonal, Small-Batch Products
Maaticha is a farm owned by the Kazi family that grows local, seasonal produce in the Konkan region.
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.
Wild Harvest: Sustaining Livelihoods Through Mahua Flowers in Jharkhand
Wild Harvest is a social enterprise in Jharkhand’s Jonha region that aims to introduce Mahua flowers as a viable food for urban consumers, while supporting local communities.
Hill Wild: Advocating for Indigenous Produce from the North-East
By exclusively sourcing indigenous produce from villages in Manipur and Nagaland, Hill Wild aims to spotlight local food traditions and document traditional knowledge practised by these communities.
Kilmora: Bringing Flavours and Traditional Knowledge from the Kumaon Hills
Nestled in the picturesque valley of Mukteshwar in the Kumaon hills, Kilmora—also known as Kumaun Grameen Udyog—is a social enterprise championing sustainable livelihoods in Nainital, Uttarakhand. They celebrate local craft
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.
Balion Agrofoods: Tapping Into the Versatile Coconut Sap
Balion Agrofoods,a brand that offers products made from coconut sap,is based in the Sindhudurg district, a Konkan region abundant in coconut palms.
Earth Focus Foundation: Enabling Nature-based Livelihoods
Based in the Kanha forest of Madhya Pradesh, Earth Focus Foundation (EFF) is a community-led organisation working with farmers from the Baiga and Gond tribal communities.
Dongaon Local: Ghee From the Kitchens of Dongaon’s Women
Dongaon Local is named after the village it is set-up in where the village’s farming community closely interact with cows and often make ghee with surplus milk.
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.
Earth Story Farms: Bengal’s Native Flavours
Based in the Segunsara village, around 200 kilometres from Kolkata, Earth Story Farms aims to bring urban consumers back to the traditional and earthy flavours of Bengal.
Wild Jai Farm: Stepping into a Biodiverse Territory
Coexisting with the flora and fauna of the region, Wild Jai Farm is home to seven varieties of indigenous mangoes, chikoos, and coconuts along with several forms of wildlife.
Tani Naturals: Zero Waste Cold-pressed Oils
Based in Karnataka, Tani Naturals is known for its first cold-pressed oils made of peanuts, sesame, niger, and other seeds.
The Manduva Project: Andhra’s Hand-me-down Recipes
By bringing the focus back to foods that represent regional cuisine, The Manduva Project aims to convey the power of documenting recipes and stories, largely lacking in several cuisines in the Indian subcontinent
Tenacious Bee Collective: Focussing on Quality and Community
Spread across Himachal Pradesh and Kashmir, Tenacious Bee Collective works with local beekeepers of these fragile ecosystems, working with hive-based products, including a variety of honey,uni- and multi-floral,and beeswax apothecaries.
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
Jokai Fearless Tea: Where Women are the Pulse of the Garden
Jokai Fearless Tea is a tea company that goes beyond the cup, with a focus on quality produce, community-building initiatives, and overall development in today’s domestic Indian tea market.
Last Forest: Featuring Forest Produce from the Nilgiris
Working closely with a collective of indigenous tribes, this enterprise supports traditional livelihoods of honey hunting and forest farming.
Valley Culture: Flavours of the Himalayas
Based out of Dehradun, Valley Culture showcases native produce from Uttarakhand by sourcing ingredients from local farmers working in the Himalayan region.
OOO Farms: Levelling the field with profit-sharing practices
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.
Pūrvīṇa: Bringing Kerala’s Oil-Making Traditions Back Into the Spotlight
While cold-pressed coconut oil has received a fair amount of attention in recent years, Purvina is bringing light to the dimming awareness of ventha velichenna, or hot-processed coconut oil.
Tillage – Bringing Back Millets and Forgotten Flours
We were first drawn to Tillage’s produce after hearing the passion with which siblings Saloni Anchan, a lawyer, and Shival Shah, a chartered accountant, spoke about local and seasonal ingredients.
Umrani Farms
Located in Sangli in western Maharashtra, Umrani Farms is an organisation that specialises in indigenous raisin production.
Moonshine Honey Project
Moonshine Honey Project is an organisation that sells 100% natural honey sourced directly from beekeepers across India who harvest responsibly and don’t compromise on quality.
Aamra by NSK
Aamra by NSK is a brand that sells heirloom pickles and chutneys made by local women in Ghaziabad using traditional methods.
Eat With Better
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.
Spirit of the Earth
A not-for-profit organisation based in Manjakkudi, Tamil Nadu, Spirit of the Earth has been on a mission to preserve, cultivate, and promote heritage rice varieties from across India since 2017.
Black Baza Coffee Co.
Black Baza Coffee is a Bengaluru-based coffee company that goes beyond the coffee bean, with an aim to conserve biodiversity and secure the livelihoods of smallholder farmers.
Forest Post
A peek into a young social enterprise in Kerala that works with forest-dwelling communities.
BALION
AGRO
Balion Agrofoods—a brand that offers products made from coconut sap—is on a mission to revive the region’s coconut palm sector through natural and clean coconut-based products infused with local ingredients.
DONGAON
LOCAL
Dongaon Local is named after the village it is set-up in where the village’s farming community closely interact with cows and often make ghee with surplus milk.
HIMALAYAN
HAAT
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.
WILD JAI
FARM
Coexisting with the flora and fauna of the region, Wild Jai Farm is home to seven varieties of indigenous mangoes, chikoos, and coconuts along with several forms of wildlife.
THE
MANDUVA
PROJECT
By bringing the focus back to foods that represent regional cuisine, The Manduva Project aims to convey the power of documenting recipes and stories, largely lacking in several cuisines in the Indian subcontinent.
NE ORIGINS
NE Origins attempts to spotlight the foods of the Northeast by selling products from regions that they are native to.
LAST
FOREST
Working closely with a collective of indigenous tribes, this enterprise supports traditional livelihoods of honey hunting and forest farming.
OOO FARMS
A Farmer Producer Company (FPC) which democratises agriculture by practising profit-sharing among tribal farming communities.
TILLAGE
A company that seeks to bring high-quality produce—grown by a network of trusted farmers across India—onto our plates.
MOONSHINE
HONEY
PROJECT
An organisation that sells 100% natural honey sourced directly from beekeepers across India who harvest responsibly and don’t compromise on quality.
SPIRIT OF THE
EARTH
A not-for-profit organisation on a mission to preserve, cultivate, and promote heritage rice varieties from across India since 2017.
BLACK
BAZA
A coffee company with an aim to conserve biodiversity and secure the livelihoods of smallholder farmers.
KILMORA
Nestled in the picturesque valley of Mukteshwar in the Kumaon hills, Kilmora is a social enterprise championing sustainable livelihoods.
NILGIRI
MARTEN
SPICES
Founded in 2022, Bengaluru-based Nilgiri Marten Spices aims to sell spices entirely traceable to the regions they are cultivated in.
ISHKA
FARMS
Located in the dry scrublands of Niravi Pudhupatti village, about 45 kilometres from Tuticorin, is Ishka Farms—India’s only caper farm.
EARTH
FOCUS
FOUNDATION
Based in the Kanha forest of Madhya Pradesh, Earth Focus Foundation (EFF) is a community-led organisation working with farmers from the Baiga and Gond tribal communities.
MASON & CO.
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.
EARTH STORY
FARMS
Based in the Segunsara village, around 200 kilometres from Kolkata, Earth Story Farms aims to bring urban consumers back to the traditional and earthy flavours of Bengal.
TANI
NATURALS
Based in Karnataka, Tani Naturals is known for its first cold-pressed oils made of peanuts, sesame, niger, and other seeds.
TENACIOUS
BEE
COLLECTIVE
Spread across Himachal Pradesh and Kashmir, Tenacious Bee Collective works with local beekeepers of these fragile ecosystems, working with hive-based products, including a variety of honey—uni- and multi-floral—and beeswax apothecaries.
JOKAI
FEARLESS
TEA
Jokai Fearless Tea is a tea company that goes beyond the cup, with a focus on quality produce, community-building initiatives, and changing how the nuances of chai are perceived in today’s domestic Indian tea market.
VALLEY
CULTURE
Valley Culture showcases native produce from Uttarakhand by sourcing ingredients from local farmers working in the Himalayan region.
Pūrvīṇa
While cold-pressed coconut oil has received a fair amount of attention in recent years, Purvina is bringing light to the dimming awareness of ventha velichenna, or hot-processed coconut oil.
UMRANI
FARMS
A women-led organization that produces high quality, indigenous raisins through natural farming practices.
AAMRA
BY NSK
A brand that sells heirloom pickles and chutneys made by local women in Ghaziabad using traditional methods.
FOREST
POST
A peek into a young social enterprise in Kerala that works with forest-dwelling communities.