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, 2023
- 4 min
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, 2022
- 5 min
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, 2022
- 5 min
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, 2022
- 5 min
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, 2022
- 4 min
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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Gaurang H. Motta
- Sep 9, 2022
- 5 min
Millets – The Past, the Present and surely the Future
Courtesy my grand-parents and parents, millets have been an integral part of my childhood.
At least one in five people I speak to at the...
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Gaurang H. Motta
- Aug 29, 2022
- 3 min
The Dilemma of Inconsistency – The Story of Wild Forest Honey.
It’s been 4 years since we introduced our revered wild forest honey from the wilderness of the
Sunderbans. There have been many folks in...
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Raya
- Aug 26, 2022
- 6 min
The Urgent Need For Millets Today!
As the world begins to, shall we dare say, recover from the covid pandemic, one thing that stands out as a common theme is the growing...
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Gaurang H. Motta
- Aug 6, 2022
- 5 min
Making the transition from Employee to Entrepreneur – My story
Since I co-founded Monks Bouffe in January 2016, this has been one constant question I have answered
for almost everyone I have met...
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Raya
- Jul 15, 2022
- 4 min
From ME to M ill E ts! - How these mystical grains can help prevent farmer suicide!
Why Millets?
Many years ago, I was intrigued by all things green. Like most young adults, I was exploring the world around me in all...
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Raya
- Jun 24, 2022
- 4 min
5 Myths & Facts about Millets
Myth #1: They are hard to digest
Myth #2: It is another passing food fad
Myth #3: They are only meant for the "poor people"
Myth 4...
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Gaurang H. Motta
- Apr 2, 2021
- 5 min
Why we need to look back before moving forward on Organic Food!
Food is one of the most personal things to us as a human or any other living being. We need to be delicate with it & we need to be mindful.
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