Name: Watch Chef on Wheels Ep 06 | Making lives better for the tribal kids
Uploaded: 2021-09-15
Duration: 23 min
Description: Chef Gautam Mehrishi meets Amit and Jayshree, from Sendhwa, who run a school.

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Chef Gautam Mehrishi meets Amit and Jayshree, from Sendhwa, who run a school called Aadharshela Shiksha Kendra for tribal kids. The duo have changed the lives of the tribal children through their unique teaching method.


Chef Gautam Mehrishi meets Amit and Jayshree, from Sendhwa, who run a school.

Watch Chef on Wheels Ep 06 | Making lives better for the tribal kids

Making lives better for the tribal kids

Chef On Wheels

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Chef Gautam Mehrishi travels to Humrapur and meets Anil Patil, an organic farmer. Patil has been practising some unique farming ideas and latest technology that has helped the local cultivators.

Chef Gautam Mehrishi travels to Humrapur and meets Anil Patil, an organic farmer.

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The Organic Farming Route

Organic Farming

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Chef Gautam Mehrishi meets Dada Wadekar from the Wada district of Maharashtra. Wadekar makes agricultural tools and has striving to make the lives of the farmers easy through his work.

Chef Gautam Mehrishi meets Dada Wadekar from the Wada district of Maharashtra. 

Watch Chef on Wheels Ep 02 | Making lives easy for farmers

Making Lives Easy For Farmers

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Chef Gautam Mehrishi travels to the amazing Sula Vineyards in Nashik and meets Ajoy Shaw, the Chief Winemaker. Ajoy describes the process of converting grapes into wine.


Chef Gautam Mehrishi travels to the amazing Sula Vineyards in Nashik.

Watch Chef on Wheels Ep 03 | Wines of Sula Vineyard

Wines of Sula Vineyard

Vineyard

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Chef Gautam Mehrishi meets Jitendra Kutmutiya, a naturalist farmer from Malegaon. He is the founder of the group Nisarg Prem that has been growing organic plants and also inspiring others to join. 

Chef Gautam Mehrishi meets Jitendra Kutmutiya, a naturalist farmer from Malegaon.

Watch Chef on Wheels Ep 04 | Adopting natural farming techniques 

Adopting natural farming techniques 

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Chef Gautam Mehrishi meets Chaitram G. Pawar,  an environmentalist at Baripada. Chaitram has given a new life to an entire village that was struggling with its crops using some natural elements.

Chef Gautam Mehrishi meets Chaitram G. Pawar,  an environmentalist at Baripada. 

Watch Chef on Wheels Ep 05 | Revamping a village

Revamping a village

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Chef Gautam Mehrishi meets two organic farmers - Lokesh Pathak and Dinesh Patidar. They show him some traditional methods that can be easily applied to farming for better yields.

Chef Gautam Mehrishi meets two organic farmers - Lokesh Pathak and Dinesh Patidar.

Watch Chef on Wheels Ep 07 | Traditional farming route

Traditional farming route

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Chef Gautam Mehrishi meets Ajit and Ravi Kelkar who are agricultural consultants from Indore. They have been helping around 500 villages with their organic farming techniques. 

Chef Gautam Mehrishi meets Ajit and Ravi Kelkar who are agricultural consultants.

Watch Chef on Wheels Ep 08 | The organic farming concept

The organic farming concept

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New-age farmers are not just producing the finest quality crops but are also making farm-to-table experiences more common.


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