Farm to fork, Blockchain Integrated Supply Chains
Four days back, all of us had to vacate our Right Origins office in Aluva, Kochi, and leave with all the important files, computers and systems and everything. The office-building we left behind was flooded and left sunk in the water from Periyar for four days now.
Mathew Joseph Mathew Joseph Thuluvananikkal is also a small agricultural scientist in the area. In his little land of 4 to 5 acres, he has a mixed farming of cocoa, pepper, nutmeg, robust coffee, sapota, passion fruit, and honey. The violet coloured variety passion fruit grown at his front yard is free for anyone […]
The word ‘Idukki’ means a narrow gorge. The district of Idukki falls in the western ghats, which is famous for its biodiversity in the rich flora and fauna that it preserves. Idukki is nothing but a marvel to anyone who visits these high ranges for one could overwhelm in the ecstasy of travelling through these […]
It wasn’t the usual misty valleys that welcomed us today. Rain was at a halt for a few days now. The sky was clear, and it had the most blueish color one could ever see. Today, the sun was shining bright above, and not a single cloud to cover for us.
Upputhode means a stream of salty water. There is an old tale saying elephants used to come down to this place for they loved drinking the water here for its saltiness and hence came to the name Upputhodu for this small town in the high ranges of Idukki. Upputhodu was one of our main collection […]
The three of us started out as early as 7 in the morning today. Where we headed to was the cocoa fields in the high ranges of Idukki; and what we expected to procure today, was nothing less than 2000 kilograms of freshly cut wet beans of cocoa, all organic and of the best of […]