A dimension within Healthy Forest Diets
This theme covers the importance of consuming local vegetables and greens for a healthy diet and overall well-being.
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Pulses, millet, grains, and green leafy vegetables
— Maya kumari Damor
Green leafy vegetables and fruits should be consumed.
— Sunita Kumari
Nutritious diet includes forest vegetables like Mocha Kolyar greens.
— Kachala Choudhary
One should consume leafy vegetables and fruits.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
The most nutritious local food items to be included in PDS and Mid-Day Meal are pulses, as they are an excellent source of protein, fiber, and essential minerals. Additionally, leafy green vegetables like spinach, and local seasonal fruits like guava, berries, and dates should also be included as they are rich in vitamins.
— Jagannath Baraik · Lapung, Ranchi, Jharkhand
This is nutritious food. Papaya vegetable, spinach greens, and drumstick vegetable are excellent. This will keep children healthy and strong.
— Chanda · Baghauri, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
In our region, seasonal produce such as grains, pulses, spinach, and green leafy vegetables have been part of our diet, which promotes nutrition, good digestion, and immunity.
— Jagannath Baraik · Lapung, Ranchi, Jharkhand
The greens and spinach from the field, this food gives strength to our body.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
Promoting beans, fruits, and leafy vegetables
— Sunita Kumari
Promote beans, fruit, and leafy vegetables.
— Sunita Kumari
Pulses, vegetables, sweet potato, and cassava are beneficial.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Lentils, vegetables, sweet potato, and cassava are beneficial.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Here, dal rice, green vegetables, egg, and fish are among the most nutritious foods.
— Jagannath Baraik · Lapung, Ranchi, Jharkhand
Locally available food items that can be included as nutritious meals. Such as Tikhur, Kanda, Chironji, and Amla preserve.
— Sukhdas Mandavi · Mohla, Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki, Chhattisgarh
Every fruit, flower, leaf, tuber, and leafy vegetable obtained from nature contains sufficient nutrients, so these should be included.
— Paradeshi Mirdha · Rengali, Sambalpur, Odisha
It is true that bringing vegetables and leafy greens from the forest provides nutritious food for a growing body.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
The most nutritious food is chickpea greens and spinach greens.
— Chanda
One should include Kuri, Bajri, Kodra, Bati, and Maal in vegetarian food items because they are natural remedies and beneficial for the body's health.
— संगीता मीणा · Dachki Jaswantpura, Dungarpur, Rajasthan
Fanjan greens, Panjaniyaan greens, and Vochhateen greens from the forest are beneficial for the body.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
In our village, the hukli bhaji and phinda (local vegetables) that are gathered, we should use whatever God has provided us to eat from them for nutrition to combat malnutrition.
— Vijay kanesh · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
It is necessary to include a lot of green and leafy vegetables, fruits, eggs, and fish.
— Sunita Kumari
Consuming Karela, Kotla, Sribala, Khadbus, and Dhavda provides many different benefits to our body.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
The most nutritious diet is soybean and spinach pigeon pea lentil.
— Chanda
Kolyar bhaji is considered nutritious.
— Kachala Choudhary
Say, this is done now. Among the most nutritious seasonal and local foods available locally are green leafy vegetables like spinach, moringa, fruits like bananas, pulses, and soap
— Maya kumari Damor
Lentil and spinach curry is a nutritious meal.
— Chanda
Nutritious diet from the forest: seasonal fruits, jamun, mahua, mango, charoli, jaggery, peanuts, and Shegaon vegetables.
— Surajsingh Parmar · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
The most nutritious forest foods are Kolyar Bhaji, Mokha Ki Bhaji, Segwa, etc.
— Kachala Choudhary
Beetroot and spinach are nutritious food for children.
— Chanda
In our forest, fruits, roots, leaves, flowers, and leafy vegetables grow naturally. There are no chemicals in them, and they are completely nutritious. It would be good to serve them for lunch.
— Paradeshi Mirdha · Sambalpur, Odisha
To keep children healthy, pigeon pea lentils and a good amount of spinach.
— Chanda · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
The nutritious food we have, like gourds, brinjals, and other vegetables after harvesting, I should feed to the government.
— Vijay kanesh · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
We were eating Mahul, greens, and temple-prepared food, and our health was good. Now, eating this will be good.
— Laxmi Bagh · Sundargarh, Odisha
Papaya vegetable and pigeon pea lentil (toor dal) with soybean vegetable are very good and healthy for our health.
— Chanda
If leafy greens like Kuilesh saag, Mudi saag, and Munga saag are provided in the mid-day meal at school, students will be able to get some nutritious food.
— Parsuram Sa · Hemagiri, Sundargarh, Odisha
We should use nutritious foods in our daily diet that are available locally.
— SHIVRAM YADAV · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
Kulhar's vegetables are very good for the body.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
Spinach, lamb's quarter, moringa
— Vinita Singh Yadav · Dharura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Using all the fruits, flowers, leaves, greens, and root vegetables obtained from nature's forests in lunch can provide more nutritious food.
— Paradeshi Mirdha · Sambalpur, Odisha
Twenty handfuls of broken leaves, spinach of koili, grilled flowers, radish greens, and other nutritious food.
— RINA BEHERA · Sundargarh, Odisha
AI-synthesised pieces woven from many community voices on this theme. They may contain errors or interpretation — they're a reflection of the stories, not a record of fact.
By cherishing and utilizing the traditional foods and herbs found in our forests and lands, we can sustain ourselves and combat malnutrition while preserving our natural heritage.
By incorporating local, traditional grains like ragi and millet into school lunch programs, communities can significantly improve children's health and well-being.
By preserving our traditional, rain-fed seeds and planting them with care, we ensure food for our families and fodder for our animals.
A resilient village woman nurtures her family and community through traditional farming, future planning, and the strength of women's voices in Sundargarh.
The voices in this theme were gathered by these organisations through their community reports.
