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Serendipity Arts Festival

September 15, 2023
The Locavore Team

Through an immersive Culinary Arts curation at one of South Asia’s largest multidisciplinary arts festivals, we encouraged visitors to reexamine their relationship with food and its many aspects, including memory and identity, farming practices, and how our food reaches our plates.

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Producers

Wild Jai Farm: Stepping into a Biodiverse Territory

June 22, 2023
The Locavore Team

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.

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Producers

Tani Naturals: Zero Waste Cold-pressed Oils

May 29, 2023
The Locavore Team

Based in Karnataka, Tani Naturals is known for its first cold-pressed oils made of peanuts, sesame, niger, and other seeds.

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Producers

The Manduva Project: Andhra’s Hand-me-down Recipes

May 15, 2023
The Locavore Team

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

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Producers

Tenacious Bee Collective: Focussing on Quality and Community

April 26, 2023
The Locavore Team

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.

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Projects

Worli Koliwada Project

March 27, 2023
The Locavore Team

The Worli Koliwada Project, a collaboration with the RPG Foundation, drew attention to an 800-year-old fishing village in Mumbai, its inhabitants, and their diverse foodways, along with helping find new ways of income-generation.

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Millet Revival Project

‘Odisha Millets Mission is a People’s Programme’

March 22, 2023
The Locavore Team

What makes Odisha Millets Mission (OMM) stand out in a sea of other government programmes? The Locavore learns about how women Self-Help Groups are championing millets, and the inclusion of ragi ladoos in Anganwadi meals.

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From the Fields

Fearless: The Spirit of Resilience and Innovation

March 21, 2023
The Locavore Team

Founder of Jokai Fearless Tea, Aditya Shah, tells The Locavore how over the last century and a half, the company has seen wars, famines, floods, and droughts, and still survived and thrived.

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Producers

NE Origins: Placing Northeast on the Indian Food Map

March 20, 2023
The Locavore Team

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…

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Producers

Jokai Fearless Tea: Where Women are the Pulse of the Garden

February 27, 2023
The Locavore Team

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.

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