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The Guntur Sannam is a slender, bright red chilli prized for its sharp heat, fruity aroma, and deep colour. It is known as Guntūru mirapakāyalu in Telugu and Guntur red chilli in English.
Beyond their culinary use, these chillies also feature in local food traditions and rituals, and play a central role in Andhra Pradesh’s agrarian economy. They are rich in vitamins A and C, capsaicin, and antioxidants.
Across 20 cities, Local Food Clubs will come together to explore what food labour looks like in different contexts, who sustains it, and how we can build more conscious, equitable, and meaningful relationships with it.
Learn more about the theme, what we have planned over the next three months, and how you can be part of the conversation on the Local Food Club website: thelocavore.in/2026/04/02/th…
Photos by Priyanka Tupe (@behanbox) and Throvnica Chandrasekar
Because of how food systems are organised, our understanding of where this work really occurs, and the precarious conditions it takes place under, are often obscured in public imagination.
In the second quarter of the Local Food Club, we want to understand this intersection in more nuanced ways through a new theme: The Labour Behind Our Food.
Our new #TLpartner organisation, @sahjeevan_, a non-profit based in Gujarat, works with pastoralists across the Kachchh, Surendranagar, and Rajkot districts.
Sahjeevan’s efforts have resulted in eight of these breeds in Gujarat—including Banni buffalo, Kharai camel, Kahami goat, Kachchhi-Sindhi horse, Panchali sheep, Kachchhi donkey, Nari cattle, and Halari donkey—being registered as distinct breeds.