DURINGthe pandemic, Babu Parambath, a social activist, mulled growing something on his sister’s tiny 0.20 acres of land lying idle before his eyes. He'd been extolling the virtues of organic farming to all and sundry but the truth was, he’d never picked up a spade.
Parambath began growing new varieties of banana on that land. In the process, he got more and more immersed in collecting new varieties. Within a year, he had amassed 112 varieties sourced from different areas. A few were very rare.
One day, it struck him: “If my sister wants the. . .
