Hi ,
Are you aware of any indigenous recipe or uncultivated forest food that is unique only to your state?
The answer will probably be a no because the glitter of fast and conventional food has pulled us away from traditional food practices, specifically the nutritious tribal and Adivasi cuisines. With Indian jungles teeming with close to 51,000 plant species, sadly only a handful is cultivated.
As climate change is reducing agricultural yields, reviving our forests and traditional food could be one of the answers to fighting the nutritional and food security crisis that is looming over our heads.To highlight this, in collaboration with Ajam Emba, a slow food tribal eatery in Ranchi, we organized a Chef’s Table event "Swadish" in Jharkhand - that showcased 15+ sumptuous and nutritious tribal food cuisine prepared by indigenous chefs.
Through dialogues on drawing from every state’s rich biodiversity and including its own resilient, native varieties of rice, millets, and veggies, in PDS and Anganwadi - rather than choosing shortcuts like rice fortification - the event brought these concerns and solutions into the spotlight. As a positive development, Greenpeace India is now invited to be a part of the discussion with the Jharkhand government to urge solutions to tackle the malnutrition crisis and to make our food systems more resilient.
We at Greenpeace continuously strive to demand diversification of our food systems to battle climate change through our Food For Future campaign. We need your help to achieve this goal quicker and you can do it by signing the petition today.
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