Climate Change Sours Konkan's Pickle-Making Tradition
Summer in Maharashtra's Konkan region has long been a time of vibrant culinary traditions, with families bustling about their...
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Gaurang H. Motta
May 132 min read
Silence of the Mahua Tree: A Flowering Season Gone Wrong
This summer, a worrying silence has fallen over the forests of Maharashtra. The forest carpet that usually turns green with abundance of...
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Gaurang H. Motta
May 45 min read
Unlocking Health with Palash: The Traditional Indian Game Changer for Acidic Bodies!
A tree highly revered in Vedic literature, it can also be described as the cooling flame because of its cooling & alkalising properties
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Monks Bouffe
Apr 292 min read
Women of Sukh Bhoomi Trust - Weaving a story of empowerment through nutrition
On April 24, 2024 we visited the quaint village & forests of Chandrapada in Palghar district of Maharashtra, with our focus on documenting,,
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Monks Bouffe
Apr 222 min read
Nari Shakti - A 12 women Self Help group reaching the masses from a tiny village in Palghar, Maharashtra
On the 20th of April, 2024, we visited veteran organic farmer and published author Venkat Iyer at his farm in Peth, Palghar. His 4 acre...
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Monks Bouffe
Apr 172 min read
Cyclone's Legacy: Shifting Mango Seasons in Konkan Maharashtra
On April 5th, Monks Bouffe visited a mango orchard in the Konkan region of Maharashtra. It's a land in transition, still bearing...
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Gaurang H. Motta
Oct 21, 20235 min read
The story of HMT rice - A variety that brought prosperity to all except the farmer who developed it.
India - the land of ancient rice varieties.
Historical figures suggest, we had more than 1 lakh varieties of indigenous rice, which have...
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Gaurang H. Motta
Sep 27, 20234 min read
A sleepless night around our Khapli Wheat fields
Inspite of unseasonal rains & a sleepless night, we got an abundant harvest of Khapli wheat and a happy client who trusted and supported us
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Raya
Nov 9, 20225 min read
How Millets can be a solution to the coming water crisis
W.H.Auden famously stated: thousands have lived without love, not one without water.
The importance of water is not something up for...
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Gaurang H. Motta
Oct 1, 20225 min read
My 6 Major Learnings as an Entrepreneur in the Organic Food Space
It’s been a roller-coaster of a journey being a bootstrapped food entrepreneur in a segment which is on its own journey towards being...
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Raya
Sep 30, 20225 min read
How Aranya from Telangana is tapping into rural communities to inspire women farmers to grow Millets
Aranya Agricultural Alternatives based out of Telangana state stands out as a shining example of grit, vision and poise. For more than...
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Gaurang H. Motta
Sep 15, 20224 min read
Millets – The Strongest Proponents to Re-Kindling Traditional Cooking Methods
As the conversation around the consumption of millets and about traditional methods of cooking grows, we need to be aware...
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