Organic produce, clean eating, superfoods — these are terms we are regularly inundated with, whether at the supermarket or on social media. While millennials and Gen Z-ers struggle to keep up with these buzzwords, our baby boomer parents or grandparents are likely to respond with the talk-to-the-hand gesture, having thrived for years without organic bok choy and zucchini, or chia seeds and oats. In fact, Shailesh Awate, co-founder, OOO Farms — which works with 63 village hamlets and 2,200 farmers in Maharashtra and Gujarat to conserve and encourage indigenous farming practices, native seeds and communal culture — insists that people bring along their parents or grandparents to the upcoming Wild Food Festival or Raan Bhojya Mahotsav. Chances are, they will be able to identify aalambi, amarkand, phodshi, kurdu, keni and over 100 varieties of vegetables on display, while we discover a world of greens beyond aloo, gavar, bhendi and gobi.

Dhinda Baba from Palghar plays the tarpa