🌱 Wild Foods Festival 2025 

📌 Background

• Started by Out of 0 (OOO) Farms, Maharashtra – 7 years ago.
• Celebrates wild & foraged foods, rooted in the Western Ghats ecosystems.
• In 2022, collaborated with Chef Thomas Zacharias’ ‘The Locavore’ – platform for regional food cultures.

📍 2025 Edition (Mumbai) – Key Highlights

• Theme: Safeguarding the Future of Wild Food.
• Focus: Forager knowledge, adivasi traditions, and climate resilience.
• Events:
  • Forager-led ingredient displays.
  • 200+ varieties of wild vegetables & native seeds.
  • Farmers’ market.
  • Wild Food Dinner curated by 30+ Adivasi home cooks.
  • Discussions on climate change impacts on forest foods.

🌍 Significance

1. Cultural Heritage & Identity
   • Preserves Adivasi food knowledge & practices.
   • Promotes community-led culinary traditions.
2. Biodiversity & Sustainability
   • Encourages conservation of wild plants, seeds, and traditional crops.
   • Reduces dependency on industrial agriculture.
3. Climate Change Adaptation
   • Foraged foods = climate-resilient nutrition sources.
   • Brings focus on eco-friendly diets.
4. Economic Empowerment
   • Farmers & foragers find direct market access.
   • Adivasi cooks & communities gain income & visibility.
     
     Updated - August 20 , 2025  02:17 pm IST