This women’s day we want to carve out time to thank our women farmers and farm workers. Our women farmers are our joy, they remind...
Archive for category: Bio Basics
Passion for Paddy – Paddy Art
The sight of sunset from the beautiful paddy field, the burgundy paddy juxtaposed within the myriad shades of green truly takes your breath away....
Tea- Beyond just an addiction
Often tea becomes an addition. A mid-afternoon ‘pick me up’ some just can’t live without. But tea is not only about a hot drink-...
Passion for paddy – Happy Harvesting
Kannan sets up the flowers, bananas, and bunch of the paddy in front of the granary on the auspicious day of the month of harvest,...
Passion For Paddy- When It Rains
After transplanting the growth begins, paddy fields in the growth stage, the grass leaves standing straight, in hues of green, stretched across in vast tracts,...
Onam Memories
Olan, kaalan, erisseri, avial, thoran, kuttukari, parippu, pachadi, inji puli, prathaman, payasam, pappadam , chambavari choru (red rice)…and much more, sadyas can be as elaborate...
Rice is Life -Kambala Natti
Rice is Life -Kambalanatti Music, rhythm, community, joy… This is what the celebration of Kambalanatti represents in Wayanad. Among the beautiful hills, with the clouds...
Rice is Life – The Red and Bold Thondi
A red rice A bold rice A revived rice A loved rice Revived from oblivion by committed farmers, the seeds found, multiplied, shared, sowed and...
The Real Dirt On Cleaning!
Cleaning is a chore we all end up doing, begrudgingly or not. While our mothers and grandmothers’ cleaning routines were intense and complicated, the products...
Passion For Paddy
The grain that feeds more than half the world . The grain we take for granted on our plates, yet hesitate to pay its real...