The farm to fork chain: How to feed the world in three crucial steps

by Rashmee

Posted on September 23, 2015


Time was when the world shook its head over lakes of milk and mountains of …

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America’s raisin wars: Farmers don’t want to give govt part of crop for free

by Rashmee

Posted on April 27, 2015


Speaking of farmers in India, heard the one about the US Federal Raisin Reserve? It’s …

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Farming is the lifeblood of India; it shouldn’t be death to its farmers

by Rashmee

Posted on April 26, 2015


So what can be done about India’s huge population of farmers? It’s not realistic (or …

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Gajendra Singh’s ‘suicide attack’ on India’s easy assumptions about progress

by Rashmee

Posted on April 25, 2015


How should deal Narendra Modi’s India deal with such hideous events as the suicide of …

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The #almondshaming of California nut-growers continues apace. Why?

by Rashmee

Posted on April 10, 2015


Everyone’s at it, as California almond and pistachio grower Brad Gleason has complained: nut-farmers are …

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Rashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK