“I was 16 years old when I was married and moved to Chennai with my husband. From that to more than 500 plants in this house, has been quite a journey."
"Every expert we met discouraged us to take up this mission. No one believed that we could revive such a wasteland through organic methods. But, we made the impossible eventually possible."
“All my friends started calling me ‘Millet Amma’ and after a point they told me that they wouldn’t be accepting the batter for free. That is how the startup was birthed,” says founder Ruchika
"I don't want my store to be the sole zero-waste outlet in Kolkata; that people are travelling 20 km to come here and adding to the carbon footprint. Rather, the main focus is to inculcate the mindset of sustainability."
“We plan as per the season and often scour through the local nurseries to get our seeds etc. In terms of a daily time commitment, it takes us a good two hours each day."