About Session

Food has bound community since ages. However, in recent times we have given away our foods to the corporations that seem to not care about our health. Do you notice that? Join us to understand the politics of food and how can we begin to reclaim it back to ourselves.

About Facilitator

Ms. Purvi Vyas wears many hats, - an Organic Farmer, Food Politics Professor and Environment Consultant. She has a master's in EnvironmentalManagement from the University of Western Sydney. Associated with various NGOs working on sustainable development, she lives on her organicfarm in Matar, 45 kilometres from Ahmedabad, which is 70-80% self-sustainable. She teaches everything about food – the Food system, the politics behind ourfood choices defined by the market and impact of these choices on the earth atuniversities such as PDPU – Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad University and NID. Currently, Ms. Vyas is working towards transforming more than 5-6 villages with over 2,000 farmers on sustainable farming models. These farmers are connected to the consumers directly through food melas organised by herand networks setup by NGOs like Cohesion.