Changing climes
Climate change is a very slow process, notoriously difficult to understand. Is it happening in India? Residents of some Himalayan towns, where …
The inside story
Bad health is good business. The pharmaceutical industry knows that. But now bad health is turning out to be good business for the food industry …
Made it
Enabavi, a village of 52 families, is abuzz. It is hosting farmers from the nearby Kallem village who have come here for tips on profitable …
Organic Universe
Organic is all the rage. Organic food, cosmetics, clothes and even organic medicines. But mostly it is food. There are speciality stores that …
Veggies delight
The rising demand for vegetables has opened up a money-making opportunity for small farmers. Already reeling from recurring droughts and …
Drumsticks for health
Every traditional Malayalee home has a tulsi plant in front of the house and a drumstick tree in the backyard. The drumstick tree (Moringa …
Myth of onion
The humble vegetable’s price is not a lethal weapon against politicians but their victim
The metal gobblers
Genetically engineered crops could reclaim the vast areas of land poisoned by the rapid strides of development
Healthy veggies
A vegetarian diet can improve the functioning of lungs and also control blood sugar in diabetics
COVID-19 lockdown a pause in Himachal’s exotic vegetable success story
Demand for produce plummets, forcing most farmers to throw away the crop or feed it to cattle
Revolutionary potatoes
Recently developed hybrid true potato seeds are ideally suited to subtropical climates and are highly disease-resistant
Carrots keep weeds at bay
They grow fast and their foliage blocks sunlight to weeds, farmers in Maharashtra have found
Climate resilience: Kenyan farmers are adapting to extreme weather by growing indigenous crops
Exotic and commercial vegetables still form the bulk of Kenyan diets; campaigners for indigenous foods hope to reverse the trend
Eat sauce, fight cancer
Go grab a slice of pizza and be liberal with the ketchup. The tomato paste may help prevent many types of cancers
Designer food raises storm
The American government's announcement that genetically engineered food will not be tested or labelled has caused much concern among the people.
Supermarket on a cart
IIM alumnus’ mantra for vegetable retailing—involve vendors, families
Can you really be poisoned by green or sprouting potatoes?
Many people think of potatoes as root vegetables because they grow underground like carrots, parsnips and other root crops. But in actual fact …
Weed on my plate
Tribals of central India vouch for the taste and health benefits of neglected wild vegetables
‘Indian vegetarians do not eat vegetables’
Food historian and physician Manoshi Bhattacharya explains how the diet of Indians have changed over centuries
Live life farm style
Want to live in a city and grow your own food in a village nearby? There are companies that can help
Matter of taste
Our vegetables have become blemish-free, resistant to pest and long-lasting, but they have lost their flavour in the process
Become iron woman, eat veggies
As government fails to tackle anaemia, NGOs in Maharashtra help women increase haemoglobin by raising kitchen gardens
Metals for food
Depleting groundwater sources compel farmers in Gujarat to use industrial effluents for irrigation
You say tomato… why some fruits are forever doomed to be called veggies
When botany and linguistics collide: pumpkins are fruits and there's technically no such thing as a vegetable. But try telling that to a five-year-…
Are eco-friendly products really any good?
Eco-friendly products come with thick wrapping and an expensive price tag not everyone can afford.